St. Boniface, Manitoba (1891 census)
St. Boniface was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 251. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1004192. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.853°N, 97.043°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Boniface had a population of 251: 135 male and 116 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 St. Boniface, 1881 (27.1% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of St. Boniface, 1901 (62.3% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, St. Boniface shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 73 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 251 total population, 135 males, 116 females, 62 married persons, 41 families, 31 married females, 31 married males, 10 widowed persons, 6.10 average size of families, 5 widowed females, 5 widowed males. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 179 single persons under 18, 99 single males under 18, 80 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 126 persons who are not French Canadian, 125 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 40 occupied houses, 31 houses, 31 houses built of wood, 30 houses of 2 stories, 12 houses of 4 rooms, 9 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 7 houses of 5 rooms, 6 houses of 3 rooms, 4 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 3 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction, 1 houses of 1 story, 1 houses of 2 rooms, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 26,633 pounds of homemade butter, 17,355 bushels of oats, 13,774 bushels of spring wheat, 8,488 acres of land in farms, 8,165 bushels of potatoes, 6,872 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,905 bushels of barley, 1,716 tons of hay, 1,280 acres of improved land in farms, 1,259 acres of farmland under crops, 988 bushels of turnips, 937 chickens, 699 acres of wheat, 436 acres of oats, 423 other cattle, 336 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 331 milk cows, 149 bushels of peas, 126 swine, 106 cattle killed or sold, 100 horses aged over 3 years, 73 swine slaughtered or sold, 65 acres of barley, 45 horses aged 3 years and under, 45 oxen, 43 occupants of farms, 42 acres of potatoes, 40 bushels of corn, 30 farm occupants who own their land, 21 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 20 turkeys, 17 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 15 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 13 farm occupants who rent their land, 11 bushels of beans, 8 sheep, 6 acres of turnips, 5 bushels of winter wheat, 5 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 3 ducks, 3 sheep slaughtered or sold, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Marc-Amable Girard | 1822–1892 | died here |
| Alexandre-Antonin Taché | 1823–1894 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
MB008012— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_MB008012— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q1004192
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Boniface,_Winnipeg
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Boniface_(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). "St. Boniface, Manitoba (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/st-boniface-mb008012-1891/.