Morton, Manitoba (1901 census)

Morton was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 2,173. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1660803. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.358°N, 100.103°W.

Population

In 1901, Morton had a population of 2,173: 1,234 male and 939 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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of 103 townships, 1911 (11.6% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Morton shared boundaries with:

• Boissevain, Town—Ville
• Cameron
• Glenwood
• Oakland
• Riverside
• Turtle Mountain
• Whitewater
• Winchester

Full census record, 1901

The 1901 census recorded 12 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 2,173 total population, 1,234 males, 939 females, 839 single males, 557 single females, 458 families, 362 married males, 350 married females, 33 widowed males, 32 widowed females. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 457 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 286,268 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: MB006009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_MB158006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1660803
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Morton
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_(Manitoba)

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1901 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). "Morton, Manitoba (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/morton-mb006009-1901/.