Rockwood, Manitoba (1891 census)

Rockwood was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,901. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1661082. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.329°N, 97.288°W.

Population

In 1891, Rockwood had a population of 2,901: 1,610 male and 1,291 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Rockwood shared boundaries with:

• Fairford & Posen
• Gimli
• St. Andrews
• St. Paul
• Woodlands

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 81 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,901 total population, 1,610 males, 1,291 females, 862 married persons, 535 families, 435 married males, 427 married females, 66 widowed persons, 37 widowed females, 29 widowed males, 5.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,973 single persons under 18, 1,146 single males under 18, 827 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,901 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 530 houses, 530 occupied houses, 459 houses built of wood, 329 houses of 2 stories, 193 houses of 1 story, 119 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 101 houses of 3 rooms, 98 houses of 2 rooms, 85 houses of 4 rooms, 74 houses of 5 rooms, 47 houses built of stone, 39 houses of 1 room, 24 houses built of brick, 19 uninhabited houses, 10 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 9 houses under construction, 6 houses of 3 stories, 4 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 191,570 pounds of homemade butter, 185,593 bushels of oats, 161,408 bushels of spring wheat, 73,463 acres of land in farms, 50,655 bushels of barley, 49,840 acres of farmland in pasture, 49,788 bushels of potatoes, 16,490 bushels of turnips, 16,349 acres of improved land in farms, 16,175 acres of farmland under crops, 11,415 tons of hay, 9,049 acres of wheat, 8,802 chickens, 7,274 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,245 acres of oats, 4,005 other cattle, 2,278 milk cows, 2,196 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,654 acres of barley, 1,163 cattle killed or sold, 1,064 horses aged over 3 years, 1,032 swine slaughtered or sold, 806 swine, 510 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 504 oxen, 464 horses aged 3 years and under, 451 occupants of farms, 432 sheep, 420 farm occupants who own their land, 288 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 275 turkeys, 255 acres of potatoes, 214 sheep slaughtered or sold, 187 bushels of peas, 174 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 174 other fowl, 150 ducks, 123 geese, 72 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 58 acres of turnips, 39 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 39 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 31 farm occupants who rent their land, 28 bushels of beans, 16 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 13 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 6 bushels of corn. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

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 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: MB006009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_MB163003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1661082
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Rockwood
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockwood_(Manitoba)

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). "Rockwood, Manitoba (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/rockwood-mb006009-1891/.