Ferndale, Northwest Territories (1901 census)

Ferndale was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 249. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.410°N, 101.546°W.

Population

In 1901, Ferndale had a population of 249: 136 male and 113 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 Broadview, 1891 (0.7% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Welwyn vl (T15 R30 MW1), 1911 (0.3% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Ferndale shared boundaries with:

• Archie
• Ellice
• Hillburn
• New Hastings
• Rocanville
• Spy Hill

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 249 total population, 136 males, 113 females, 91 single males, 68 single females, 55 families, 43 married females, 43 married males, 2 widowed females, 2 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 55 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 55,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NT203033 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT203033 — 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). "Ferndale, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/ferndale-nt203033-1901/.