Rossburn, Manitoba (1901 census)

Rossburn was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 1,494. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1661166. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.727°N, 100.741°W.

Population

In 1901, Rossburn had a population of 1,494: 825 male and 669 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).

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 contained Rossburn, 1891 (93.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Rossburn shared boundaries with:

• Birtle
• Boulton
• Shoal Lake, VL
• Silver Creek
• Unorganized Territory—Territoire non-organisé

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 1,494 total population, 825 males, 669 females, 521 single males, 357 single females, 319 families, 297 married males, 291 married females, 21 widowed females, 7 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 318 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 215,181 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: MB009021 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_MB168005 — 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 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). "Rossburn, Manitoba (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/rossburn-mb009021-1901/.