Winnipeg, Ward—Quartier No. 4, Manitoba (1891 census)
Winnipeg, Ward—Quartier No. 4 was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 8,266. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.907°N, 97.162°W.
Population
In 1891, Winnipeg, Ward—Quartier No. 4 had a population of 8,266: 4,347 male and 3,919 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 8,266 |
| 1901 | 11,552 |
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 (21.3% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Winnipeg, Ward—Quartier No. 4 shared boundaries with:
- Assiniboia
- St. Boniface, Town—Ville
- Winnipeg, Ward—Quartier No. 2
- Winnipeg, Ward—Quartier No. 3
- Winnipeg, Ward—Quartier No. 5
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 62 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 8,266 total population, 4,347 males, 3,919 females, 2,744 married persons, 1,645 families, 1,398 married males, 1,346 married females, 272 widowed persons, 191 widowed females, 81 widowed males, 5 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 5,250 single persons under 18, 2,868 single males under 18, 2,382 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 8,107 persons who are not French Canadian, 159 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 1,407 houses, 1,407 occupied houses, 1,170 houses built of wood, 931 houses of 2 stories, 821 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 430 houses of 1 story, 237 houses built of brick, 188 houses of 4 rooms, 180 houses of 5 rooms, 79 houses of 3 rooms, 65 uninhabited houses, 62 houses of 2 rooms, 43 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 43 houses of 3 stories, 28 houses of over 15 rooms, 11 houses under construction, 6 houses of 1 room, 3 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 2,700 bushels of spring wheat, 2,662 chickens, 1,840 acres of land in farms, 1,655 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,200 bushels of oats, 1,150 pounds of homemade butter, 784 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 721 horses aged over 3 years, 553 milk cows, 454 other cattle, 185 acres of farmland under crops, 185 acres of improved land in farms, 171 sheep, 145 acres of wheat, 73 horses aged 3 years and under, 71 cattle killed or sold, 61 swine slaughtered or sold, 58 ducks, 58 swine, 56 sheep slaughtered or sold, 40 acres of oats, 37 oxen, 32 other fowl, 17 turkeys, 4 geese, 2 farm occupants who own their land, 2 occupants of farms, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 21 people 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 Settee | 1809–1902 | died here |
| Adam John Laing Peebles | 1812–1902 | died here |
| Gilbert McMicken | 1813–1891 | died here |
| James Wickes Taylor | 1819–1893 | died here |
| William Wagner | 1820–1901 | died here |
| William Gomez Fonseca | 1823–1905 | died here |
| Washington Frank Lynn | 1827–1906 | died here |
| John Mark King | 1829–1899 | died here |
| Robert Machray | 1831–1904 | died here |
| Allan MacDonald | 1832–1901 | died here |
| Charles Esplin | 1834–1905 | died here |
| Ebenezer McColl | 1835–1902 | died here |
| Stephen Nairn | 1838–1900 | died here |
| Nicholas Flood Davin | 1840–1901 | died here |
| Alexander Logan | 1841–1894 | died here |
| Alexander McIntyre | 1841–1892 | died here |
| Simon Duffin | 1844–1900 | died here |
| John B. Mather | 1845–1892 | died here |
| Corydon Partlow Brown | 1848–1891 | died here |
| Percy Reginald Neale | 1851–1906 | died here |
| Richard Willis Jameson | 1851–1899 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
MB010004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_MB012004— 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. 4, Manitoba (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/winnipeg-ward-quartier-no-4-mb010004-1891/.