Fishing Lake, Northwest Territories (1901 census)
Fishing Lake was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 141. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.851°N, 103.553°W.
Population
In 1901, Fishing Lake had a population of 141: 74 male and 67 female residents. Population density was 0.4 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
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Qu'Appelle, 1891 (3.3% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Margo, VL, 1911 (0.1% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Wadena vl (T34 R13 MW2), 1911 (0.3% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901
In the 1901 census, Fishing Lake 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)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of families | 34 |
| Number of females | 67 |
| Number of males | 74 |
| Number of married females | 29 |
| Number of married males | 27 |
| Number of single females | 33 |
| Number of single males | 44 |
| Number of widowed females | 5 |
| Number of widowed males | 3 |
| POP F | 67 |
| POP M | 74 |
| POP TOT | 141 |
| Total population | 141 |
Buildings & housing (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses | 29 |
Agriculture (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Total area (acres) | 257,021 |
Other recorded variables (9 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| AREA AC | 257,021 |
| FAMILIES | 34 |
| HOUSES | 29 |
| MARRIED F | 29 |
| MARRIED M | 27 |
| SINGLE F | 33 |
| SINGLE M | 44 |
| WIDOWED F | 5 |
| WIDOWED M | 3 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NT203035— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NT203035— 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). "Fishing Lake, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/fishing-lake-nt203035-1901/.