Walsh, Northwest Territories (1901 census)

Walsh was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 235. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.227°N, 110.001°W.

Population

In 1901, Walsh had a population of 235: 177 male and 58 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 Medicine Hat, 1891 (7.8% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Irvine vl (T11 R2 MW4), 1911 (0.1% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Walsh shared boundaries with:

• Big Stick Lake
• Dunmore
• Feldman Lake
• Graburn
• Josephsburg
• Maple Creek
• Red Deer
• Thynne Flat

Full census record, 1901

The 1901 census recorded 11 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 235 total population, 177 males, 144 single males, 58 females, 38 families, 33 married males, 31 single females, 23 married females, 4 widowed females. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 38 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 739,431 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NT204074 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT204074 — 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). "Walsh, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/walsh-nt204074-1901/.