Cardston, Northwest Territories (1901 census)

Cardston was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 915. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1743545. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.242°N, 113.215°W.

Population

In 1901, Cardston had a population of 915: 503 male and 412 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 McLeod, 1891 (0.7% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Cardston t-v, 1911 (0.9% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Cardston shared boundaries with:

• Aetna
• Boundary Creek
• Leavitt
• Magrath
• Stand Off

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 915 total population, 503 males, 412 females, 343 single males, 253 single females, 191 families, 156 married males, 150 married females, 9 widowed females, 4 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 187 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 67,120 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NT202024 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT202024 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1743545
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardston
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardston

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). "Cardston, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/cardston-nt202024-1901/.