Morris, Town—Ville, Manitoba (1891 census)
Morris, Town—Ville was a town in Manitoba, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 286. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2450865. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.363°N, 97.359°W.
Population
In 1891, Morris, Town—Ville had a population of 286: 165 male and 121 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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Morris, Town—Ville, 1901 (57.3% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Morris, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 64 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 286 total population, 165 males, 121 females, 104 married persons, 58 married males, 55 families, 46 married females, 5.20 average size of families, 5 widowed persons, 3 widowed males, 2 widowed females. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 177 single persons under 18, 104 single males under 18, 73 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 268 persons who are not French Canadian, 18 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 54 houses, 54 occupied houses, 53 houses built of wood, 35 houses of 2 stories, 25 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 19 houses of 1 story, 10 houses of 4 rooms, 8 houses of 5 rooms, 4 houses of 3 rooms, 4 uninhabited houses, 3 houses of 2 rooms, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses built of brick, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of 11 to 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 10,965 bushels of spring wheat, 9,145 bushels of oats, 5,095 acres of land in farms, 4,578 pounds of homemade butter, 4,056 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,870 bushels of potatoes, 2,400 bushels of barley, 1,039 acres of farmland under crops, 1,039 acres of improved land in farms, 756 chickens, 664 acres of wheat, 300 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 288 acres of oats, 118 other cattle, 111 horses aged 3 years and under, 106 cattle killed or sold, 93 horses aged over 3 years, 88 milk cows, 76 acres of barley, 72 swine slaughtered or sold, 47 swine, 33 turkeys, 29 oxen, 19 occupants of farms, 14 farm occupants who own their land, 13 acres of potatoes, 13 geese, 11 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 7 ducks, 5 farm occupants who rent their land, 5 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
MB008010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_MB008010— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q2450865
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris,_Manitoba
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). "Morris, Town—Ville, Manitoba (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/morris-town-ville-mb008010-1891/.