Ste. Agathe, Manitoba (1881 census)
Ste. Agathe was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,360. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q977306. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.450°N, 97.204°W.
Population
In 1881, Ste. Agathe had a population of 2,360: 1,234 male and 1,126 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 (0.3% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Youville, 1891 (62.6% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Ste. Agathe shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 2,360 total population, 1,234 males, 1,126 females, 831 married persons, 451 families, 422 married females, 409 married males, 39 widowed persons, 28 widowed females, 11 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,490 single persons under 18, 814 single males under 18, 676 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 424 occupied houses, 405 inhabited houses, 36 uninhabited houses, 19 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 17 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 36,038 bushels of spring wheat, 17,503 bushels of oats, 11,593 bushels of potatoes, 6,681 bushels of barley, 6,223 tons of hay, 3,952 acres of hay crops, 1,750 acres of wheat, 1,117 bushels of turnips, 887 bushels of other root crops, 245 bushels of peas and beans, 238 acres of potatoes, 148 bushels of corn, 71 bushels of rye, 2 bushels of buckwheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,797 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:
MB184004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_MB184004— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q977306
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). "Ste. Agathe, Manitoba (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/ste-agathe-mb184004-1881/.