Shoal Lake, Strathclair, Manitoba (1891 census)

Shoal Lake, Strathclair was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,537. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.461°N, 100.508°W.

Population

In 1891, Shoal Lake, Strathclair had a population of 1,537: 905 male and 632 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 Western, 1881 (11.5% share).
• In an earlier year, this CSD contained Mountain, 1881 (2.7% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Strathclair, 1901 (49.8% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Shoal Lake, 1901 (50.2% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Shoal Lake, Strathclair shared boundaries with:

• Birtle
• Blanchard
• Harrison
• Oak River
• Riding Mountain
• Rossburn

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 78 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,537 total population, 905 males, 632 females, 484 married persons, 396 families, 246 married males, 238 married females, 37 widowed persons, 22 widowed males, 15 widowed females, 3.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,016 single persons under 18, 637 single males under 18, 379 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,531 persons who are not French Canadian, 6 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 393 houses, 393 occupied houses, 390 houses built of wood, 252 houses of 2 stories, 141 houses of 1 story, 103 houses of 2 rooms, 90 houses of 1 room, 66 houses of 4 rooms, 60 houses of 3 rooms, 37 houses of 5 rooms, 33 uninhabited houses, 31 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 4 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 3 houses built of stone, 2 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 183,511 bushels of oats, 138,791 pounds of homemade butter, 110,473 acres of land in farms, 109,262 bushels of spring wheat, 95,848 acres of farmland in pasture, 46,279 bushels of barley, 23,480 bushels of potatoes, 12,769 acres of improved land in farms, 12,754 acres of farmland under crops, 12,395 tons of hay, 8,165 bushels of turnips, 6,887 chickens, 5,972 acres of wheat, 5,066 acres of oats, 3,548 other cattle, 3,450 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,325 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,999 milk cows, 1,856 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,539 acres of barley, 1,059 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 970 horses aged over 3 years, 927 cattle killed or sold, 842 sheep, 633 horses aged 3 years and under, 522 bushels of rye, 497 swine, 409 swine slaughtered or sold, 362 occupants of farms, 329 farm occupants who own their land, 207 oxen, 199 turkeys, 194 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 162 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 140 geese, 121 ducks, 104 bushels of peas, 102 acres of potatoes, 88 sheep slaughtered or sold, 66 other fowl, 32 farm occupants who rent their land, 23 acres of turnips, 15 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 4 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 1 employees on farms, 1 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: MB007030 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_MB007030 — 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). "Shoal Lake, Strathclair, Manitoba (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/shoal-lake-strathclair-mb007030-1891/.