Turtle Mountain, Manitoba (1891 census)
Turtle Mountain was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,572. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1660423. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.135°N, 99.829°W.
Population
In 1891, Turtle Mountain had a population of 1,572: 886 male and 686 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 1,572 |
| 1901 | 3,523 |
| 1921 | 2,541 |
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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in South Western, 1881 (3.6% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Turtle Mountain shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 80 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,572 total population, 886 males, 686 females, 527 married persons, 387 families, 267 married males, 260 married females, 33 widowed persons, 19 widowed males, 14 widowed females, 4.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,012 single persons under 18, 600 single males under 18, 412 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,543 persons who are not French Canadian, 29 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 372 occupied houses, 371 houses, 368 houses built of wood, 330 houses of 1 story, 100 houses of 2 rooms, 81 houses of 1 room, 58 houses of 3 rooms, 55 houses of 4 rooms, 41 houses of 2 stories, 36 houses of 5 rooms, 36 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 15 uninhabited houses, 3 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses built of brick, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses built of stone. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 209,123 bushels of spring wheat, 97,653 acres of land in farms, 90,598 bushels of oats, 78,289 acres of farmland in pasture, 48,684 pounds of homemade butter, 19,676 bushels of potatoes, 18,959 acres of improved land in farms, 18,861 acres of farmland under crops, 14,461 acres of wheat, 13,768 bushels of turnips, 12,098 bushels of barley, 7,091 chickens, 3,727 acres of oats, 3,277 tons of hay, 1,258 other cattle, 830 horses aged over 3 years, 808 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 785 milk cows, 681 swine, 635 turkeys, 610 cattle killed or sold, 514 acres of barley, 423 swine slaughtered or sold, 420 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 405 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 388 horses aged 3 years and under, 362 occupants of farms, 337 farm occupants who own their land, 310 ducks, 281 oxen, 246 sheep slaughtered or sold, 194 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 163 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 145 geese, 144 sheep, 138 acres of potatoes, 98 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 52 acres of turnips, 32 bushels of peas, 24 farm occupants who rent their land, 20 other fowl, 3 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 1 bushels of beans, 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:
MB009025— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_MB157008— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q1660423
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipality_of_Killarney-Turtle_Mountain
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killarney-Turtle_Mountain
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). "Turtle Mountain, Manitoba (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/turtle-mountain-mb009025-1891/.