Porcupine, Northwest Territories (1901 census)
Porcupine was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 88. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.967°N, 114.312°W.
Population
In 1901, Porcupine had a population of 88: 59 male and 29 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 McLeod, 1891 (5.8% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901
In the 1901 census, Porcupine shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1901
The 1901 census recorded 20 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (11 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of families | 19 |
| Number of females | 29 |
| Number of males | 59 |
| Number of married females | 15 |
| Number of married males | 17 |
| Number of single females | 14 |
| Number of single males | 42 |
| POP F | 29 |
| POP M | 59 |
| POP TOT | 88 |
| Total population | 88 |
Buildings & housing (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses | 18 |
Agriculture (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Total area (acres) | 599,424 |
Other recorded variables (7 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| AREA AC | 599,424 |
| FAMILIES | 19 |
| HOUSES | 18 |
| MARRIED F | 15 |
| MARRIED M | 17 |
| SINGLE F | 14 |
| SINGLE M | 42 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NT202097— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NT202097— 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). "Porcupine, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/porcupine-nt202097-1901/.