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

Name: Carrot River & Lake Winnipeg (1891)
Address: Northwest Territories, CA

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.

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 contained Cumberland S, 1881 (35.4% share).
In an earlier year, this CSD contained Cumberland N, 1881 (22.4% share).

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD contained Nut Lake, 1901 (6.2% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Barrier River, 1901 (3.6% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Grand Rapids, 1901 (2.1% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Mossy Portage, 1901 (0.2% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Red Deer River, 1901 (7.0% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Cedar Lake, 1901 (4.4% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Pas Mountain, 1901 (5.1% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained The Pas, 1901 (9.0% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Birch River, 1901 (4.6% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Cumberland, 1901 (3.4% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Moose Lake, 1901 (18.1% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Pine Bluff, 1901 (24.8% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

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

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 55 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,484 total population, 745 males, 739 females, 443 married persons, 306 families, 223 married females, 220 married males, 28 widowed persons, 20 widowed females, 8 widowed males, 4.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,013 single persons under 18, 517 single males under 18, 496 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,483 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 283 occupied houses, 213 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 70 houses, 70 houses built of wood, 65 houses of 1 story, 51 houses of 1 room, 8 houses of 2 rooms, 5 houses of 2 stories, 4 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 3 houses of 4 rooms, 2 houses of 5 rooms, 2 uninhabited houses, 1 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses of 3 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 3,100 pounds of homemade butter, 803 acres of land in farms, 797 acres of farmland in pasture, 337 bushels of potatoes, 200 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 125 tons of hay, 67 other cattle, 62 chickens, 53 milk cows, 18 horses aged over 3 years, 16 ducks, 12 oxen, 10 horses aged 3 years and under, 6 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 6 acres of improved land in farms, 6 occupants of farms, 4 farm occupants who rent their land, 3 acres of potatoes, 3 geese, 3 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 2 farm occupants who own their land, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 turkeys, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: NT201002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT201002 — 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). "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/.