Penhold, Northwest Territories (1901 census)

Penhold was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 318. The administrative centroid was at approximately 52.171°N, 113.904°W.

Population

In 1901, Penhold had a population of 318: 182 male and 136 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 Calgary & Red Deer, 1891 (0.2% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of 411 townships, 1911 (0.5% share).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Penhold vl (T36 R28 MW4), 1911 (1.4% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Penhold shared boundaries with:

• Burnt Lake
• Innisfail
• Kneehill
• Red Deer
• Tindastoll
• Willow Dale

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 318 total population, 182 males, 136 females, 127 single males, 91 single females, 80 families, 54 married males, 44 married females, 1 widowed females, 1 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 80 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 38,400 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NT202090 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT202090 — 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). "Penhold, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/penhold-nt202090-1901/.