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Year: 1901  |  Province: Northwest Territories

Milestone, Northwest Territories (1901 census)

Milestone was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 118. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.566°N, 104.504°W.

Population

In 1901, Milestone had a population of 118: 83 male and 35 female residents. Population density was 0.1 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, Milestone shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1901

The 1901 census recorded 20 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (11 variables)
VariableValue
Number of families46
Number of females35
Number of males83
Number of married females17
Number of married males26
Number of single females18
Number of single males57
POP F35
POP M83
POP TOT118
Total population118
Buildings & housing (1 variable)
VariableValue
Number of houses46
Agriculture (1 variable)
VariableValue
Total area (acres)915,486
Other recorded variables (7 variables)
VariableValue
AREA AC915,486
FAMILIES46
HOUSES46
MARRIED F17
MARRIED M26
SINGLE F18
SINGLE M57

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). "Milestone, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/milestone-nt204043-1901/.