Year: 1851 | Province: Ontario

Gaol, Ontario (1851 census)

Name: Gaol (1851)
Address: Ontario, CA

Gaol was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 21. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.219°N, 76.514°W.

Population

In 1851, Gaol had a population of 21: 11 male and 10 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 Portsmouth, Village, 1861 (5.2% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Gaol shared boundaries with:

Kingston

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 23 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 21 total population, Males present who are not members of the family: 11, 11 males, Females present who are not members of the family: 10, 10 females, 10 single females, 6 single males, 4 married males, 1 widowed males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 8 single females aged 20 to 30, 4 single males aged 20 to 30, 2 married males aged 20 to 30, 2 married males aged 30 to 40, 1 single females aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 15 to 20, 1 single males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 9 persons originating in Ireland, 4 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 4 persons originating in the United States, 3 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON045012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON045012 — 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 1851 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). "Gaol, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/gaol-on045012-1851/.