Gooderham & Osborne, Ontario (1911 census)
Gooderham & Osborne was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 165. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.798°N, 79.953°W.
Population
In 1911, Gooderham & Osborne had a population of 165: 189 male and 133 female residents. Population density was 8.9 people per square mile.
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 NO DATA, 1901 (0.1% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Osborne, 1921 (50.5% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Gooderham & Osborne shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 31 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 23,040 area in acres, 189 males in the population, 165 total population, 133 females in the population, 123 single (never-married) males, 73 families, 73 single (never-married) females, 63 married males, 60 married females, 36 area in square miles, 8.94 population per square mile, 3 widowed males. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 49 persons of Italian origin, 39 persons of French origin, 27 persons of British origin (Irish), 18 persons of British origin (English), 11 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 8 persons of Polish origin, 1 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 1 persons of Scandinavian origin. 10 persons recorded under the official census category "Indian"; corresponds to what is now described as Indigenous (First Nations; in northern enumerations also Inuit) origin. "Indian" was simultaneously a census category and the legal/administrative term under the Indian Act (1876). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 130 Roman Catholics, 19 Anglicans (Church of England), 9 Presbyterians, 3 Methodists, 1 Baptists, 1 Congregationalists, 1 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 73 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON099044— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON099044— 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 1911 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). "Gooderham & Osborne, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/gooderham-osborne-on099044-1911/.