Lacombe, Northwest Territories (1901 census)

Lacombe was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 1,444. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1743833. The administrative centroid was at approximately 52.448°N, 113.747°W.

Population

In 1901, Lacombe had a population of 1,444: 828 male and 616 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 (0.7% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of 411 townships, 1911 (1.5% share).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Blackfalds vl (T39 R27 MW4), 1911 (0.5% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Lacombe t-v, 1911 (0.5% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Lacombe shared boundaries with:

• Blindman
• Ponoka
• Red Deer
• Urquhart
• Willow Dale

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 1,444 total population, 828 males, 616 females, 544 single males, 436 families, 358 single females, 264 married males, 242 married females, 20 widowed males, 16 widowed females. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 436 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 142,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NT202058 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT202058 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1743833
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacombe,_Alberta
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacombe_(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). "Lacombe, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/lacombe-nt202058-1901/.