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Year: 1901  |  Province: Northwest Territories

Lac La Biche, Northwest Territories (1901 census)

Lac La Biche was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 655. The administrative centroid was at approximately 54.807°N, 112.285°W.

Population

In 1901, Lac La Biche had a population of 655: 342 male and 313 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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Lac La Biche 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 655 total population, 342 males, 313 females, 224 single males, 180 single females, 141 families, 116 married females, 113 married males, 17 widowed females, 5 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 139 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 1,643,180 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

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). "Lac La Biche, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/lac-la-biche-nt202057-1901/.