Innisfail, Northwest Territories (1901 census)

Innisfail was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 898. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1009832. The administrative centroid was at approximately 52.025°N, 113.983°W.

Population

In 1901, Innisfail had a population of 898: 499 male and 399 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 Calgary & Red Deer, 1891 (0.3% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of 411 townships, 1911 (0.6% share).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Innisfail t-v, 1911 (1.1% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Innisfail shared boundaries with:

• Bowden
• Kneehill
• Penhold
• Red Lodge
• Tindastoll

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 898 total population, 499 males, 399 females, 332 single males, 232 single females, 194 families, 160 married males, 158 married females, 9 widowed females, 7 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 192 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 77,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NT202051 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT202051 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1009832
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innisfail,_Alberta
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innisfail_(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). "Innisfail, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/innisfail-nt202051-1901/.