Alma, Northwest Territories (1901 census)

Alma was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 388. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.688°N, 103.061°W.

Population

In 1901, Alma had a population of 388: 237 male and 151 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 Broadview, 1891 (5.5% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of 209 townships, 1911 (8.6% share).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Forget vl (T8 R7 MW2), 1911 (0.2% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Stoughton vl (T8 R8 MW2), 1911 (0.2% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Heward vl (T9 R9 MW2), 1911 (0.2% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Creelman vl (T10 R10 MW1), 1911 (0.1% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Alma shared boundaries with:

• Estevan
• Grenfell, South—Sud
• Moffatt
• Percy
• Weyburn
• Weyburn, North—Nord
• Willocks

Full census record, 1901

The 1901 census recorded 12 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 388 total population, 237 males, 159 single males, 151 females, 108 families, 86 single females, 72 married males, 62 married females, 6 widowed males, 3 widowed females. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 105 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 410,795 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NT203002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT203002 — 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 1901 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). "Alma, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/alma-nt203002-1901/.