Urquhart, Northwest Territories (1901 census)

Urquhart was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 432. The administrative centroid was at approximately 52.411°N, 113.449°W.

Population

In 1901, Urquhart had a population of 432: 236 male and 196 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 (0.9% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of 411 townships, 1911 (1.9% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Urquhart shared boundaries with:

• Lacombe
• Lamerton
• Pine Lake
• Ponoka
• Quill Lake
• Red Deer Lake
• Tail Creek
• Willow Dale

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 432 total population, 236 males, 196 females, 152 single males, 114 single females, 111 families, 81 married females, 80 married males, 4 widowed males, 1 widowed females. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 101 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 181,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NT202125 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT202125 — 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). "Urquhart, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/urquhart-nt202125-1901/.