Rossburn, Manitoba (1891 census)

Rossburn was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 551. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1661166. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.729°N, 100.754°W.

Population

In 1891, Rossburn had a population of 551: 326 male and 225 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 (1.8% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Rossburn, 1901 (93.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Rossburn shared boundaries with:

• Birtle
• Boulton & Shell River
• Riding Mountain
• Russell, Silver Creek
• Shoal Lake, Strathclair

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 75 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 551 total population, 326 males, 225 females, 160 married persons, 118 families, 82 married males, 78 married females, 15 widowed persons, 8 widowed males, 7 widowed females, 4.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 376 single persons under 18, 236 single males under 18, 140 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 540 persons who are not French Canadian, 11 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 116 occupied houses, 82 houses, 80 houses built of wood, 77 houses of 1 story, 34 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 23 houses of 2 rooms, 18 houses of 4 rooms, 17 uninhabited houses, 16 houses of 1 room, 14 houses under construction, 11 houses of 3 rooms, 9 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 5 houses of 2 stories, 5 houses of 5 rooms, 1 houses built of brick, 1 houses built of stone. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 29,685 pounds of homemade butter, 26,116 bushels of spring wheat, 21,353 bushels of oats, 20,152 acres of land in farms, 16,731 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,671 bushels of potatoes, 4,758 bushels of turnips, 4,590 bushels of barley, 3,638 tons of hay, 2,387 acres of improved land in farms, 2,352 acres of farmland under crops, 1,503 chickens, 1,438 acres of wheat, 1,068 other cattle, 1,040 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,034 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 669 acres of oats, 548 milk cows, 279 horses aged over 3 years, 225 sheep, 220 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 171 acres of barley, 165 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 136 cattle killed or sold, 132 horses aged 3 years and under, 95 swine, 83 occupants of farms, 82 oxen, 70 farm occupants who own their land, 69 swine slaughtered or sold, 62 turkeys, 56 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 43 acres of potatoes, 35 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 35 geese, 30 other fowl, 26 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 24 acres of turnips, 18 sheep slaughtered or sold, 13 farm occupants who rent their land, 12 ducks, 4 bushels of corn, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: MB007027 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_MB007027 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1661166
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Rossburn
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rossburn_(municipalit%C3%A9_rurale)

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). "Rossburn, Manitoba (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/rossburn-mb007027-1891/.