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Year: 1901  |  Province: Northwest Territories

Pelly, Northwest Territories (1901 census)

Pelly was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 3,206. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.774°N, 101.920°W.

Population

In 1901, Pelly had a population of 3,206: 1,643 male and 1,563 female residents. Population density was 4.0 people per square mile.

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

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Pelly shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1901

The 1901 census recorded 24 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (13 variables)
VariableValue
Number of families481
Number of females1,563
Number of males1,643
Number of married females643
Number of married males643
Number of single females811
Number of single males953
Number of widowed females109
Number of widowed males47
POP F1,563
POP M1,643
POP TOT3,206
Total population3,206
Buildings & housing (1 variable)
VariableValue
Number of houses308
Agriculture (1 variable)
VariableValue
Total area (acres)537,946
Other recorded variables (9 variables)
VariableValue
AREA AC537,946
FAMILIES481
HOUSES308
MARRIED F643
MARRIED M643
SINGLE F811
SINGLE M953
WIDOWED F109
WIDOWED M47

Identifiers

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). "Pelly, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/pelly-nt203076-1901/.