Banff, Northwest Territories (1901 census)

Banff was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 271. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q58337. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.613°N, 115.651°W.

Population

In 1901, Banff had a population of 271: 168 male and 103 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 Calgary & Red Deer, 1891 (4.7% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Banff vl (T26 R12 MW5), 1911 (0.1% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Banff shared boundaries with:

• Anthracite
• Canmore
• Dogpound
• Laggan
• Little Red Deer
• Morley
• Tindastoll

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 271 total population, 168 males, 112 single males, 103 females, 54 single females, 51 married males, 50 families, 47 married females, 5 widowed males, 2 widowed females. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 50 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 548,800 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NT202006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT202006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q58337
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banff,_Alberta
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banff

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). "Banff, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/banff-nt202006-1901/.