Rosthern, Northwest Territories (1901 census)

Rosthern was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 2,088. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1916887. The administrative centroid was at approximately 52.639°N, 106.341°W.

Population

In 1901, Rosthern had a population of 2,088: 1,070 male and 1,018 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 Prince Albert, 1891 (0.6% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of 184 townships, 1911 (3.5% share).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Rosthern t-v, 1911 (0.4% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Rosthern shared boundaries with:

• Batoche
• Duck Lake
• Ebenfeld
• Fish Creek
• Hague
• Schmidtsburg
• Tiefengrund
• Waldheim

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 2,088 total population, 1,070 males, 1,018 females, 710 single males, 658 single females, 379 families, 345 married males, 341 married females, 19 widowed females, 15 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 357 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 132,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NT205050 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT205050 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1916887
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosthern
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosthern

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). "Rosthern, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/rosthern-nt205050-1901/.