Peace River, Northwest Territories (1881 census)

Name: Peace River (1881)
Address: Northwest Territories, CA

Peace River was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,315. The administrative centroid was at approximately 56.241°N, 117.283°W.

Population

In 1881, Peace River had a population of 2,315: 1,154 male and 1,161 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, Peace River shared boundaries with:

Athabaska

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 19 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 2,315 total population, 1,161 females, 1,154 males, 943 married persons, 505 families, 496 married females, 447 married males, 75 widowed persons, 72 widowed females, 3 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,297 single persons under 18, 704 single males under 18, 593 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 490 occupied houses, 444 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 46 inhabited houses, 6 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 290 bushels of potatoes, 2 acres of potatoes. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 315 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: NT193013 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT193013 — 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). "Peace River, Northwest Territories (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/peace-river-nt193013-1881/.