Morris W-O, Manitoba (1881 census)
Morris W-O was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,947. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.406°N, 97.515°W.
Population
In 1881, Morris W-O had a population of 1,947: 989 male and 958 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 (0.7% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Morris W-O shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 28 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,947 total population, 989 males, 958 females, 707 married persons, 392 families, 354 married males, 353 married females, 21 widowed persons, 12 widowed females, 9 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,219 single persons under 18, 626 single males under 18, 593 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 326 inhabited houses, 326 occupied houses, 59 houses under construction, 5 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 46,537 bushels of spring wheat, 32,623 bushels of oats, 11,097 bushels of barley, 8,612 bushels of potatoes, 7,532 tons of hay, 5,542 acres of hay crops, 2,585 acres of wheat, 1,938 bushels of turnips, 526 bushels of other root crops, 261 acres of potatoes, 2 bushels of buckwheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Louis Goulet | 1859–1936 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,947 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:
MB186009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_MB186009— 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). "Morris W-O, Manitoba (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/morris-w-o-mb186009-1881/.