Prince Albert, Northwest Territories (1881–1891)

Prince Albert was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in 2 censuses between 1881 and 1891. This place is grounded to Wikidata Q671431, so it can be queried as a single entity even when its boundaries or census name varied across years. Population grew substantially across the period (from 3,236 in 1881 to 6,876 in 1891).

Historical lineage

Ancestor places

• split off from NO DATA in 1881

Descendant places

• later split into Prince Albert, East—Est in 1901
• later split into Colleston in 1901
• later split into Steep Creek in 1901
• later split into Kirkpatrick in 1901
• later split into Island Lake in 1901
• later split into Muskeg Lake in 1901
• later split into St. Léonard in 1901
• later split into Butler in 1901
• later split into Red Deer in 1901
• later split into Halcro in 1901
• later split into Carlton in 1901
• later split into Willoughby in 1901
• later split into La Corne in 1901
• later split into Birch Hills in 1901
• later split into St. Louis in 1901
• later split into Tiefengrund in 1901
• later split into Brancepeth in 1901
• later split into Ebenfeld in 1901
• later split into Duck Lake in 1901
• later split into Domremy in 1901
• later split into Waldheim in 1901
• later split into Batoche in 1901
• later split into Rosthern in 1901
• later split into Schmidtsburg in 1901
• later split into Hague in 1901
• later split into Osler in 1901
• later split into Fish Creek in 1901
• later split into Bellevue in 1901
• later split into Kinistino in 1901
• later split into Flett Springs in 1901
• later split into Crooked Lake in 1901
• later split into Stony Creek in 1901
• later split into Saskatoon, West—Ouest in 1901
• later split into Saskatoon, East—Est in 1901
• later split into Egg Lake in 1901
• later split into Green Lake in 1901
• later split into Montreal Lake in 1901
• later split into Lake La Ronge in 1901
• later split into Sturgeon Lake in 1901
• later split into Sturgeon River in 1901
• later split into Mistawasis in 1901
• later split into Prince Albert, North—Nord in 1901
• later split into Shellbrook in 1901
• later split into St. Catherine in 1901
• later split into Prince Albert, West—Ouest in 1901

Population trajectory across census years

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

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 8 people connected to this place across the 1851–1921 period, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry; the connection tag indicates whether the documented event was a birth, death, or burial at this place.

Identifiers

• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT201003 — assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap
• 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 1851–1921 Census of Canada series, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project. Each year's detail page (linked above) cites the specific source table.