Wood Mountain, Northwest Territories (1881–1901)

Wood Mountain was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in 2 censuses between 1881 and 1901. This place is grounded to Wikidata Q2205367, so it can be queried as a single entity even when its boundaries or census name varied across years. Population declined across the period (from 4,552 in 1881 to 66 in 1901).

Historical lineage

Ancestor places

• split off from Maple Creek in 1901
• split off from NO DATA in 1881

Descendant places

• later split into Medicine Hat in 1891
• later split into Moose Jaw & Regina in 1891
• later split into Swift Current in 1891
• later split into Maple Creek in 1891

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place across the 1851–1921 period, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry; the connection tag indicates whether the documented event was a birth, death, or burial at this place.

Identifiers

• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT204078 — assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap
• Wikidata: Q2205367

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1851–1921 Census of Canada series, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project. Each year's detail page (linked above) cites the specific source table.