Oak River, Manitoba (1891 census)

Oak River was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 723. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.196°N, 100.630°W.

Population

In 1891, Oak River had a population of 723: 436 male and 287 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 Western, 1881 (5.9% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Oak River shared boundaries with:

• Blanchard
• Miniota
• Shoal Lake, Strathclair
• Woodworth

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 70 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 723 total population, 436 males, 287 females, 225 married persons, 155 families, 116 married males, 109 married females, 15 widowed persons, 10 widowed males, 5 widowed females, 4.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 483 single persons under 18, 310 single males under 18, 173 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 723 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 151 occupied houses, 146 houses, 146 houses built of wood, 144 houses of 1 story, 45 houses of 2 rooms, 34 houses of 3 rooms, 27 houses of 1 room, 20 houses of 4 rooms, 16 uninhabited houses, 11 houses of 5 rooms, 9 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 5 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 3 houses under construction, 2 houses of 2 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 145,325 bushels of spring wheat, 104,296 bushels of oats, 54,385 pounds of homemade butter, 51,566 acres of land in farms, 40,806 acres of farmland in pasture, 27,293 bushels of barley, 16,293 bushels of potatoes, 11,955 bushels of turnips, 9,732 acres of improved land in farms, 9,684 acres of farmland under crops, 6,322 acres of wheat, 4,345 tons of hay, 4,210 chickens, 2,445 acres of oats, 2,413 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,159 other cattle, 1,028 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 797 acres of barley, 627 milk cows, 452 sheep, 399 swine, 380 horses aged over 3 years, 323 swine slaughtered or sold, 215 cattle killed or sold, 202 oxen, 199 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 194 horses aged 3 years and under, 187 occupants of farms, 184 farm occupants who own their land, 126 turkeys, 118 geese, 118 sheep slaughtered or sold, 91 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 90 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 80 acres of potatoes, 48 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 37 ducks, 25 acres of turnips, 20 other fowl, 6 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 3 farm occupants who rent their land. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: MB007019 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_MB007019 — 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 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). "Oak River, Manitoba (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/oak-river-mb007019-1891/.