Arctic Coast, Northwest Territories (1881 census)
Arctic Coast was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 4,032. The administrative centroid was at approximately 72.958°N, 87.498°W.
Population
In 1881, Arctic Coast had a population of 4,032: 1,955 male and 2,077 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 NO DATA, 1871 (18.1% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of The Unorganized Territories, 1891 (26.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Arctic Coast shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 16 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 4,032 total population, 2,077 females, 1,955 males, 1,666 married persons, 887 families, 885 married females, 781 married males, 144 widowed persons, 140 widowed females, 4 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,222 single persons under 18, 1,170 single males under 18, 1,052 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 887 occupied houses, 880 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 7 inhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NT193018— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NT193018— 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 1881 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). "Arctic Coast, Northwest Territories (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/arctic-coast-nt193018-1881/.