Yorkton, Northwest Territories (1901 census)

Yorkton was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 1,486. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1639696. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.239°N, 102.417°W.

Population

In 1901, Yorkton had a population of 1,486: 826 male and 660 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 (2.8% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Yorkton t-v, 1911 (0.3% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Yorkton shared boundaries with:

• Beaverdale
• Crescent
• Crooked Lakes
• Dunleath
• Ebenezer
• Kamsack
• Otthon
• Saltcoats
• Whitesand

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 1,486 total population, 826 males, 660 females, 564 single males, 399 single females, 288 families, 242 married males, 240 married females, 21 widowed females, 20 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 287 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 209,203 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NT203109 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT203109 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1639696
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorkton
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorkton

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). "Yorkton, Northwest Territories (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nt/yorkton-nt203109-1901/.