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.
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 30 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 812 total population, 453 males, 359 females, 233 married persons, 139 families, 117 married males, 116 married females, 18 widowed persons, 10 widowed females, 8 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 561 single persons under 18, 328 single males under 18, 233 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 138 occupied houses, 130 inhabited houses, 8 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 4 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 52,878 bushels of oats, 27,011 bushels of spring wheat, 10,486 bushels of potatoes, 7,452 bushels of barley, 3,839 tons of hay, 1,323 acres of wheat, 1,215 acres of hay crops, 583 bushels of other root crops, 482 bushels of turnips, 151 bushels of peas and beans, 63 acres of potatoes, 10 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 812 individuals enumerated here, with name, age, sex, religion, ethnic origin, birthplace, and occupation. Source: TCP/Dillon 1881 Canadian Census deposit at Borealis.
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/.