Balcarres, Northwest Territories (1901 census)

Balcarres was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 166. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.813°N, 103.539°W.

Population

In 1901, Balcarres had a population of 166: 102 male and 64 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 Qu’Appelle, 1891 (0.6% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Balcarres vl (T21 R11 MW2), 1911 (1.4% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Balcarres shared boundaries with:

• Chickney
• File Hills
• Fort Qu’Appelle
• Hayward
• Katepwa
• Pheasant Forks
• Wide Awake

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 166 total population, 102 males, 72 single males, 64 females, 42 families, 36 single females, 29 married males, 27 married females, 1 widowed females, 1 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 41 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 47,818 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NT203003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT203003 — 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). "Balcarres, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/balcarres-nt203003-1901/.