Balgonie, Northwest Territories (1901 census)
Balgonie was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 399. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1909256. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.485°N, 104.298°W.
Population
In 1901, Balgonie had a population of 399: 205 male and 194 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 Moose Jaw & Regina, 1891 (0.5% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of 217 townships, 1911 (1.0% share).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Balgonie t-v, 1911 (1.2% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901
In the 1901 census, Balgonie shared boundaries with:
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 399 total population, 205 males, 194 females, 135 single males, 122 single females, 78 families, 68 married males, 67 married females, 5 widowed females, 2 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 78 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 46,948 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NT204002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NT204002— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q1909256
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balgonie
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balgonie_(Saskatchewan)
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). "Balgonie, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/balgonie-nt204002-1901/.