Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario (1901 census)
Sault Ste. Marie was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 1,417. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q463165. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.563°N, 84.284°W.
Population
In 1901, Sault Ste. Marie had a population of 1,417: 774 male and 643 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 contained Sault Ste. Marie, E, 1891 (38.2% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Tarentorus & St. Marys, 1911 (92.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901
In the 1901 census, Sault Ste. Marie 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 1,417 total population, 774 males, 643 females, 491 single males, 370 single females, 300 families, 260 married males, 257 married females, 23 widowed males, 16 widowed females. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 296 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 20,505 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON044026— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON044026— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q463165
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sault_Ste._Marie,_Ontario
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sault-Sainte-Marie_(Ontario)
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). "Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/sault-ste-marie-on044026-1901/.