Calgary & Red Deer, Northwest Territories (1891 census)

Calgary & Red Deer was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 11,199. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.668°N, 114.147°W.

Population

In 1891, Calgary & Red Deer had a population of 11,199: 6,719 male and 4,480 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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Gladys, 1901 (0.7% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Gleichen, 1901 (2.8% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Okotoks, 1901 (0.4% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Lineham, 1901 (1.4% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Davisburg, 1901 (0.1% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Langdon, 1901 (1.1% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Shepard, 1901 (0.4% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Pine Creek, 1901 (0.3% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Millarville, 1901 (1.6% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Calgary, South—Sud, 1901 (0.1% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Calgary, East—Est, 1901 (0.0% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Calgary, Centre, 1901 (0.0% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Nose Creek, 1901 (1.5% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Wintering Hills, 1901 (11.6% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Priddis, 1901 (1.0% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Calgary, West—Ouest, 1901 (0.4% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Springbank, 1901 (0.3% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Jumping Pound, 1901 (0.9% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Calgary, North—Nord, 1901 (0.3% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Cochrane, 1901 (0.7% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Kananaskis, 1901 (0.7% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Airdrie, 1901 (1.5% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Rosebud, 1901 (2.8% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Morley, 1901 (1.0% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Beaver Dam, 1901 (0.6% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Carstairs, 1901 (0.9% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Canmore, 1901 (1.3% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Anthracite, 1901 (0.6% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Didsbury, 1901 (0.5% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Dogpound, 1901 (1.4% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Olds, 1901 (1.9% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Tail Creek, 1901 (7.6% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Quill Lake, 1901 (1.1% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Bowden, 1901 (0.2% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Pine Lake, 1901 (0.9% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Little Red Deer, 1901 (3.4% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Kneehill, 1901 (0.7% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Banff, 1901 (4.7% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Red Lodge, 1901 (0.4% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Innisfail, 1901 (0.3% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Lamerton, 1901 (2.9% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Penhold, 1901 (0.2% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Willow Dale, 1901 (0.3% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Red Deer, 1901 (0.2% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Urquhart, 1901 (0.9% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Tindastoll, 1901 (2.9% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Lacombe, 1901 (0.7% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Laggan, 1901 (6.7% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Burnt Lake, 1901 (6.3% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Calgary & Red Deer shared boundaries with:

• Battleford
• Edmonton
• Kootenay, Lower
• Lightning Creek
• McLeod
• Medicine Hat

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 87 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 11,199 total population, 6,719 males, 4,480 females, 3,253 married persons, 2,430 families, 1,648 married males, 1,605 married females, 199 widowed persons, 116 widowed females, 83 widowed males, 4.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 7,747 single persons under 18, 4,988 single males under 18, 2,759 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 10,988 persons who are not French Canadian, 211 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 2,383 occupied houses, 1,816 houses, 1,783 houses built of wood, 1,374 houses of 1 story, 567 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 434 houses of 2 stories, 370 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 343 houses of 2 rooms, 305 houses of 3 rooms, 297 houses of 4 rooms, 286 houses of 1 room, 161 houses of 5 rooms, 126 uninhabited houses, 72 houses under construction, 34 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 20 houses built of brick, 20 houses of over 15 rooms, 13 houses built of stone, 8 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 823,675 acres of land in farms, 796,615 acres of farmland in pasture, 375,571 bushels of oats, 243,061 pounds of homemade butter, 104,580 bushels of potatoes, 51,589 bushels of turnips, 47,311 other cattle, 36,151 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 30,836 tons of hay, 29,734 bushels of spring wheat, 29,707 bushels of barley, 28,331 chickens, 21,555 acres of improved land in farms, 21,262 acres of farmland under crops, 18,034 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 14,608 acres of oats, 11,134 horses aged over 3 years, 10,820 sheep, 10,762 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 8,330 cattle killed or sold, 6,123 horses aged 3 years and under, 5,505 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,104 milk cows, 2,979 sheep slaughtered or sold, 2,019 bushels of winter wheat, 2,016 acres of wheat, 1,933 swine, 1,770 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,555 bushels of peas, 1,329 acres of barley, 1,311 occupants of farms, 1,271 ducks, 1,199 farm occupants who own their land, 864 turkeys, 686 acres of potatoes, 626 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 584 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 293 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 265 geese, 251 oxen, 230 bushels of rye, 226 acres of turnips, 226 other fowl, 94 farm occupants who rent their land, 79 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 70 bushels of corn, 57 bushels of buckwheat, 57 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 27 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 18 employees on farms, 17 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 2 bushels of beans. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 3 people connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NT198001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT198001 — 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 1891 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 & Red Deer, Northwest Territories (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/calgary-red-deer-nt198001-1891/.