Riding Mountain, Manitoba (1891 census)

Name: Riding Mountain (1891)
Address: Manitoba, CA

Riding Mountain was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 976. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.716°N, 100.159°W.

Population

In 1891, Riding Mountain had a population of 976: 608 male and 368 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 North Western, 1881 (31.9% share).

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD contained Ochre River (part), 1901 (2.0% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Dauphin, Town—Ville, 1901 (0.0% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Dauphin, 1901 (10.4% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Riding Mountain shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 72 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 976 total population, 608 males, 368 females, 290 families, 243 married persons, 127 married males, 116 married females, 31 widowed persons, 17 widowed males, 14 widowed females, 3.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 702 single persons under 18, 464 single males under 18, 238 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 972 persons who are not French Canadian, 4 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 290 occupied houses, 248 houses, 245 houses of 1 story, 148 houses built of wood, 110 houses of 1 room, 95 houses of 2 rooms, 44 houses under construction, 42 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 25 houses of 3 rooms, 18 uninhabited houses, 10 houses of 4 rooms, 5 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 3 houses of 2 stories, 3 houses of 5 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 57,790 acres of land in farms, 52,132 acres of farmland in pasture, 39,703 bushels of spring wheat, 32,875 pounds of homemade butter, 23,535 bushels of oats, 7,940 bushels of potatoes, 5,929 tons of hay, 4,719 bushels of barley, 2,871 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,787 acres of improved land in farms, 2,686 acres of farmland under crops, 2,338 chickens, 1,828 acres of wheat, 1,735 bushels of turnips, 1,458 other cattle, 833 milk cows, 658 acres of oats, 420 horses aged over 3 years, 375 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 340 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 311 oxen, 275 occupants of farms, 227 farm occupants who rent their land, 202 horses aged 3 years and under, 191 swine, 184 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 183 acres of barley, 158 cattle killed or sold, 147 swine slaughtered or sold, 139 turkeys, 101 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 88 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 85 sheep, 48 farm occupants who own their land, 40 acres of potatoes, 40 geese, 33 ducks, 24 bushels of peas, 14 acres of turnips, 12 other fowl, 5 sheep slaughtered or sold, 3 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: MB007025 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_MB007025 — 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). "Riding Mountain, Manitoba (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/riding-mountain-mb007025-1891/.