Nanton, Northwest Territories (1901–1901)

Nanton was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in 1 census between 1901 and 1901. This place is grounded to Wikidata Q1744143, so it can be queried as a single entity even when its boundaries or census name varied across years.

Historical lineage

Ancestor places

• split off from McLeod in 1901

Descendant places

• later split into Nanton t-v in 1911
• later split into Stavely vl (T14 R27 MW4) in 1911

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Identifiers

• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT202082 — assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap
• 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 1851–1921 Census of Canada series, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project. Each year's detail page (linked above) cites the specific source table.