Swift Current, Northwest Territories (1891–1901)

Swift Current was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in 2 censuses between 1891 and 1901. This place is grounded to Wikidata Q619937, so it can be queried as a single entity even when its boundaries or census name varied across years.

Historical lineage

Ancestor places

• split off from Wood Mountain in 1891

Descendant places

• later split into Dundurn in 1901
• later split into Saskatchewan Landing in 1901
• later split into Parkbeg in 1901
• later split into Herbert vl (T17 R9 MW3) in 1911
• later split into Swift Current t-v in 1911
• later split into Webb vl (T14 R17 MW3) in 1911
• merged into 870 townships in 1911

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Identifiers

• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT204071 — assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap
• Wikidata: Q619937
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift_Current
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift_Current

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1851–1921 Census of Canada series, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project. Each year's detail page (linked above) cites the specific source table.