Grenfell, North—Nord, Northwest Territories (1901 census)
Grenfell, North—Nord was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 518. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.497°N, 102.846°W.
Population
In 1901, Grenfell, North—Nord had a population of 518: 284 male and 234 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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Grenfel vl (T17 R7 MW2), 1911 (0.6% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901
In the 1901 census, Grenfell, North—Nord shared boundaries with:
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 518 total population, 284 males, 234 females, 195 single males, 142 single females, 105 families, 89 married males, 86 married females, 6 widowed females. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 102 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 60,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NT203045— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NT203045— 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). "Grenfell, North—Nord, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/grenfell-north-nord-nt203045-1901/.