Western, Manitoba (1881 census)
Western was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 7,017. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.330°N, 100.292°W.
Population
In 1881, Western had a population of 7,017: 4,257 male and 2,760 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 (7.2% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Osprey, 1891 (3.8% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Glendale, 1891 (2.9% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Rapid City vl, 1891 (0.0% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Neepawa, Town—Ville, 1891 (0.2% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Minnedosa, Town—Ville, 1891 (0.2% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Oak River, 1891 (5.9% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Archie & Ellice, 1891 (11.8% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Clan William, 1891 (5.9% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Shoal Lake, Strathclair, 1891 (11.5% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Birtle, Town—Ville, 1891 (0.0% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Birtle, 1891 (8.8% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Odanah, 1891 (5.8% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Saskatchewan, 1891 (5.9% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Blanchard, 1891 (5.9% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Miniota, 1891 (8.8% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Harrison, 1891 (5.9% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Western shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 34 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 7,017 total population, 4,257 males, 2,760 females, 2,254 married persons, 2,111 families, 1,177 married males, 1,077 married females, 138 widowed persons, 70 widowed females, 68 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 4,625 single persons under 18, 3,012 single males under 18, 1,613 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 2,078 occupied houses, 1,951 inhabited houses, 257 houses under construction, 127 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 44 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 142,966 bushels of oats, 96,829 bushels of potatoes, 93,937 bushels of spring wheat, 26,664 bushels of turnips, 21,202 tons of hay, 19,574 bushels of barley, 7,933 acres of hay crops, 5,586 bushels of other root crops, 5,218 acres of wheat, 554 acres of potatoes, 355 bushels of winter wheat, 254 bushels of peas and beans, 22 bushels of corn, 16 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 10 bushels of buckwheat, 4 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 6,440 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:
MB187004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_MB187004— 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 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). "Western, Manitoba (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/western-mb187004-1881/.