Tail Creek, Northwest Territories (1901 census)
Tail Creek was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 255. The administrative centroid was at approximately 52.154°N, 112.247°W.
Population
In 1901, Tail Creek had a population of 255: 155 male and 100 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 Calgary & Red Deer, 1891 (7.6% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Castor vl (T37 R4 MW4), 1911 (0.0% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD became part of 411 townships, 1911 (16.5% share).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Gadsby vl (T38 R17 MW4), 1911 (0.0% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Stettler t-v, 1911 (0.0% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Erskine vl (T39 R20 MW4), 1911 (0.0% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Alix vl (T39 R23 MW4), 1911 (0.0% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901
In the 1901 census, Tail Creek shared boundaries with:
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 255 total population, 155 males, 117 single males, 100 females, 60 families, 56 single females, 38 married females, 37 married males, 6 widowed females, 1 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 51 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 1,600,440 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NT202122— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NT202122— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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). "Tail Creek, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/tail-creek-nt202122-1901/.