Wishart, Northwest Territories (1901 census)
Wishart was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 257. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.673°N, 103.953°W.
Population
In 1901, Wishart had a population of 257: 121 male and 136 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 Qu’Appelle, 1891 (4.6% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Elfros vl (T32 R14 MW2), 1911 (0.2% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD became part of 319 townships, 1911 (4.9% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901
In the 1901 census, Wishart shared boundaries with:
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 257 total population, 136 females, 121 males, 65 single females, 63 single males, 57 married females, 54 married males, 53 families, 14 widowed females, 4 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 53 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 179,317 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NT203107— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NT203107— 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). "Wishart, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/wishart-nt203107-1901/.