Westbourne, Manitoba (1881 census)

Westbourne was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 545. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1661880. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.351°N, 98.773°W.

Population

In 1881, Westbourne had a population of 545: 296 male and 249 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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 NO DATA, 1871 (2.1% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Westbourne, 1891 (35.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Westbourne shared boundaries with:

• Gladstone, Town—Ville
• North Eastern
• North Western
• Portage
• South Western
• Western
• Woodlands

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 29 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 545 total population, 296 males, 249 females, 205 married persons, 114 families, 105 married males, 100 married females, 12 widowed persons, 8 widowed females, 4 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 328 single persons under 18, 187 single males under 18, 141 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 114 occupied houses, 88 inhabited houses, 26 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 9 houses under construction, 8 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 6,829 bushels of spring wheat, 6,657 bushels of potatoes, 6,404 bushels of oats, 2,255 acres of hay crops, 1,937 tons of hay, 1,147 bushels of turnips, 880 bushels of barley, 375 bushels of other root crops, 325 acres of wheat, 43 acres of potatoes, 35 bushels of peas and beans. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 545 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: MB186002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_MB008014 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1661880
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Westbourne

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). "Westbourne, Manitoba (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/westbourne-mb186002-1881/.