Medora, Manitoba (1891 census)
Medora was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 794. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3304084. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.135°N, 100.766°W.
Population
In 1891, Medora had a population of 794: 452 male and 342 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 South Western, 1881 (3.6% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Medora shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 70 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 794 total population, 452 males, 342 females, 268 married persons, 215 families, 137 married males, 131 married females, 16 widowed persons, 9 widowed females, 7 widowed males, 3.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 510 single persons under 18, 308 single males under 18, 202 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 794 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 215 houses, 215 occupied houses, 205 houses built of wood, 144 houses of 1 story, 71 houses of 2 stories, 60 houses of 3 rooms, 50 uninhabited houses, 44 houses of 2 rooms, 40 houses of 1 room, 36 houses of 4 rooms, 25 houses of 5 rooms, 10 houses built of stone, 9 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 1 houses of 11 to 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 133,268 bushels of spring wheat, 66,105 acres of land in farms, 52,668 acres of farmland in pasture, 49,748 bushels of oats, 38,553 pounds of homemade butter, 13,387 acres of improved land in farms, 13,310 acres of farmland under crops, 11,343 bushels of potatoes, 10,604 acres of wheat, 4,075 bushels of turnips, 3,920 chickens, 2,976 bushels of barley, 2,955 tons of hay, 2,481 acres of oats, 750 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 646 other cattle, 443 horses aged over 3 years, 411 milk cows, 269 swine slaughtered or sold, 249 swine, 247 horses aged 3 years and under, 215 occupants of farms, 201 farm occupants who own their land, 201 oxen, 180 sheep, 177 acres of barley, 165 turkeys, 147 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 131 cattle killed or sold, 90 bushels of peas, 77 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 77 acres of potatoes, 68 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 59 geese, 56 sheep slaughtered or sold, 55 other fowl, 50 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 40 ducks, 15 acres of turnips, 14 farm occupants who rent their land, 10 pounds of cheese produced on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
MB009018— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_MB009018— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3304084
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). "Medora, Manitoba (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/medora-mb009018-1891/.