Plessis (Fort Alexander), Manitoba (1891 census)

Name: Plessis (Fort Alexander) (1891)
Address: Manitoba, CA

Plessis (Fort Alexander) was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,296. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.460°N, 95.876°W.

Population

In 1891, Plessis (Fort Alexander) had a population of 1,296: 663 male and 633 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 became part of Unorganized Territory—Territoire non-organisé, 1901 (44.3% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Plessis (Fort Alexander) shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 62 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,296 total population, 663 males, 633 females, 348 married persons, 260 families, 174 married females, 174 married males, 4.90 average size of families, 4 widowed persons, 2 widowed females, 2 widowed males. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 944 single persons under 18, 487 single males under 18, 457 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,293 persons who are not French Canadian, 3 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 260 occupied houses, 213 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 47 houses, 47 houses built of wood, 38 houses of 1 story, 19 houses of 1 room, 12 houses of 2 rooms, 9 houses of 2 stories, 7 houses of 3 rooms, 4 houses of 4 rooms, 4 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 1 houses of 5 rooms, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 2,800 pounds of homemade butter, 2,634 acres of land in farms, 2,308 bushels of potatoes, 2,013 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 574 acres of farmland in pasture, 503 tons of hay, 215 bushels of corn, 162 bushels of turnips, 122 bushels of spring wheat, 87 other cattle, 73 chickens, 65 bushels of barley, 58 cattle killed or sold, 55 milk cows, 47 acres of farmland under crops, 47 acres of improved land in farms, 33 occupants of farms, 27 oxen, 25 acres of potatoes, 22 farm occupants who own their land, 18 horses aged over 3 years, 17 swine slaughtered or sold, 15 swine, 13 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 11 farm occupants who rent their land, 11 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 8 acres of barley, 7 acres of wheat, 6 bushels of beans, 6 horses aged 3 years and under, 6 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 2 acres of turnips. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: MB006008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_MB006008 — 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). "Plessis (Fort Alexander), Manitoba (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/plessis-fort-alexander-mb006008-1891/.