Ponoka, Northwest Territories (1901 census)

Ponoka was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 1,657. The administrative centroid was at approximately 52.752°N, 116.119°W.

Population

In 1901, Ponoka had a population of 1,657: 911 male and 746 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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Ponoka t-v, 1911 (0.0% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Bobtail I R, 1911 (0.3% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Ponoka shared boundaries with:

• Blindman
• Cariboo
• Lacombe
• Millet
• Red Deer Lake
• Urquhart
• Wetaskiwin

Full census record, 1901

The 1901 census recorded 13 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 1,657 total population, 911 males, 746 females, 558 single males, 429 families, 394 single females, 334 married males, 317 married females, 34 widowed females, 19 widowed males, 1 divorced females. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 320 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 2,280,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NT202095 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT202095 — 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). "Ponoka, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/ponoka-nt202095-1901/.