Birch River, Northwest Territories (1901 census)

Birch River was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 38. The administrative centroid was at approximately 53.669°N, 102.663°W.

Population

In 1901, Birch River had a population of 38: 21 male and 17 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 Carrot River & Lake Winnipeg, 1891 (4.6% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Birch River shared boundaries with:

• Cumberland
• Lake La Ronge
• Pas Mountain
• Pine Bluff
• The Pas

Full census record, 1901

The 1901 census recorded 10 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 2 categories.

Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 38 total population, 21 males, 17 females, 13 single males, 9 families, 8 married females, 8 married males, 8 single females, 1 widowed females. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 9 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NT205008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT205008 — 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). "Birch River, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/birch-river-nt205008-1901/.