Onion Lake, Northwest Territories (1901 census)
Onion Lake was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 1,026. The administrative centroid was at approximately 54.398°N, 110.761°W.
Population
In 1901, Onion Lake had a population of 1,026: 486 male and 540 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 Battleford, 1891 (16.5% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Onion Lake I R, 1911 (1.1% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901
In the 1901 census, Onion Lake shared boundaries with:
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 1,026 total population, 540 females, 510 single females, 486 males, 449 single males, 40 families, 35 married males, 29 married females, 2 widowed males, 1 widowed females. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 40 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NT205041— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NT205041— 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). "Onion Lake, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/onion-lake-nt205041-1901/.