Whitewood, Northwest Territories (1901 census)

Whitewood was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 922. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1917595. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.334°N, 102.255°W.

Population

In 1901, Whitewood had a population of 922: 504 male and 418 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 (1.4% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of 154 townships, 1911 (3.3% share).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Whitewood t-v, 1911 (0.6% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Whitewood shared boundaries with:

• Broadview
• Brookside
• Cotham
• Forest Farm
• Montgomery
• Ohlen
• Perceval
• Wapella

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 922 total population, 504 males, 418 females, 346 single males, 252 single females, 185 families, 146 married males, 144 married females, 22 widowed females, 12 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 185 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 111,500 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NT203103 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT203103 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1917595
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitewood,_Saskatchewan
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitewood_(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). "Whitewood, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/whitewood-nt203103-1901/.