The Pas, Northwest Territories (1901 census)

The Pas was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 813. The administrative centroid was at approximately 53.468°N, 100.914°W.

Population

In 1901, The Pas had a population of 813: 412 male and 401 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 Carrot River & Lake Winnipeg, 1891 (9.0% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of NO DATA, 1911 (0.2% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, The Pas shared boundaries with:

• Birch River
• Cedar Lake
• Grand Rapids
• Moose Lake
• Mossy Portage
• Pas Mountain
• Pine Bluff
• Red Deer River
• Unorganized Territory—Territoire non-organisé
• Unorganized Territory—Territoire non-organisé

Full census record, 1901

The 1901 census recorded 11 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 2 categories.

Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 813 total population, 412 males, 401 females, 236 single males, 214 single females, 204 families, 168 married males, 165 married females, 22 widowed females, 8 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 202 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NT205064 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT205064 — 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). "The Pas, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/the-pas-nt205064-1901/.