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Year: 1891  |  Province: Northwest Territories

Carrot River & Lake Winnipeg, Northwest Territories (1891 census)

Carrot River & Lake Winnipeg was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,484. The administrative centroid was at approximately 53.782°N, 100.993°W.

Population

In 1891, Carrot River & Lake Winnipeg had a population of 1,484: 745 male and 739 female residents. Population density was 0.0 people per square mile.

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

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Carrot River & Lake Winnipeg shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 112 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)
VariableValue
Average size of families4.80
FAM NO306
Number of families306
Number of females739
Number of males745
Number of married females223
Number of married males220
Number of married persons443
Number of widowed females20
Number of widowed males8
Number of widowed persons28
POP F739
POP M745
POP TOT1,484
Total population1,484
Age structure (3 variables)
VariableValue
Number of single females under 18496
Number of single males under 18517
Number of single persons under 181,013
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
VariableValue
Number of French Canadians1
Number of persons who are not French Canadian1,483
Buildings & housing (15 variables)
VariableValue
Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties213
Number of houses70
Number of houses built of wood70
Number of houses of 1 room51
Number of houses of 1 story65
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms1
Number of houses of 2 rooms8
Number of houses of 2 stories5
Number of houses of 3 rooms1
Number of houses of 4 rooms3
Number of houses of 5 rooms2
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms4
Number of houses under construction1
Number of occupied houses283
Number of uninhabited houses2
Agriculture (27 variables)
VariableValue
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards6
Acres of farmland in pasture797
Acres of improved land in farms6
Acres of land in farms803
Acres of potatoes3
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year337
HAY TONS125
Number of chickens62
Number of ducks16
Number of farm occupants who own their land2
Number of farm occupants who rent their land4
Number of geese3
Number of horses aged 3 years and under10
Number of horses aged over 3 years18
Number of milk cows53
Number of occupants of farms6
Number of other cattle67
Number of oxen12
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres3
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres1
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres2
Number of turkeys2
POT AC3
POT BU337
Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year200
Pounds of homemade butter3,100
Tons of hay produced in the past year125
Other recorded variables (50 variables)
VariableValue
A 101 2003
A 201 PL1
BUTTER LB3,100
CHEESE LB200
CHILD AND UNMD FEM496
CHILD AND UNMD MALE517
CHILD AND UNMD TOT1,013
COLTS FILLIES10
DUCKS16
FAMILIES306
FAMILIES AV SIZE4.80
FRN CA1
GEESE3
HENS AND CHKN62
HORSES OVR THREE18
HOUSES70
HOUSES CON1
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM1
HOUSES FIVE RM2
HOUSES FOUR RM3
HOUSES ONE RM51
HOUSES ONE STRY65
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM4
HOUSES THREE RM1
HOUSES TWO RM8
HOUSES TWO STRY5
HOUSES UNINH2
HOUSES W70
INF 11 A2
MD FEM223
MD MALE220
MD TOT443
MILK COWS53
NAME CDSaskatchewan
OC F4
OC P2
OC TOT6
OTHER HRN CATTLE67
OTHERS1,483
SUP AM6
SUP JV6
SUP PAT797
SUP TOT803
TOT DWLG OCC283
TURKEY2
VESS AND SHAN213
WID FEM20
WID MALE8
WID TOT28
WORKING OX12

Identifiers

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). "Carrot River & Lake Winnipeg, Northwest Territories (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/carrot-river-lake-winnipeg-nt201002-1891/.