Kildonan, Manitoba (1881 census)

Kildonan was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 534. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.935°N, 97.108°W.

Population

In 1881, Kildonan had a population of 534: 286 male and 248 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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

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).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Winnipeg, Ward—Quartier No. 5, 1891 (7.2% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Winnipeg, Ward—Quartier No. 6, 1891 (11.4% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Kildonan, 1891 (81.4% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Kildonan shared boundaries with:

• Assiniboia
• Springfield
• St. Boniface
• St. Paul
• Winnipeg, C

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 534 total population, 286 males, 248 females, 134 married persons, 78 families, 68 married males, 66 married females, 22 widowed persons, 18 widowed females, 4 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 378 single persons under 18, 214 single males under 18, 164 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 74 inhabited houses, 74 occupied houses, 7 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 24,433 bushels of oats, 14,970 bushels of potatoes, 11,896 bushels of spring wheat, 4,527 tons of hay, 4,482 bushels of barley, 3,413 acres of hay crops, 1,884 bushels of turnips, 671 acres of wheat, 450 bushels of winter wheat, 235 bushels of other root crops, 89 acres of potatoes, 37 bushels of corn, 15 bushels of peas and beans. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 3 people connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 534 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: MB183002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_MB022002 — 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). "Kildonan, Manitoba (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/kildonan-mb183002-1881/.