Posen, Manitoba (1901 census)

Posen was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 1,539. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.684°N, 97.949°W.

Population

In 1901, Posen had a population of 1,539: 827 male and 712 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 Fairford & Posen, 1891 (10.9% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of 282 townships, 1911 (9.9% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Posen shared boundaries with:

• Gimli
• Rockwood
• St. Laurent
• Unorganized Territory—Territoire non-organisé
• Unorganized Territory—Territoire non-organisé
• Westbourne
• Woodlands

Full census record, 1901

The 1901 census recorded 12 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 1,539 total population, 827 males, 712 females, 546 single males, 437 single females, 285 families, 254 married males, 250 married females, 27 widowed males, 25 widowed females. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 268 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 520,704 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: MB011008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_MB011008 — 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 1901 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). "Posen, Manitoba (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/posen-mb011008-1901/.