Oxbow, Northwest Territories (1901 census)

Oxbow was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 909. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1916400. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.176°N, 102.169°W.

Population

In 1901, Oxbow had a population of 909: 499 male and 410 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 Broadview, 1891 (1.9% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of 209 townships, 1911 (3.0% share).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Oxbow t-v, 1911 (0.5% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Oxbow shared boundaries with:

• Alameda
• Dalesboro
• Glen Ewen

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 909 total population, 499 males, 410 females, 318 single males, 229 single females, 226 families, 175 married males, 166 married females, 15 widowed females, 6 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 225 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 128,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NT203075 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT203075 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1916400
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxbow,_Saskatchewan
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxbow_(Saskatchewan)

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). "Oxbow, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/oxbow-nt203075-1901/.