HGIS CanadaNorthwest TerritoriesPrince Albert, West—Ouest › 1901
Year: 1901  |  Province: Northwest Territories  |  Wikidata: Q671431

Prince Albert, West—Ouest, Northwest Territories (1901 census)

Prince Albert, West—Ouest was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 721. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q671431. The administrative centroid was at approximately 53.178°N, 105.885°W.

Population

In 1901, Prince Albert, West—Ouest had a population of 721: 382 male and 339 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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Prince Albert, West—Ouest shared boundaries with:

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 721 total population, 382 males, 339 females, 275 single males, 216 single females, 112 families, 108 married females, 101 married males, 15 widowed females, 6 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 112 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 16,876 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

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). "Prince Albert, West—Ouest, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/prince-albert-west-ouest-nt205047-1901/.