Wapella, Northwest Territories (1901 census)

Wapella was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 813. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1917505. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.290°N, 101.980°W.

Population

In 1901, Wapella had a population of 813: 440 male and 373 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 Broadview, 1891 (1.3% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of 154 townships, 1911 (3.1% share).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Wapella t-v, 1911 (0.7% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Wapella shared boundaries with:

• Benbecula
• Brookside
• Forest Farm
• Hillburn
• New Hastings
• Prosperity
• Red Jacket
• Whitewood

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 813 total population, 440 males, 373 females, 295 single males, 228 single females, 172 families, 143 married females, 143 married males, 2 widowed females, 2 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 167 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 90,781 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NT203098 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT203098 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1917505
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wapella,_Saskatchewan
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wapella_(Saskatchewan)

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). "Wapella, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/wapella-nt203098-1901/.