Nut Lake, Northwest Territories (1901 census)
Nut Lake was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 582. The administrative centroid was at approximately 52.190°N, 102.670°W.
Population
In 1901, Nut Lake had a population of 582: 303 male and 279 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 Carrot River & Lake Winnipeg, 1891 (6.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901
In the 1901 census, Nut Lake shared boundaries with:
- Barrier River
- Devils Lake
- Fishing Lake
- Insinger
- Pelly
- Sheho
- Stony Creek
- Swan River, T-V
- Unorganized Territory—Territoire non-organisé
Full census record, 1901
The 1901 census recorded 11 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 2 categories.
Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 582 total population, 303 males, 279 females, 185 single males, 151 single females, 119 families, 110 married males, 107 married females, 21 widowed females, 8 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 93 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NT205040— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NT205040— 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). "Nut Lake, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/nut-lake-nt205040-1901/.