Duck Lake, Northwest Territories (1901 census)
Duck Lake was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 889. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1427938. The administrative centroid was at approximately 52.807°N, 106.276°W.
Population
In 1901, Duck Lake had a population of 889: 446 male and 443 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 Prince Albert, 1891 (0.4% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Duck Lake vl (T44 R2 MW3), 1911 (0.7% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Duck Lake I R, 1911 (32.9% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901
In the 1901 census, Duck Lake shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1901
The 1901 census recorded 14 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 889 total population, 446 males, 443 females, 266 single females, 265 single males, 192 families, 163 married males, 154 married females, 19 widowed females, 14 widowed males, 4 divorced females, 4 divorced males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 182 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 88,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NT205019— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NT205019— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q1427938
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_Lake,_Saskatchewan
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_Lake_(Saskatchewan)
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). "Duck Lake, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/duck-lake-nt205019-1901/.