Loon Creek, Northwest Territories (1901 census)
Loon Creek was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 89. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.861°N, 104.314°W.
Population
In 1901, Loon Creek had a population of 89: 60 male and 29 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 Moose Jaw & Regina, 1891 (2.2% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Muscowpetung I R & Piapot I R, 1911 (20.6% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Southey vl (T23 R18 MW2), 1911 (0.3% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Cupar vl (T23 R16 MW2), 1911 (0.1% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Markinch vl (T23 R17 MW2), 1911 (0.3% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901
In the 1901 census, Loon Creek shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1901
The 1901 census recorded 11 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 89 total population, 60 males, 44 single males, 29 families, 29 females, 15 married males, 15 single females, 14 married females, 1 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 29 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 251,101 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NT204036— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NT204036— 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). "Loon Creek, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/loon-creek-nt204036-1901/.