Morley, Northwest Territories (1901 census)
Morley was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 749. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.246°N, 114.937°W.
Population
In 1901, Morley had a population of 749: 353 male and 396 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 Calgary & Red Deer, 1891 (1.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901
In the 1901 census, Morley shared boundaries with:
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 749 total population, 396 females, 353 males, 213 families, 206 single females, 203 single males, 145 married males, 143 married females, 47 widowed females, 5 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 23 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 311,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1901, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Ozîja Thiha | 1837–1903 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NT202078— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NT202078— 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). "Morley, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/morley-nt202078-1901/.