St. Clément, Manitoba (1881 census)
St. Clément was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,485. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1661430. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.327°N, 96.460°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Clément had a population of 1,485: 796 male and 689 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 NO DATA, 1871 (2.9% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Selkirk, Town—Ville, 1891 (0.7% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Clément shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 30 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,485 total population, 796 males, 689 females, 545 married persons, 286 families, 273 married males, 272 married females, 48 widowed persons, 34 widowed females, 14 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 892 single persons under 18, 509 single males under 18, 383 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 286 occupied houses, 280 inhabited houses, 30 uninhabited houses, 17 houses under construction, 6 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 5,168 bushels of potatoes, 4,365 bushels of spring wheat, 3,034 bushels of oats, 2,405 tons of hay, 1,606 acres of hay crops, 1,258 bushels of barley, 497 bushels of other root crops, 461 bushels of turnips, 208 acres of wheat, 44 acres of potatoes, 14 bushels of corn, 1 bushels of peas and beans. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,485 individuals enumerated here, with name, age, sex, religion, ethnic origin, birthplace, and occupation. Source: TCP/Dillon 1881 Canadian Census deposit at Borealis.
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
MB185002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_MB185002— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q1661430
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_St._Clements
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1881 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. Clément, Manitoba (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/st-cl-ment-mb185002-1881/.