Whitewater, Manitoba (1891 census)

Whitewater was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,727. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1661973. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.402°N, 100.309°W.

Population

In 1891, Whitewater had a population of 1,727: 1,034 male and 693 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 (4.7% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Whitewater shared boundaries with:

• Brenda
• Deloraine
• Glenwood
• Oakland
• Riverside
• Sifton

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 81 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,727 total population, 1,034 males, 693 females, 565 married persons, 422 families, 287 married males, 278 married females, 42 widowed persons, 25 widowed males, 17 widowed females, 4.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,120 single persons under 18, 722 single males under 18, 398 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,712 persons who are not French Canadian, 15 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 404 houses, 404 occupied houses, 392 houses built of wood, 276 houses of 1 story, 128 houses of 2 stories, 106 houses of 2 rooms, 96 houses of 1 room, 76 houses of 3 rooms, 52 houses of 4 rooms, 50 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 23 houses of 5 rooms, 11 houses built of stone, 10 uninhabited houses, 7 houses under construction, 1 houses built of brick, 1 houses of 11 to 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 598,913 bushels of spring wheat, 255,667 bushels of oats, 122,971 acres of land in farms, 83,739 acres of farmland in pasture, 64,225 pounds of homemade butter, 38,974 acres of improved land in farms, 38,824 acres of farmland under crops, 29,150 acres of wheat, 28,930 bushels of potatoes, 17,692 bushels of barley, 12,975 bushels of turnips, 10,174 chickens, 6,853 acres of oats, 6,558 tons of hay, 1,303 horses aged over 3 years, 1,218 swine, 1,023 other cattle, 865 swine slaughtered or sold, 715 milk cows, 695 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 664 acres of barley, 481 bushels of peas, 433 horses aged 3 years and under, 417 occupants of farms, 387 turkeys, 378 farm occupants who own their land, 350 bushels of winter wheat, 346 oxen, 306 ducks, 301 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 267 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 258 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 212 cattle killed or sold, 150 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 142 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 131 acres of potatoes, 108 geese, 97 sheep, 45 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 38 farm occupants who rent their land, 33 acres of turnips, 15 other fowl, 5 bushels of corn, 4 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 4 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 3 sheep slaughtered or sold, 2 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: MB009029 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_MB009029 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1661973
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Whitewater
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitewater_(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). "Whitewater, Manitoba (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/whitewater-mb009029-1891/.