Cowley, Northwest Territories (1901 census)

Cowley was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 212. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.551°N, 114.156°W.

Population

In 1901, Cowley had a population of 212: 132 male and 80 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 McLeod, 1891 (0.6% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Cowley vl (T7 R1 MW5), 1911 (1.1% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD became part of 198 townships, 1911 (1.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Cowley shared boundaries with:

• Blairmore
• Livingston
• Mountain Mill
• Pincher Creek

Full census record, 1901

The 1901 census recorded 12 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 212 total population, 132 males, 95 single males, 80 females, 50 single females, 40 families, 34 married males, 29 married females, 3 widowed males, 1 widowed females. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 40 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 56,090 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NT202032 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT202032 — 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). "Cowley, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/cowley-nt202032-1901/.