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Originally Posted by Docere
Good stuff, thanks for sharing.
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No problem! I find these things interesting. I'd have to considering it took a few hours to find out this information, it meant going into census archives and adding up all census tracts to find out the population of the former municipalities. Here's some extra demographic info in case you or anyone else is interested. Bolded indicates the former city,
Year.................2001........2006........2011........2016
Downtown......15,954 > 15,960 > 16,673 > 17,826
River Heights..60,002 > 59,897 > 59,159 > 60,661
West End........56,055 > 56,340 > 56,521 > 58,668
North End.......43,427 > 44,156 > 46,766 > 48,320
Elmwood........14,363 > 14,358 > 14,806 > 14,713
Inkster...........17,097 > 16,728 > 17,311 > 18,337
Fort Garry.........54,480 > 58,191 > 63,270 > 76,205
St. Vital............60,649 > 62,488 > 66,149 > 69,027
St. James..........62,097 > 61,095 > 61,764 > 63,061
St. Boniface.......46,318 > 49,826 > 54,201 > 59,823
North Kildonan...42,764 > 43,258 > 45,547 > 48,987
Old Kildonan......29,493 > 32,340 > 39,358 > 44,420
Transcona..........28,414 > 28,812 > 30,540 > 32,352
East Kildonan.....26,485 > 26,057 > 26,278 > 26,623
Charleswood......26,746 > 26,332 > 25,679 > 25,347
West Kildonan....20,650 > 20,794 > 21,649 > 22,391
Tuxedo..............14,550 > 16,819 > 17,946 > 18,483
Downtown had a peak population of 27,543 in 1941, the West End had a peak population of 87,294 in 1961 and the North End had a peak population of 70,912 in 1961.
Winnipeg total:
2001: 619,544
2006: 633,451
2011: 663,617
2016: 705,244
Population history of the original wards of Winnipeg (Downtown, River Heights, West End, North End, Elmwood):
1871: 241
1881: 7,995
1891: 26,529
1901: 42,340
1911: 136,035
1921: 179,097
1931: 218,785
1941: 221,960
1951: 235,710
1961: 265,429
1971: 245,637
1981: 200,002
1991: 196,384
2001: 189,801
2011: 193,925
2016: 200,188
There seems to be nothing online about the demographics of the former municipalities in Winnipeg (or its very hard to find!), so at least its online now!