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Year: 1891  |  Province: Manitoba

Norfolk N, Manitoba (1891 census)

Norfolk N was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,564. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.931°N, 98.832°W.

Population

In 1891, Norfolk N had a population of 1,564: 893 male and 671 female residents. Population density was 3.5 people per square mile.

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Norfolk N shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 152 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)
VariableValue
Average size of families4
FAM NO389
Number of families389
Number of females671
Number of males893
Number of married females268
Number of married males281
Number of married persons549
Number of widowed females17
Number of widowed males11
Number of widowed persons28
POP F671
POP M893
POP TOT1,564
Total population1,564
Age structure (3 variables)
VariableValue
Number of single females under 18386
Number of single males under 18601
Number of single persons under 18987
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
VariableValue
Number of French Canadians2
Number of persons who are not French Canadian1,562
Buildings & housing (16 variables)
VariableValue
Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties1
Number of houses386
Number of houses built of stone1
Number of houses built of wood385
Number of houses of 1 room90
Number of houses of 1 story226
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms2
Number of houses of 2 rooms92
Number of houses of 2 stories160
Number of houses of 3 rooms86
Number of houses of 4 rooms53
Number of houses of 5 rooms22
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms41
Number of houses under construction8
Number of occupied houses387
Number of uninhabited houses2
Agriculture (53 variables)
VariableValue
Acres of barley255
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards75
Acres of farmland in pasture66,768
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest314
Acres of farmland under crops15,915
Acres of improved land in farms15,990
Acres of land in farms83,072
Acres of oats2,378
Acres of potatoes75
Acres of turnips2
Acres of wheat13,234
BAR AC255
BAR BU7,464
Bushels of barley produced in the past year7,464
Bushels of oats produced in the past year76,113
Bushels of peas produced in the past year30
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year20,022
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year246,085
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year1,010
HAY TONS3,103
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year321
Number of chickens7,194
Number of ducks75
Number of farm occupants who own their land346
Number of farm occupants who rent their land18
Number of geese92
Number of horses aged 3 years and under306
Number of horses aged over 3 years905
Number of milk cows980
Number of occupants of farms364
Number of other cattle1,435
Number of other fowl114
Number of oxen276
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres233
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres2
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres5
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres121
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres3
Number of sheep56
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold22
Number of swine622
Number of swine slaughtered or sold243
Number of turkeys137
OAT AC2,378
OAT BU76,113
PEA BU30
POT AC75
POT BU20,022
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year310
Pounds of homemade butter66,270
Tons of hay produced in the past year3,103
WHT AC13,234
WHT SP BU246,085
Other recorded variables (63 variables)
VariableValue
A 101 200233
A 11 502
A 201 PL121
A 51 1005
BUTTER LB66,270
CATTLE KS321
CHILD AND UNMD FEM386
CHILD AND UNMD MALE601
CHILD AND UNMD TOT987
COARSE WOOL LB310
COLTS FILLIES306
DUCKS75
FAMILIES389
FAMILIES AV SIZE4
FRN CA2
GEESE92
HENS AND CHKN7,194
HORSES OVR THREE905
HOUSES386
HOUSES CON8
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM2
HOUSES FIVE RM22
HOUSES FOUR RM53
HOUSES ONE RM90
HOUSES ONE STRY226
HOUSES S1
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM41
HOUSES THREE RM86
HOUSES TWO RM92
HOUSES TWO STRY160
HOUSES UNINH2
HOUSES W385
INF 11 A3
MD FEM268
MD MALE281
MD TOT549
MILK COWS980
NAME CDMarquette
OC F18
OC P346
OC TOT364
OTHER FOWL114
OTHER HRN CATTLE1,435
OTHERS1,562
SHEEP56
SHEEP KS22
SUP AM15,990
SUP FOR314
SUP JV75
SUP PAT66,768
SUP SC15,915
SUP TOT83,072
SWINE622
SWINE KS243
TOT DWLG OCC387
TUR AC2
TUR BU1,010
TURKEY137
VESS AND SHAN1
WID FEM17
WID MALE11
WID TOT28
WORKING OX276

Identifiers

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). "Norfolk N, Manitoba (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/norfolk-n-mb007017-1891/.