Cochrane, Northwest Territories (1901 census)

Cochrane was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 236. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1105163. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.196°N, 114.458°W.

Population

In 1901, Cochrane had a population of 236: 155 male and 81 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 (0.7% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Cochrane vl (T26 R4 MW5), 1911 (0.4% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Cochrane shared boundaries with:

• Airdrie
• Beaver Dam
• Calgary, North—Nord
• Calgary, West—Ouest
• Dogpound
• Jumping Pound
• Morley
• Springbank

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 236 total population, 155 males, 108 single males, 81 females, 69 families, 50 single females, 41 married males, 31 married females, 6 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 69 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 130,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NT202028 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT202028 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1105163
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochrane,_Alberta
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochrane_(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). "Cochrane, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/cochrane-nt202028-1901/.