Winnipeg, Ward—Quartier No. 5, Manitoba (1891 census)
Winnipeg, Ward—Quartier No. 5 was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 7,086. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.914°N, 97.155°W.
Population
In 1891, Winnipeg, Ward—Quartier No. 5 had a population of 7,086: 3,731 male and 3,355 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 7,086 |
| 1901 | 12,697 |
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 Kildonan, 1881 (7.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Winnipeg, Ward—Quartier No. 5 shared boundaries with:
- Assiniboia
- Kildonan
- St. Boniface, Town—Ville
- Winnipeg, Ward—Quartier No. 4
- Winnipeg, Ward—Quartier No. 6
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 67 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 7,086 total population, 3,731 males, 3,355 females, 2,562 married persons, 1,418 families, 1,301 married males, 1,261 married females, 190 widowed persons, 133 widowed females, 57 widowed males, 5 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 4,334 single persons under 18, 2,373 single males under 18, 1,961 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 7,010 persons who are not French Canadian, 76 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 1,356 occupied houses, 1,355 houses, 1,221 houses built of wood, 753 houses of 1 story, 576 houses of 2 stories, 528 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 303 houses of 4 rooms, 178 houses of 5 rooms, 159 houses of 3 rooms, 134 houses built of brick, 126 houses of 2 rooms, 85 uninhabited houses, 25 houses of 3 stories, 23 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 22 houses of over 15 rooms, 16 houses of 1 room, 9 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 3,005 chickens, 1,300 pounds of homemade butter, 1,100 bushels of oats, 1,000 cattle killed or sold, 269 milk cows, 241 horses aged over 3 years, 200 bushels of potatoes, 176 acres of land in farms, 152 swine slaughtered or sold, 138 acres of farmland in pasture, 110 ducks, 100 bushels of turnips, 67 turkeys, 57 other cattle, 41 oxen, 40 bushels of barley, 38 acres of farmland under crops, 38 acres of improved land in farms, 35 acres of oats, 29 geese, 21 swine, 13 other fowl, 9 horses aged 3 years and under, 4 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2 farm occupants who own their land, 2 occupants of farms, 1 acres of barley, 1 acres of potatoes, 1 acres of turnips, 1 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 1 sheep. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
MB010005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_MB012005— 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. 5, Manitoba (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/winnipeg-ward-quartier-no-5-mb010005-1891/.