St. Paul, Manitoba (1891 census)
St. Paul was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 610. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.013°N, 97.220°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Paul had a population of 610: 330 male and 280 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 360 |
| 1891 | 610 |
| 1901 | 519 |
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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained St. Paul, 1901 (41.6% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, St. Paul shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 74 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 610 total population, 330 males, 280 females, 186 married persons, 122 families, 93 married females, 93 married males, 21 widowed persons, 11 widowed females, 10 widowed males, 5 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 403 single persons under 18, 227 single males under 18, 176 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 609 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 122 houses, 122 occupied houses, 120 houses built of wood, 103 houses of 1 story, 38 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 22 houses of 4 rooms, 19 uninhabited houses, 18 houses of 2 stories, 18 houses of 3 rooms, 17 houses of 2 rooms, 14 houses of 5 rooms, 8 houses of 1 room, 5 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 3 houses under construction, 1 houses built of brick, 1 houses built of stone, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 35,671 bushels of oats, 27,715 pounds of homemade butter, 26,726 bushels of potatoes, 25,228 acres of land in farms, 21,707 acres of farmland in pasture, 17,803 bushels of spring wheat, 7,608 bushels of barley, 3,805 bushels of turnips, 3,166 tons of hay, 2,450 acres of improved land in farms, 2,446 acres of farmland under crops, 2,179 chickens, 1,071 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,055 acres of oats, 936 acres of wheat, 689 other cattle, 535 milk cows, 307 acres of barley, 298 swine, 283 horses aged over 3 years, 200 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 145 acres of potatoes, 119 occupants of farms, 114 oxen, 111 horses aged 3 years and under, 111 turkeys, 101 farm occupants who own their land, 95 swine slaughtered or sold, 87 cattle killed or sold, 50 sheep, 48 ducks, 48 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 40 bushels of peas, 36 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 19 acres of turnips, 19 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 18 farm occupants who rent their land, 9 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 7 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 4 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 3 geese. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
MB006016— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_MB011006— 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). "St. Paul, Manitoba (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/st-paul-mb006016-1891/.