Labrador, Northwest Territories (1881 census)
Labrador was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,035. The administrative centroid was at approximately 55.091°N, 59.155°W.
Population
In 1881, Labrador had a population of 1,035: 502 male and 533 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 NO DATA, 1871 (0.8% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Labrador shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 16 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,035 total population, 533 females, 502 males, 422 married persons, 225 families, 224 married females, 198 married males, 36 widowed persons, 35 widowed females, 1 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 577 single persons under 18, 303 single males under 18, 274 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 225 occupied houses, 220 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 5 inhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NT193017— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NT193017— 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 1881 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). "Labrador, Northwest Territories (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/labrador-nt193017-1881/.