Spruce Grove, Northwest Territories (1901 census)

Spruce Grove was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 920. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1013456. The administrative centroid was at approximately 53.511°N, 113.838°W.

Population

In 1901, Spruce Grove had a population of 920: 507 male and 413 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 Edmonton, 1891 (0.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Spruce Grove shared boundaries with:

• Beaumont
• Conjuring Creek
• Edmonton, West—Ouest
• Lac Ste. Anne
• St. Pierre
• Stonyplain Centre
• Strathcona, West—Ouest
• White Whale Lake

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 920 total population, 507 males, 413 females, 336 single males, 245 single females, 190 families, 163 married males, 154 married females, 14 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 135,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NT202114 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT202114 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1013456
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spruce_Grove
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spruce_Grove

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). "Spruce Grove, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/spruce-grove-nt202114-1901/.