North Western, Manitoba (1881 census)
North Western was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,258. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.643°N, 100.196°W.
Population
In 1881, North Western had a population of 1,258: 627 male and 631 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 Rossburn, 1891 (1.8% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Russell, Silver Creek, 1891 (2.6% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Riding Mountain, 1891 (31.9% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Boulton & Shell River, 1891 (32.1% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, North Western 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 1,258 total population, 631 females, 627 males, 435 married persons, 255 families, 218 married females, 217 married males, 46 widowed persons, 41 widowed females, 5 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 777 single persons under 18, 405 single males under 18, 372 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 249 occupied houses, 216 inhabited houses, 33 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 26 uninhabited houses, 9 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 8,840 bushels of potatoes, 1,800 tons of hay, 1,173 acres of hay crops, 168 bushels of other root crops, 168 bushels of turnips, 84 acres of potatoes, 78 bushels of corn, 32 bushels of barley, 21 bushels of oats, 1 bushels of peas and beans. (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 O’Soup | 1836–1913 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,258 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:
MB187003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_MB187003— 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 Western, Manitoba (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/north-western-mb187003-1881/.