Plant, Northwest Territories (1901 census)

Plant was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 212. The administrative centroid was at approximately 53.265°N, 113.050°W.

Population

In 1901, Plant had a population of 212: 119 male and 93 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 Edmonton, 1891 (0.2% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of 270 townships, 1911 (1.2% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Plant shared boundaries with:

• Beaver Lake, West—Ouest
• Colchester
• Frederickheim
• Pretty Hill
• Rabbit Hills

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 212 total population, 119 males, 93 females, 77 single males, 56 single females, 49 families, 36 married males, 35 married females, 6 widowed males, 2 widowed females. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 49 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 87,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NT202094 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT202094 — 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). "Plant, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/plant-nt202094-1901/.