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Year: 1901  |  Province: Northwest Territories

Ungava, Northwest Territories (1901 census)

Ungava was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 5,113. The administrative centroid was at approximately 57.333°N, 74.033°W.

Population

In 1901, Ungava had a population of 5,113: 2,496 male and 2,617 female residents. Population density was 4.0 people per square mile.

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Ungava shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1901

The 1901 census recorded 24 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (13 variables)
VariableValue
Number of families1,694
Number of females2,617
Number of males2,496
Number of married females726
Number of married males671
Number of single females1,846
Number of single males1,579
Number of widowed females45
Number of widowed males246
POP F2,617
POP M2,496
POP TOT5,113
Total population5,113
Buildings & housing (1 variable)
VariableValue
Number of houses1,183
Agriculture (1 variable)
VariableValue
Total area (acres)223,429,600
Other recorded variables (9 variables)
VariableValue
AREA AC223,429,600
FAMILIES1,694
HOUSES1,183
MARRIED F726
MARRIED M671
SINGLE F1,846
SINGLE M1,579
WIDOWED F45
WIDOWED M246

Identifiers

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). "Ungava, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/ungava-nt206005-1901/.