Virden, Town—Ville, Manitoba (1891 census)
Virden, Town—Ville was a town in Manitoba, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 606. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q75861. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.850°N, 100.931°W.
Population
In 1891, Virden, Town—Ville had a population of 606: 312 male and 294 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 South Western, 1881 (0.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Virden, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 70 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 606 total population, 312 males, 294 females, 209 married persons, 130 families, 106 married females, 103 married males, 15 widowed persons, 9 widowed females, 6 widowed males, 4.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 382 single persons under 18, 203 single males under 18, 179 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 606 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 129 occupied houses, 122 houses, 114 houses built of wood, 65 houses of 2 stories, 57 houses of 1 story, 46 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 35 houses of 4 rooms, 21 houses of 5 rooms, 12 houses of 2 rooms, 7 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 7 houses built of stone, 7 uninhabited houses, 3 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 3 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 houses of 3 rooms, 1 houses built of brick. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 31,210 bushels of spring wheat, 10,810 bushels of oats, 6,772 acres of land in farms, 4,767 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,985 pounds of homemade butter, 1,985 acres of improved land in farms, 1,983 acres of farmland under crops, 1,646 acres of wheat, 1,000 bushels of barley, 820 chickens, 345 acres of oats, 320 bushels of potatoes, 300 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 272 tons of hay, 250 bushels of turnips, 109 horses aged over 3 years, 100 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 85 bushels of peas, 75 other cattle, 70 sheep, 50 milk cows, 42 horses aged 3 years and under, 33 ducks, 30 acres of barley, 20 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 20 occupants of farms, 16 farm occupants who own their land, 16 other fowl, 15 oxen, 14 swine, 9 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 8 geese, 4 acres of potatoes, 4 farm occupants who rent their land, 2 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 2 acres of turnips, 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.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person 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 |
|---|---|---|
| James William Scallion | 1842–1926 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
MB009026— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_MB009026— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q75861
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virden,_Manitoba
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virden_(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). "Virden, Town—Ville, Manitoba (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/virden-town-ville-mb009026-1891/.