Fort Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories (1901 census)
Fort Saskatchewan was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 987. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1007407. The administrative centroid was at approximately 53.703°N, 113.099°W.
Population
In 1901, Fort Saskatchewan had a population of 987: 564 male and 423 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 Edmonton, 1891 (0.2% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Fort Saskatchewan t-v, 1911 (0.8% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901
In the 1901 census, Fort Saskatchewan 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 987 total population, 564 males, 423 females, 392 single males, 253 single females, 202 families, 169 married males, 164 married females, 6 widowed females, 3 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 202 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 85,500 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NT202043— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NT202043— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q1007407
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Saskatchewan
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Saskatchewan_(Alberta)
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). "Fort Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/fort-saskatchewan-nt202043-1901/.