Fishburn, Northwest Territories (1901 census)

Fishburn was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 100. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.452°N, 113.611°W.

Population

In 1901, Fishburn had a population of 100: 63 male and 37 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 (0.5% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of 198 townships, 1911 (1.2% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Fishburn shared boundaries with:

• Macleod
• Olsen
• Pincher Creek
• Stand Off
• Yarrow

Full census record, 1901

The 1901 census recorded 11 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 100 total population, 63 males, 46 single males, 37 females, 25 families, 21 single females, 16 married females, 16 married males, 1 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 24 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 50,080 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NT202042 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT202042 — 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). "Fishburn, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/fishburn-nt202042-1901/.