Lumsden, Northwest Territories (1901 census)

Lumsden was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 335. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1915278. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.615°N, 104.813°W.

Population

In 1901, Lumsden had a population of 335: 193 male and 142 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 (0.3% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of 217 townships, 1911 (0.7% share).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Lumsden t-v, 1911 (2.4% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Lumsden shared boundaries with:

• Cottonwood
• Craven
• Regina, North—Nord
• Stirling
• Wascana

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 335 total population, 193 males, 142 females, 138 single males, 86 single females, 75 families, 52 married males, 48 married females, 8 widowed females, 3 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 75 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 35,211 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NT204037 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT204037 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1915278
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumsden,_Saskatchewan
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumsden_(Saskatchewan)

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). "Lumsden, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/lumsden-nt204037-1901/.