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Year: 1901  |  Province: Northwest Territories

Fairville, Northwest Territories (1901 census)

Fairville was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 205. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.550°N, 105.109°W.

Population

In 1901, Fairville had a population of 205: 115 male and 90 female residents. Population density was 2.3 people per square mile.

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

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Fairville shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1901

The 1901 census recorded 24 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (13 variables)
VariableValue
Number of families51
Number of females90
Number of males115
Number of married females35
Number of married males35
Number of single females52
Number of single males78
Number of widowed females3
Number of widowed males2
POP F90
POP M115
POP TOT205
Total population205
Buildings & housing (1 variable)
VariableValue
Number of houses50
Agriculture (1 variable)
VariableValue
Total area (acres)58,685
Other recorded variables (9 variables)
VariableValue
AREA AC58,685
FAMILIES51
HOUSES50
MARRIED F35
MARRIED M35
SINGLE F52
SINGLE M78
WIDOWED F3
WIDOWED M2

Identifiers

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). "Fairville, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/fairville-nt204025-1901/.