Chamberlain, Northwest Territories (1901 census)

Chamberlain was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 35. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.373°N, 105.591°W.

Population

In 1901, Chamberlain had a population of 35: 19 male and 16 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 Moose Jaw & Regina, 1891 (15.8% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Chamberlain vl (T22 R26 MW2), 1911 (0.0% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Aylesbury vl (T23 R27 MW2), 1911 (0.0% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Craik t-v, 1911 (0.0% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Girvin vl (T25 R29 MW2), 1911 (0.0% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Davidson t-v, 1911 (0.0% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Venn vl (T30 R24 MW2), 1911 (0.0% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Watrous t-v, 1911 (0.0% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Young vl (T32 R27 MW2), 1911 (0.0% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Zelma vl (T33 R25 MW2), 1911 (0.0% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Viscount vl (T34 R26 MW2), 1911 (0.0% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Chamberlain shared boundaries with:

• Bellevue
• Buffalo
• Clinton
• Craven
• Crooked Lake
• Dundurn
• Foster
• Pengarth
• Stony Beach
• Strassburg

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 35 total population, 19 males, 16 females, 11 single males, 10 single females, 9 families, 6 married females, 6 married males, 2 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 7 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 1,657,128 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NT204009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT204009 — 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 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). "Chamberlain, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/chamberlain-nt204009-1901/.