Hespeler, Manitoba (1891 census)

Hespeler was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,123. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.576°N, 96.847°W.

Population

In 1891, Hespeler had a population of 1,123: 599 male and 523 female residents.

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Laveyrandrye, 1881 (12.8% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Hanover, 1901 (37.2% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Hespeler shared boundaries with:

• De Salaberry
• Hanover
• La Broquerie
• St. Norbert
• Ste. Anne
• Tache

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 72 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,123 total population, 599 males, 523 females, 374 married persons, 196 families, 189 married males, 185 married females, 12 widowed persons, 6 widowed females, 6 widowed males, 5.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 736 single persons under 18, 404 single males under 18, 332 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,119 persons who are not French Canadian, 3 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 182 occupied houses, 181 houses, 181 houses built of wood, 181 houses of 1 story, 49 houses of 3 rooms, 49 houses of 4 rooms, 48 houses of 2 rooms, 19 houses of 5 rooms, 11 uninhabited houses, 10 houses of 1 room, 5 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 2 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of 11 to 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 55,020 pounds of homemade butter, 42,279 acres of land in farms, 41,694 bushels of spring wheat, 37,931 bushels of oats, 34,258 acres of farmland in pasture, 13,665 bushels of potatoes, 9,720 bushels of barley, 7,615 tons of hay, 7,159 acres of improved land in farms, 6,983 acres of farmland under crops, 5,238 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,509 chickens, 4,199 acres of wheat, 2,215 sheep, 2,168 acres of oats, 1,915 other cattle, 1,054 milk cows, 862 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 576 cattle killed or sold, 566 sheep slaughtered or sold, 479 acres of barley, 425 swine slaughtered or sold, 404 horses aged over 3 years, 355 swine, 334 oxen, 315 bushels of turnips, 183 occupants of farms, 176 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 167 farm occupants who own their land, 138 other fowl, 132 horses aged 3 years and under, 121 acres of potatoes, 92 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 78 ducks, 75 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 36 bushels of rye, 16 farm occupants who rent their land, 12 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 9 turkeys, 4 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 3 acres of turnips, 2 bushels of peas. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: MB008006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_MB008006 — 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). "Hespeler, Manitoba (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/hespeler-mb008006-1891/.