Calgary, North—Nord, Northwest Territories (1901 census)

Calgary, North—Nord was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 858. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q36312. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.160°N, 114.071°W.

Population

In 1901, Calgary, North—Nord had a population of 858: 473 male and 385 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 (0.3% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Calgary, North—Nord shared boundaries with:

• Airdrie
• Calgary, Centre
• Calgary, East—Est
• Calgary, South—Sud
• Calgary, West—Ouest
• Cochrane
• Nose Creek

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 858 total population, 473 males, 385 females, 325 single males, 226 single females, 204 families, 149 married females, 142 married males, 10 widowed females, 6 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 203 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 79,763 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NT202020 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT202020 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q36312
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary

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). "Calgary, North—Nord, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/calgary-north-nord-nt202020-1901/.