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.

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 (4.0% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Macleod t-v, 1911 (0.2% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Granum vl (T10 R26 MW4), 1911 (0.2% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Macleod shared boundaries with:

• Cut Bank
• Fishburn
• Lethbridge, North—Nord
• Lethbridge, South—Sud
• Little Bow
• Olsen
• Stand Off

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 1,701 total population, 969 males, 732 females, 623 single males, 381 families, 367 single females, 329 married males, 316 married females, 49 widowed females, 17 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 379 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 328,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NT202074 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT202074 — 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). "Macleod, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/macleod-nt202074-1901/.