Carstairs, Northwest Territories (1901 census)

Carstairs was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 166. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1886298. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.555°N, 113.902°W.

Population

In 1901, Carstairs had a population of 166: 110 male and 56 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 Calgary & Red Deer, 1891 (0.9% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Carstairs vl (T30 R1 MW5), 1911 (0.3% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD became part of 92 townships, 1911 (9.6% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Carstairs shared boundaries with:

• Airdrie
• Beaver Dam
• Didsbury
• Olds
• Rosebud

Full census record, 1901

The 1901 census recorded 11 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 166 total population, 110 males, 74 single males, 56 females, 49 families, 33 married males, 32 married females, 24 single females, 3 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 49 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 204,800 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NT202025 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT202025 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1886298
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carstairs,_Alberta
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carstairs_(Alberta)

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). "Carstairs, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/carstairs-nt202025-1901/.