Willoughby, Northwest Territories (1901 census)

Willoughby was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 162. The administrative centroid was at approximately 52.956°N, 106.059°W.

Population

In 1901, Willoughby had a population of 162: 90 male and 72 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 Prince Albert, 1891 (0.3% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Willoughby shared boundaries with:

• Batoche
• Carlton
• Duck Lake
• Kirkpatrick
• Red Deer
• St. Louis

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 162 total population, 90 males, 72 females, 66 single males, 45 single females, 28 families, 24 married females, 21 married males, 3 widowed females, 3 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 28 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 70,130 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NT205067 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT205067 — 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). "Willoughby, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/willoughby-nt205067-1901/.