Norway House, Northwest Territories (1881 census)
Norway House was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 528. The administrative centroid was at approximately 53.995°N, 97.770°W.
Population
In 1881, Norway House had a population of 528: 261 male and 267 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 NO DATA, 1871 (0.0% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of The Unorganized Territories, 1891 (0.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Norway House shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 21 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 528 total population, 267 females, 261 males, 218 married persons, 125 families, 113 married females, 105 married males, 18 widowed females, 18 widowed persons. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 292 single persons under 18, 156 single males under 18, 136 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 121 occupied houses, 110 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 11 inhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 580 bushels of potatoes, 20 bushels of turnips, 16 bushels of other root crops, 11 acres of potatoes, 10 bushels of barley. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 28 individuals enumerated here, with name, age, sex, religion, ethnic origin, birthplace, and occupation. Source: TCP/Dillon 1881 Canadian Census deposit at Borealis.
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NT193010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NT193010— 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 1881 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). "Norway House, Northwest Territories (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/norway-house-nt193010-1881/.