Winnipeg, Ward—Quartier No. 2, Manitoba (1891 census)
Winnipeg, Ward—Quartier No. 2 was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 6,097. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.890°N, 97.141°W.
Population
In 1891, Winnipeg, Ward—Quartier No. 2 had a population of 6,097: 3,174 male and 2,923 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 6,097 |
| 1901 | 7,305 |
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 Winnipeg, C, 1881 (12.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Winnipeg, Ward—Quartier No. 2 shared boundaries with:
- St. Boniface, Town—Ville
- Winnipeg, Ward—Quartier No. 1
- Winnipeg, Ward—Quartier No. 3
- Winnipeg, Ward—Quartier No. 4
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 72 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 6,097 total population, 3,174 males, 2,923 females, 1,917 married persons, 1,142 families, 979 married males, 938 married females, 185 widowed persons, 126 widowed females, 59 widowed males, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 3,995 single persons under 18, 2,136 single males under 18, 1,859 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 5,895 persons who are not French Canadian, 202 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 1,028 houses, 1,028 occupied houses, 773 houses of 2 stories, 668 houses built of wood, 625 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 360 houses built of brick, 201 houses of 1 story, 102 houses of 4 rooms, 96 houses of 5 rooms, 66 houses of 2 rooms, 60 uninhabited houses, 59 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 54 houses of 3 rooms, 35 houses of 3 stories, 21 houses of over 15 rooms, 20 houses under construction, 19 houses of more than 3 stories, 5 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 1,670 chickens, 762 acres of land in farms, 679 horses aged over 3 years, 640 acres of farmland in pasture, 355 milk cows, 300 bushels of spring wheat, 205 other cattle, 200 bushels of potatoes, 200 pounds of homemade butter, 122 acres of farmland under crops, 122 acres of improved land in farms, 110 bushels of turnips, 100 acres of wheat, 84 ducks, 84 swine, 80 sheep slaughtered or sold, 75 horses aged 3 years and under, 56 other fowl, 48 turkeys, 44 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 30 bushels of oats, 28 geese, 26 oxen, 20 cattle killed or sold, 15 bushels of barley, 11 sheep, 10 acres of barley, 10 acres of oats, 6 bushels of beans, 5 occupants of farms, 3 farm occupants who own their land, 3 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 bushels of corn, 2 farm occupants who rent their land, 1 acres of potatoes, 1 acres of turnips, 1 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
MB010002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_MB012002— 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 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). "Winnipeg, Ward—Quartier No. 2, Manitoba (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/winnipeg-ward-quartier-no-2-mb010002-1891/.