Gosfield, South—Sud, Ontario (1901 census)
Gosfield, South—Sud was a township in Ontario (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 2,417. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.061°N, 82.742°W.
Population
In 1901, Gosfield, South—Sud had a population of 2,417: 1,217 male and 1,200 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 Gosfield, 1891 (51.8% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901
In the 1901 census, Gosfield, South—Sud shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1901
The 1901 census recorded 24 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (13 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of families | 502 |
| Number of females | 1,200 |
| Number of males | 1,217 |
| Number of married females | 469 |
| Number of married males | 471 |
| Number of single females | 673 |
| Number of single males | 717 |
| Number of widowed females | 58 |
| Number of widowed males | 29 |
| POP F | 1,200 |
| POP M | 1,217 |
| POP TOT | 2,417 |
| Total population | 2,417 |
Buildings & housing (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses | 498 |
Agriculture (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Total area (acres) | 26,846 |
Other recorded variables (9 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| AREA AC | 26,846 |
| FAMILIES | 502 |
| HOUSES | 498 |
| MARRIED F | 469 |
| MARRIED M | 471 |
| SINGLE F | 673 |
| SINGLE M | 717 |
| WIDOWED F | 58 |
| WIDOWED M | 29 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON060007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON060007— 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 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). "Gosfield, South—Sud, Ontario (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/gosfield-south-sud-on060007-1901/.