Gladstone, Town—Ville, Manitoba (1891 census)

Name: Gladstone, Town—Ville (1891)
Address: Manitoba, CA

Gladstone, Town—Ville was a town in Manitoba, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 378. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.218°N, 98.940°W.

Population

In 1891, Gladstone, Town—Ville had a population of 378: 197 male and 181 female residents. Population density was 41.9 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1881	883
1891	378
1901	731
1911	782
1921	832

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Gladstone, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

Westbourne

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 138 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (14 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	4.80
FAM NO	78
Number of families	78
Number of females	181
Number of males	197
Number of married females	66
Number of married males	70
Number of married persons	136
Number of widowed females	6
Number of widowed persons	6
POP F	181
POP M	197
POP TOT	378
Total population	378

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	109
Number of single males under 18	127
Number of single persons under 18	236

Ethnic origin (1 variable)

Variable	Value
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	378

Buildings & housing (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties	7
Number of houses	70
Number of houses built of brick	1
Number of houses built of wood	69
Number of houses of 1 room	3
Number of houses of 1 story	14
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	4
Number of houses of 2 rooms	9
Number of houses of 2 stories	56
Number of houses of 3 rooms	3
Number of houses of 4 rooms	12
Number of houses of 5 rooms	7
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	31
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	1
Number of occupied houses	77

Agriculture (47 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	65
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	2
Acres of farmland in pasture	4,659
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	140
Acres of farmland under crops	1,611
Acres of improved land in farms	1,613
Acres of land in farms	6,412
Acres of oats	250
Acres of potatoes	20
Acres of wheat	1,275
BAR AC	65
BAR BU	2,825
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	2,825
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	7,880
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	4,525
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	23,258
HAY TONS	739
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	79
Number of chickens	961
Number of ducks	10
Number of farm occupants who own their land	31
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	5
Number of geese	13
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	65
Number of horses aged over 3 years	139
Number of milk cows	199
Number of occupants of farms	36
Number of other cattle	407
Number of oxen	18
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	13
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	12
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	10
Number of sheep	31
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	16
Number of swine	50
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	25
Number of turkeys	10
OAT AC	250
OAT BU	7,880
POT AC	20
POT BU	4,525
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	108
Pounds of homemade butter	8,165
Tons of hay produced in the past year	739
WHT AC	1,275
WHT SP BU	23,258

Other recorded variables (58 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	13
A 201 PL	12
A 51 100	1
BUTTER LB	8,165
CATTLE KS	79
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	109
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	127
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	236
COARSE WOOL LB	108
COLTS FILLIES	65
DUCKS	10
FAMILIES	78
FAMILIES AV SIZE	4.80
FRN CA	0
GEESE	13
HENS AND CHKN	961
HORSES OVR THREE	139
HOUSES	70
HOUSES B	1
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	4
HOUSES FIVE RM	7
HOUSES FOUR RM	12
HOUSES ONE RM	3
HOUSES ONE STRY	14
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	31
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	1
HOUSES THREE RM	3
HOUSES TWO RM	9
HOUSES TWO STRY	56
HOUSES W	69
INF 11 A	10
MD FEM	66
MD MALE	70
MD TOT	136
MILK COWS	199
NAME CD	Marquette
OC F	5
OC P	31
OC TOT	36
OTHER HRN CATTLE	407
OTHERS	378
SHEEP	31
SHEEP KS	16
SUP AM	1,613
SUP FOR	140
SUP JV	2
SUP PAT	4,659
SUP SC	1,611
SUP TOT	6,412
SWINE	50
SWINE KS	25
TOT DWLG OCC	77
TURKEY	10
VESS AND SHAN	7
WID FEM	6
WID MALE	0
WID TOT	6
WORKING OX	18

Identifiers

TCP UID: MB007010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_MB164009 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1891 Census of Canada, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project, hosted at the HGIS Lab, University of Saskatchewan. Persistent place identity computed from spatial-overlap chains across all available census years (1851–1921). Identity grounding to Wikidata performed via the HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph project's MCP-assisted disambiguation pipeline. See the About / Methodology page for the full data pipeline.

Cite this page

Clifford, J. (2026). "Gladstone, Town—Ville, Manitoba (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/gladstone-town-ville-mb007010-1891/.