Gainsborough, Northwest Territories (1901 census)

Gainsborough was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 516. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2003414. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.222°N, 101.484°W.

Population

In 1901, Gainsborough had a population of 516: 277 male and 239 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 (1.4% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of 209 townships, 1911 (2.3% share).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Gainsboro vl (T2 R30 MW1), 1911 (0.6% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Gainsborough shared boundaries with:

• Arthur
• Bellegarde
• Carievale
• Winlaw

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 516 total population, 277 males, 239 females, 175 single males, 142 single females, 115 families, 99 married males, 93 married females, 4 widowed females, 3 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 113 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 107,591 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NT203041 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT203041 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q2003414
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gainsborough,_Saskatchewan

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). "Gainsborough, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/gainsborough-nt203041-1901/.