Sterling, Northwest Territories (1901 census)

Sterling was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 441. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1904589. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.403°N, 112.477°W.

Population

In 1901, Sterling had a population of 441: 233 male and 208 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 McLeod, 1891 (2.0% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Raymond t-v, 1911 (0.3% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Sterling vl (T6 R19 MW4), 1911 (0.3% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD became part of 606 townships, 1911 (1.3% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Sterling shared boundaries with:

• Coutts
• Lethbridge, South—Sud
• Magrath
• Woodpecker

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 441 total population, 233 males, 208 females, 157 single males, 134 single females, 80 families, 73 married males, 72 married females, 3 widowed males, 2 widowed females. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 80 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 184,320 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NT202117 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT202117 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1904589

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). "Sterling, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/sterling-nt202117-1901/.