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Year: 1901  |  Province: Northwest Territories

Sherwood, Northwest Territories (1901 census)

Sherwood was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 130. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.331°N, 104.687°W.

Population

In 1901, Sherwood had a population of 130: 75 male and 55 female residents. Population density was 2.4 people per square mile.

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

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Sherwood shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1901

The 1901 census recorded 22 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (12 variables)
VariableValue
Number of families36
Number of females55
Number of males75
Number of married females20
Number of married males20
Number of single females33
Number of single males55
Number of widowed females2
POP F55
POP M75
POP TOT130
Total population130
Buildings & housing (1 variable)
VariableValue
Number of houses36
Agriculture (1 variable)
VariableValue
Total area (acres)44,035
Other recorded variables (8 variables)
VariableValue
AREA AC44,035
FAMILIES36
HOUSES36
MARRIED F20
MARRIED M20
SINGLE F33
SINGLE M55
WIDOWED F2

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). "Sherwood, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/sherwood-nt204064-1901/.