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 community is grounded to Wikidata Q2202128. 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.

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 Qu’Appelle, 1891 (6.9% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Pelly vl, 1911 (0.1% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Pelly Indian Agency, 1911 (8.9% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Pelly shared boundaries with:

• Crooked Lakes
• Devils Lake
• Kamsack
• Nut Lake
• Swan River, T-V
• Unorganized Territory—Territoire non-organisé

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 3,206 total population, 1,643 males, 1,563 females, 953 single males, 811 single females, 643 married females, 643 married males, 481 families, 109 widowed females, 47 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 308 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 537,946 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NT203076 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT203076 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q2202128
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelly,_Saskatchewan
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelly_(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). "Pelly, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/pelly-nt203076-1901/.