North Eastern, Manitoba (1881 census)
North Eastern was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,411. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.756°N, 97.037°W.
Population
In 1881, North Eastern had a population of 2,411: 1,273 male and 1,138 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 contained Fairford & Posen, 1891 (38.5% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Gimli, 1891 (21.3% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, North Eastern shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 31 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 2,411 total population, 1,273 males, 1,138 females, 905 married persons, 509 families, 461 married females, 444 married males, 99 widowed persons, 86 widowed females, 13 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,407 single persons under 18, 816 single males under 18, 591 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 491 occupied houses, 411 inhabited houses, 89 uninhabited houses, 79 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 23 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 21,932 bushels of potatoes, 2,082 tons of hay, 1,367 acres of hay crops, 674 bushels of turnips, 542 bushels of barley, 534 bushels of other root crops, 504 bushels of spring wheat, 221 acres of potatoes, 174 bushels of oats, 161 bushels of peas and beans, 95 bushels of corn, 23 acres of wheat. (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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jacob Berens | 1832–1916 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,418 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:
MB187002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_MB187002— 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). "North Eastern, Manitoba (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/north-eastern-mb187002-1881/.