The Unorganized Territories, Northwest Territories (1891 census)
The Unorganized Territories was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 32,168. The administrative centroid was at approximately 65.382°N, 104.709°W.
Population
In 1891, The Unorganized Territories had a population of 32,168: 16,159 male and 16,009 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 contained Norway House, 1881 (0.0% share).
- In an earlier year, this CSD contained Oxford House, 1881 (0.0% share).
- In an earlier year, this CSD contained York Factory, 1881 (0.0% share).
- In an earlier year, this CSD contained Peace River, 1881 (0.0% share).
- In an earlier year, this CSD contained McKenzie, 1881 (43.1% share).
- In an earlier year, this CSD contained Arctic Coast, 1881 (26.4% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Keewatin, 1901 (24.8% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Franklin, 1901 (26.0% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Athabaska, 1901 (12.4% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Mackenzie, 1901 (27.6% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Yukon, 1901 (9.1% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, The Unorganized Territories shared boundaries with:
- Battleford
- Carrot River & Lake Winnipeg
- Edmonton
- Gimli
- Lightning Creek
- New Westminster
- Plessis (Fort Alexander)
- Prince Albert
- Richfield
- Unorganized Territory
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 32,168 total population, 16,159 males, 16,009 females, 12,867 married persons, 7,148 families, 6,836 married females, 6,031 married males, 814 widowed persons, 682 widowed females, 132 widowed males, 4.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 18,487 single persons under 18, 9,996 single males under 18, 8,491 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 31,941 persons who are not French Canadian, 227 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 6,850 occupied houses, 6,500 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 375 houses built of wood, 350 houses, 275 houses of 1 story, 178 houses of 2 rooms, 90 houses of 1 room, 50 houses of 2 stories, 45 houses of 3 rooms, 25 houses of 3 stories, 18 houses of 4 rooms, 17 houses built of stone, 9 houses of 5 rooms, 8 houses built of brick, 7 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 3 houses of 11 to 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Uloqsaq | 1887–1929 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NT202000— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NT202000— 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 1891 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 Unorganized Territories, Northwest Territories (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/the-unorganized-territories-nt202000-1891/.