High Bluff, Poplar Point, Manitoba (1881 census)
High Bluff, Poplar Point was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 812. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.012°N, 98.083°W.
Population
In 1881, High Bluff, Poplar Point had a population of 812: 453 male and 359 female residents. Population density was 11.8 people per square mile.
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 NO DATA, 1871 (0.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, High Bluff, Poplar Point shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 61 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 139 |
| Number of families | 139 |
| Number of females | 359 |
| Number of males | 453 |
| Number of married females | 116 |
| Number of married males | 117 |
| Number of married persons | 233 |
| Number of widowed females | 10 |
| Number of widowed males | 8 |
| Number of widowed persons | 18 |
| POP TOT | 812 |
| Total population | 812 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 233 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 328 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 561 |
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 8 |
| Number of houses under construction | 3 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 130 |
| Number of occupied houses | 138 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 4 |
Agriculture (22 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,215 |
| Acres of potatoes | 63 |
| Acres of wheat | 1,323 |
| BAR BU | 7,452 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 7,452 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 10 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 52,878 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 583 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 151 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 10,486 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 27,011 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 482 |
| CRN BU | 10 |
| HAY AC | 1,215 |
| HAY TONS | 3,839 |
| OAT BU | 52,878 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 151 |
| POT AC | 63 |
| POT BU | 10,486 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 3,839 |
| WHT AC | 1,323 |
| WHT SP BU | 27,011 |
Other recorded variables (19 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C UNMD F | 233 |
| C UNMD M | 328 |
| C UNMD TOT | 561 |
| D OCC | 138 |
| FEMALE | 359 |
| H CON | 3 |
| H INHAB | 130 |
| H UNINH | 4 |
| MALE | 453 |
| MD F | 116 |
| MD M | 117 |
| MD TOT | 233 |
| NUMBER CD | 186 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 583 |
| SHAN | 8 |
| TUR BU | 482 |
| WID F | 10 |
| WID M | 8 |
| WID TOT | 18 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
MB186006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_MB186006— 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 1881 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). "High Bluff, Poplar Point, Manitoba (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/high-bluff-poplar-point-mb186006-1881/.