Leavitt, Northwest Territories (1901 census)

Leavitt was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 395. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.159°N, 113.534°W.

Population

In 1901, Leavitt had a population of 395: 203 male and 192 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 McLeod, 1891 (0.4% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of 606 townships, 1911 (0.2% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Leavitt shared boundaries with:

• Boundary Creek
• Cardston
• Mountain View
• Stand Off
• Yarrow

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 395 total population, 203 males, 192 females, 139 single males, 128 single females, 70 families, 63 married females, 63 married males, 1 widowed females, 1 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 70 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 35,840 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NT202064 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT202064 — 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 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). "Leavitt, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/leavitt-nt202064-1901/.