Moose Jaw & Regina, Northwest Territories (1891 census)

Name: Moose Jaw & Regina (1891)
Address: Northwest Territories, CA

Moose Jaw & Regina was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 7,565. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.490°N, 104.997°W.

Population

In 1891, Moose Jaw & Regina had a population of 7,565: 4,343 male and 3,222 female residents. Population density was 0.5 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

In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Wood Mountain, 1881 (25.1% share).

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD contained Surprise Valley, 1901 (7.1% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Yellow Grass, 1901 (5.7% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Milestone, 1901 (8.7% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Willowbunch, 1901 (8.9% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Dirt Hills, 1901 (2.2% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Rouleau, 1901 (3.1% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Buck Lake, 1901 (0.7% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained St. Mary, 1901 (1.7% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Moosejaw, South—Sud, 1901 (2.5% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Springdale, 1901 (0.3% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Hicksvale, 1901 (0.3% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Sherwood, 1901 (0.3% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Coventry, 1901 (1.2% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained St. Joseph, 1901 (0.5% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Grande Coulée, 1901 (0.8% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Regina, East—Est, 1901 (0.3% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Pasqua, 1901 (0.4% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Regina, Centre, 1901 (0.0% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Balgonie, 1901 (0.5% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Regina, West—Ouest, 1901 (0.2% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained East View, 1901 (0.2% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Boharm, 1901 (0.5% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Regina, North—Nord, 1901 (0.3% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Arat, 1901 (0.4% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Moosejaw, Northeast—Nord-est, 1901 (0.4% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Wascana, 1901 (0.2% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Cottonwood, 1901 (0.5% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Moosejaw, West—Ouest, 1901 (0.1% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Edenwold, 1901 (0.7% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Fairville, 1901 (0.5% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Pioneer, 1901 (0.2% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Stirling, 1901 (0.7% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Lumsden, 1901 (0.3% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Carmel, 1901 (0.2% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Stony Beach, 1901 (0.4% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Caron, 1901 (1.0% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Clinton, 1901 (0.4% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Marlborough, 1901 (0.4% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Westview, 1901 (0.4% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Point Elma, 1901 (0.2% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Craven, 1901 (0.9% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Kennell, 1901 (0.3% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Loon Creek, 1901 (2.2% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Foster, 1901 (0.3% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Longlaketon, 1901 (1.7% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Pengarth, 1901 (0.7% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Chamberlain, 1901 (15.8% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Touchwood, 1901 (7.1% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Strassburg, 1901 (12.4% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Moose Jaw & Regina shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 174 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	4.40
FAM NO	1,716
Number of families	1,716
Number of females	3,222
Number of males	4,343
Number of married females	1,188
Number of married males	1,214
Number of married persons	2,402
Number of widowed females	101
Number of widowed males	77
Number of widowed persons	178
POP F	3,222
POP M	4,343
POP TOT	7,565
Total population	7,565

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	1,933
Number of single males under 18	3,052
Number of single persons under 18	4,985

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	82
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	7,483

Buildings & housing (20 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties	207
Number of houses	1,438
Number of houses built of brick	16
Number of houses built of stone	16
Number of houses built of wood	1,406
Number of houses of 1 room	352
Number of houses of 1 story	1,124
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	16
Number of houses of 2 rooms	296
Number of houses of 2 stories	308
Number of houses of 3 rooms	207
Number of houses of 3 stories	5
Number of houses of 4 rooms	191
Number of houses of 5 rooms	129
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	237
Number of houses of more than 3 stories	1
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	10
Number of houses under construction	78
Number of occupied houses	1,645
Number of uninhabited houses	284

Agriculture (63 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	916
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	375
Acres of farmland in pasture	293,709
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	10,911
Acres of farmland under crops	37,489
Acres of improved land in farms	37,864
Acres of land in farms	342,484
Acres of oats	8,216
Acres of potatoes	434
Acres of turnips	287
Acres of wheat	26,687
BAR AC	916
BAR BU	14,462
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	14,462
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	40
Bushels of corn produced in the past year	147
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	143,434
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	1,155
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	42,207
Bushels of rye produced in the past year	933
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	289,091
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	61,126
Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year	90
CRN BU	147
HAY TONS	14,729
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	1,498
Number of chickens	26,015
Number of ducks	259
Number of employees on farms	6
Number of farm occupants who own their land	1,216
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	49
Number of geese	281
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	2,022
Number of horses aged over 3 years	3,811
Number of milk cows	4,274
Number of occupants of farms	1,271
Number of other cattle	7,238
Number of other fowl	247
Number of oxen	1,199
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	605
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	3
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	3
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	620
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	40
Number of sheep	4,235
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	903
Number of swine	2,364
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	2,467
Number of turkeys	477
OAT AC	8,216
OAT BU	143,434
PEA BU	1,155
POT AC	434
POT BU	42,207
Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year	7,051
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	8,922
Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year	9,388
Pounds of homemade butter	253,823
RYE BU	933
Tons of hay produced in the past year	14,729
WHT AC	26,687
WHT FALL BU	90
WHT SP BU	289,091

Other recorded variables (71 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	605
A 11 50	3
A 201 PL	620
A 51 100	3
BEN BU	40
BUTTER LB	253,823
CATTLE KS	1,498
CHEESE LB	7,051
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	1,933
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	3,052
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	4,985
COARSE WOOL LB	8,922
COLTS FILLIES	2,022
DUCKS	259
FAMILIES	1,716
FAMILIES AV SIZE	4.40
FINE WOOL LB	9,388
FRN CA	82
GEESE	281
HENS AND CHKN	26,015
HORSES OVR THREE	3,811
HOUSES	1,438
HOUSES B	16
HOUSES CON	78
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	16
HOUSES FIVE RM	129
HOUSES FOUR RM	191
HOUSES ONE RM	352
HOUSES ONE STRY	1,124
HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY	1
HOUSES S	16
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	237
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	10
HOUSES THREE RM	207
HOUSES THREE STRY	5
HOUSES TWO RM	296
HOUSES TWO STRY	308
HOUSES UNINH	284
HOUSES W	1,406
INF 11 A	40
MD FEM	1,188
MD MALE	1,214
MD TOT	2,402
MILK COWS	4,274
NAME CD	Assiniboia, West—Ouest
OC E	6
OC F	49
OC P	1,216
OC TOT	1,271
OTHER FOWL	247
OTHER HRN CATTLE	7,238
OTHERS	7,483
SHEEP	4,235
SHEEP KS	903
SUP AM	37,864
SUP FOR	10,911
SUP JV	375
SUP PAT	293,709
SUP SC	37,489
SUP TOT	342,484
SWINE	2,364
SWINE KS	2,467
TOT DWLG OCC	1,645
TUR AC	287
TUR BU	61,126
TURKEY	477
VESS AND SHAN	207
WID FEM	101
WID MALE	77
WID TOT	178
WORKING OX	1,199

Identifiers

TCP UID: NT200003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT200003 — 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 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). "Moose Jaw & Regina, Northwest Territories (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/moose-jaw-regina-nt200003-1891/.