Red Deer, Northwest Territories (1901 census)
Red Deer was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 851. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q23025. The administrative centroid was at approximately 52.274°N, 113.860°W.
Population
In 1901, Red Deer had a population of 851: 501 male and 350 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 Calgary & Red Deer, 1891 (0.2% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of 411 townships, 1911 (0.5% share).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Red Deer t-v, 1911 (1.4% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained North Red Deer vl (T38 R27 MW4), 1911 (1.4% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901
In the 1901 census, Red Deer 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 851 total population, 501 males, 350 females, 340 single males, 205 single females, 175 families, 153 married males, 133 married females, 12 widowed females, 8 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 168 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 68,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NT202103— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NT202103— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q23025
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Deer,_Alberta
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Deer
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). "Red Deer, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/red-deer-nt202103-1901/.