McLeod, Northwest Territories (1891 census)

McLeod was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 7,203. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2128700. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.767°N, 112.968°W.

Population

In 1891, McLeod had a population of 7,203: 4,146 male and 3,057 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 Bow River, 1881 (41.3% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Woodpecker, 1901 (10.7% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Macleod, 1901 (4.0% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Blairmore, 1901 (2.7% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Cowley, 1901 (0.6% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Olsen, 1901 (2.8% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Lethbridge, North—Nord, 1901 (6.0% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Livingston, 1901 (2.2% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Cut Bank, 1901 (1.2% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Little Bow, 1901 (7.8% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Porcupine, 1901 (5.8% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Nanton, 1901 (6.2% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Coutts, 1901 (10.2% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Kimball, 1901 (1.5% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Aetna, 1901 (0.4% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Boundary Creek, 1901 (0.3% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Magrath, 1901 (4.3% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Mountain View, 1901 (2.0% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Sterling, 1901 (2.0% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Leavitt, 1901 (0.4% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Cardston, 1901 (0.7% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Yarrow, 1901 (2.1% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Stand Off, 1901 (4.0% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Lethbridge, South—Sud, 1901 (1.7% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Fishburn, 1901 (0.5% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Grassy Lake, 1901 (10.9% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Mountain Mill, 1901 (1.4% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Pincher Creek, 1901 (1.2% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, McLeod shared boundaries with:

• Calgary & Red Deer
• Kootenay, Lower
• Medicine Hat

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 80 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 7,203 total population, 4,146 males, 3,057 females, 2,013 married persons, 1,487 families, 1,007 married males, 1,006 married females, 120 widowed persons, 62 widowed males, 58 widowed females, 4.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 5,070 single persons under 18, 3,077 single males under 18, 1,993 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 7,037 persons who are not French Canadian, 166 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 1,465 occupied houses, 881 houses, 866 houses built of wood, 711 houses of 1 story, 584 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 185 houses of 2 rooms, 170 houses of 2 stories, 164 houses of 1 room, 156 houses of 3 rooms, 150 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 131 houses of 4 rooms, 66 houses of 5 rooms, 41 uninhabited houses, 20 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 20 houses under construction, 11 houses built of brick, 9 houses of over 15 rooms, 4 houses built of stone. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 105,163 acres of land in farms, 98,783 acres of farmland in pasture, 80,757 other cattle, 64,146 pounds of homemade butter, 57,897 bushels of oats, 32,504 bushels of potatoes, 12,358 bushels of turnips, 11,264 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 10,030 chickens, 7,880 cattle killed or sold, 6,413 horses aged over 3 years, 6,201 bushels of spring wheat, 5,502 acres of improved land in farms, 5,492 acres of farmland under crops, 4,805 tons of hay, 4,393 acres of oats, 3,954 horses aged 3 years and under, 3,616 sheep, 3,021 bushels of barley, 2,940 milk cows, 1,237 sheep slaughtered or sold, 878 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 744 swine, 620 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 527 acres of wheat, 414 swine slaughtered or sold, 397 occupants of farms, 353 farm occupants who own their land, 290 acres of potatoes, 249 oxen, 170 acres of barley, 159 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 134 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 113 ducks, 106 acres of turnips, 104 bushels of peas, 92 turkeys, 83 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 77 bushels of winter wheat, 47 other fowl, 30 farm occupants who rent their land, 24 geese, 14 employees on farms, 13 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 10 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 8 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NT198003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT198003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q2128700
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Macleod
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Macleod

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1891 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). "McLeod, Northwest Territories (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/mcleod-nt198003-1891/.