Cannington, Northwest Territories (1901 census)

Cannington was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 298. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5032716. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.690°N, 101.922°W.

Population

In 1901, Cannington had a population of 298: 164 male and 134 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 Broadview, 1891 (2.5% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of 209 townships, 1911 (3.9% share).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Wachope vl (T7 R33 MW1), 1911 (0.3% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Cannington shared boundaries with:

• Bellegarde
• Carlyle
• Glen Adelaide
• Heron
• Highview
• St. Raffael

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 298 total population, 164 males, 134 females, 113 single males, 84 single females, 65 families, 48 married males, 47 married females, 3 widowed females, 3 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 65 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 196,270 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NT203013 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT203013 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q5032716

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). "Cannington, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/cannington-nt203013-1901/.