Okotoks, Northwest Territories (1901 census)

Okotoks was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 671. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1363726. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.726°N, 114.003°W.

Population

In 1901, Okotoks had a population of 671: 406 male and 265 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 (0.4% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Okotoks t-v, 1911 (0.9% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD became part of 198 townships, 1911 (1.7% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Okotoks shared boundaries with:

• Davisburg
• Gladys
• High River
• Lineham
• Millarville
• Pine Creek

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 671 total population, 406 males, 274 single males, 265 females, 150 families, 143 single females, 128 married males, 114 married females, 8 widowed females, 4 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 146 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 70,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NT202085 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT202085 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1363726
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okotoks
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okotoks

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). "Okotoks, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/okotoks-nt202085-1901/.