Indian Head, Northwest Territories (1901 census)
Indian Head was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 1,139. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1911671. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.533°N, 103.651°W.
Population
In 1901, Indian Head had a population of 1,139: 624 male and 515 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 (0.7% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of 154 townships, 1911 (1.6% share).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Indian Head t-v, 1911 (1.2% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901
In the 1901 census, Indian Head 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 1,139 total population, 624 males, 515 females, 417 single males, 310 single females, 228 families, 196 married males, 189 married females, 16 widowed females, 11 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 228 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 52,068 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NT203054— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NT203054— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q1911671
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Head,_Saskatchewan
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Head_(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). "Indian Head, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/indian-head-nt203054-1901/.