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Year: 1901  |  Province: Northwest Territories

Macleod, Northwest Territories (1901 census)

Macleod was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 1,701. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.733°N, 113.303°W.

Population

In 1901, Macleod had a population of 1,701: 969 male and 732 female residents. Population density was 2.9 people per square mile.

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

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Macleod shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1901

The 1901 census recorded 24 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (13 variables)
VariableValue
Number of families381
Number of females732
Number of males969
Number of married females316
Number of married males329
Number of single females367
Number of single males623
Number of widowed females49
Number of widowed males17
POP F732
POP M969
POP TOT1,701
Total population1,701
Buildings & housing (1 variable)
VariableValue
Number of houses379
Agriculture (1 variable)
VariableValue
Total area (acres)328,000
Other recorded variables (9 variables)
VariableValue
AREA AC328,000
FAMILIES381
HOUSES379
MARRIED F316
MARRIED M329
SINGLE F367
SINGLE M623
WIDOWED F49
WIDOWED M17

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). "Macleod, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/macleod-nt202074-1901/.