Nanton, Northwest Territories (1901 census)
Nanton was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 95. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1744143. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.267°N, 114.139°W.
Population
In 1901, Nanton had a population of 95: 71 male and 24 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 (6.2% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Stavely vl (T14 R27 MW4), 1911 (0.1% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Nanton t-v, 1911 (0.1% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901
In the 1901 census, Nanton shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1901
The 1901 census recorded 11 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 95 total population, 71 males, 57 single males, 24 females, 23 families, 14 single females, 13 married males, 10 married females, 1 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 638,720 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NT202082— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NT202082— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q1744143
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanton,_Alberta
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanton_(Alberta)
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). "Nanton, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/nanton-nt202082-1901/.