Edmonton N, Northwest Territories (1881 census)
Edmonton N was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,159. The administrative centroid was at approximately 53.046°N, 115.028°W.
Population
In 1881, Edmonton N had a population of 1,159: 569 male and 590 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 NO DATA, 1871 (1.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Edmonton N shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 26 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,159 total population, 590 females, 569 males, 450 married persons, 248 families, 238 married females, 212 married males, 36 widowed persons, 35 widowed females, 1 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 673 single persons under 18, 356 single males under 18, 317 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 248 occupied houses, 220 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 28 inhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 20,254 bushels of spring wheat, 18,119 bushels of barley, 16,455 bushels of potatoes, 3,671 bushels of oats, 2,915 bushels of turnips, 2,042 tons of hay, 1,022 acres of hay crops, 918 acres of wheat, 540 bushels of other root crops, 106 acres of potatoes. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 15 people connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Natos-api | 1819–1897 | born here |
| James Green Stewart | 1825–1881 | died here |
| George Verey | 1830–1881 | died here |
| Chula | 1833–1911 | born here |
| Aatsista-Mahkan | 1833–1911 | born here |
| Angus McKay | 1836–1910 | born here |
| Ozîja Thiha | 1837–1903 | born here |
| Onista’poka | 1838–1897 | born here |
| Taotha | 1841–1935 | born here |
| Onistah-sokaksin | 1844–1901 | born here |
| Nitai’kihtsipimi | 1848–1928 | born here |
| Léon-Adélard Fafard | 1850–1885 | died here |
| Si’k-okskitsis | 1856–1897 | born here |
| Egerton Ryerson Steinhauer | 1859–1932 | born here |
| Henry Norwest | 1880–1918 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,165 individuals enumerated here, with name, age, sex, religion, ethnic origin, birthplace, and occupation. Source: TCP/Dillon 1881 Canadian Census deposit at Borealis.
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NT193012— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NT193012— 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 1881 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). "Edmonton N, Northwest Territories (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/edmonton-n-nt193012-1881/.