Foam Lake, Northwest Territories (1901 census)
Foam Lake was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 119. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q551124. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.630°N, 103.634°W.
Population
In 1901, Foam Lake had a population of 119: 60 male and 59 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 Qu’Appelle, 1891 (1.8% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Leslie vl (T31 R13 MW2), 1911 (0.1% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD became part of 319 townships, 1911 (1.9% share).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Foam Lake vl (T30 R14 MW2), 1911 (0.5% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901
In the 1901 census, Foam Lake shared boundaries with:
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 119 total population, 60 males, 59 females, 37 single females, 36 single males, 20 married males, 19 married females, 18 families, 4 widowed males, 3 widowed females. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 18 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 143,454 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NT203038— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NT203038— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q551124
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foam_Lake
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foam_Lake
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). "Foam Lake, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/foam-lake-nt203038-1901/.