Wolseley, Northwest Territories (1901 census)

Wolseley was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 815. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1917681. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.419°N, 103.244°W.

Population

In 1901, Wolseley had a population of 815: 443 male and 372 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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of 154 townships, 1911 (2.1% share).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Wolseley t-v, 1911 (2.1% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Wolseley shared boundaries with:

• Ellisboro
• Grenfell, South—Sud
• Moffatt
• Sintaluta
• Summerberry

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 815 total population, 443 males, 372 females, 298 single males, 223 single females, 170 families, 138 married males, 137 married females, 12 widowed females, 7 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 166 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 52,816 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NT203108 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT203108 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1917681
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolseley,_Saskatchewan
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolseley_(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). "Wolseley, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/wolseley-nt203108-1901/.