High River, Northwest Territories (1901 census)
High River was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 420. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1743705. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.527°N, 113.656°W.
Population
In 1901, High River had a population of 420: 280 male and 140 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 Cayley vl (T7 R28 MW4), 1911 (0.2% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained High River t-v, 1911 (0.2% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD became part of 198 townships, 1911 (8.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901
In the 1901 census, High River 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 420 total population, 280 males, 216 single males, 140 females, 88 families, 79 single females, 61 married males, 58 married females, 3 widowed females, 3 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 86 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 385,120 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NT202049— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NT202049— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q1743705
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_River
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_River
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). "High River, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/high-river-nt202049-1901/.