Wawota, Northwest Territories (1901 census)

Wawota was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 138. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1917553. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.923°N, 102.001°W.

Population

In 1901, Wawota had a population of 138: 74 male and 64 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 (0.7% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of 209 townships, 1911 (1.0% share).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Wawota vl (T11 R1 MW2), 1911 (1.3% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Wawota shared boundaries with:

• Fairmede
• Glen Adelaide
• Highview
• Riga
• Spring Creek

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 138 total population, 74 males, 64 females, 48 single males, 39 single females, 32 families, 24 married males, 23 married females, 2 widowed females, 2 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 32 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 47,483 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NT203099 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT203099 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1917553
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wawota
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wawota

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). "Wawota, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/wawota-nt203099-1901/.