Prince Albert, Northwest Territories (1891 census)

Name: Prince Albert (1891)
Address: Northwest Territories, CA

Prince Albert was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 6,876. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q671431. The administrative centroid was at approximately 53.594°N, 105.804°W.

Population

In 1891, Prince Albert had a population of 6,876: 3,633 male and 3,243 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1881	3,236
1891	6,876

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

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 contained Prince Albert, 1881 (60.3% share).

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD contained Prince Albert, West—Ouest, 1901 (0.1% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained St. Catherine, 1901 (0.3% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Shellbrook, 1901 (1.0% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Prince Albert, North—Nord, 1901 (0.7% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Mistawasis, 1901 (1.8% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Sturgeon River, 1901 (2.7% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Sturgeon Lake, 1901 (2.0% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Lake La Ronge, 1901 (23.2% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Montreal Lake, 1901 (17.8% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Green Lake, 1901 (8.5% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Egg Lake, 1901 (4.0% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Saskatoon, East—Est, 1901 (1.4% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Saskatoon, West—Ouest, 1901 (1.7% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Stony Creek, 1901 (8.6% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Crooked Lake, 1901 (4.0% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Flett Springs, 1901 (1.2% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Kinistino, 1901 (2.5% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Bellevue, 1901 (1.8% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Fish Creek, 1901 (1.1% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Osler, 1901 (1.4% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Hague, 1901 (0.9% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Schmidtsburg, 1901 (0.6% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Rosthern, 1901 (0.6% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Batoche, 1901 (0.2% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Waldheim, 1901 (0.7% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Domremy, 1901 (0.2% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Duck Lake, 1901 (0.4% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Ebenfeld, 1901 (0.7% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Brancepeth, 1901 (0.2% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Tiefengrund, 1901 (0.1% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained St. Louis, 1901 (0.3% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Birch Hills, 1901 (0.5% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained La Corne, 1901 (2.8% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Willoughby, 1901 (0.3% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Carlton, 1901 (0.7% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Halcro, 1901 (0.1% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Red Deer, 1901 (0.2% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Butler, 1901 (0.3% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained St. Léonard, 1901 (0.1% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Muskeg Lake, 1901 (1.7% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Island Lake, 1901 (0.2% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Kirkpatrick, 1901 (0.3% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Steep Creek, 1901 (0.2% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Colleston, 1901 (0.2% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Prince Albert, East—Est, 1901 (0.1% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Prince Albert shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 85 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 6,876 total population, 3,633 males, 3,243 females, 2,028 married persons, 1,394 families, 1,018 married females, 1,010 married males, 168 widowed persons, 100 widowed females, 68 widowed males, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 4,680 single persons under 18, 2,555 single males under 18, 2,125 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 6,815 persons who are not French Canadian, 61 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 1,344 occupied houses, 982 houses, 961 houses built of wood, 685 houses of 1 story, 362 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 304 houses of 2 rooms, 293 houses of 2 stories, 256 houses of 1 room, 179 uninhabited houses, 126 houses of 3 rooms, 104 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 95 houses of 4 rooms, 80 houses of 5 rooms, 69 houses under construction, 15 houses built of brick, 12 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 6 houses built of stone, 5 houses of over 15 rooms, 4 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 235,565 acres of land in farms, 217,755 pounds of homemade butter, 212,632 acres of farmland in pasture, 85,197 bushels of oats, 67,229 bushels of spring wheat, 38,430 bushels of potatoes, 29,336 bushels of barley, 25,592 bushels of turnips, 22,757 tons of hay, 14,130 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 12,964 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 10,957 chickens, 8,803 acres of improved land in farms, 8,528 acres of farmland under crops, 7,257 other cattle, 6,385 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 4,379 milk cows, 4,190 acres of wheat, 3,897 sheep, 3,827 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,619 horses aged over 3 years, 2,613 acres of oats, 2,255 cattle killed or sold, 1,139 acres of barley, 1,015 horses aged 3 years and under, 933 occupants of farms, 911 swine, 878 swine slaughtered or sold, 824 farm occupants who own their land, 653 sheep slaughtered or sold, 503 oxen, 481 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 425 bushels of peas, 371 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 283 acres of potatoes, 275 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 153 turkeys, 144 acres of turnips, 107 other fowl, 90 farm occupants who rent their land, 73 geese, 64 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 50 bushels of winter wheat, 33 ducks, 22 bushels of rye, 21 bushels of corn, 19 employees on farms, 11 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 3 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Name	Lifespan	Connection
Kitchi-Manito-Waya	1875–1897	born here
Alex Decoteau	1887–1917	born here

Identifiers

TCP UID: NT201003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT201003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q671431
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Albert,_Saskatchewan
Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Albert_(Saskatchewan)

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1891 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). "Prince Albert, Northwest Territories (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/prince-albert-nt201003-1891/.