Gwillimbury, West—Ouest, Ontario (1901 census)
Gwillimbury, West—Ouest was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 2,342. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.151°N, 79.574°W.
Population
In 1901, Gwillimbury, West—Ouest had a population of 2,342: 1,199 male and 1,143 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 Gwillimbury W-O, 1891 (81.8% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901
In the 1901 census, Gwillimbury, West—Ouest 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 | 509 |
| Number of females | 1,143 |
| Number of males | 1,199 |
| Number of married females | 388 |
| Number of married males | 403 |
| Number of single females | 688 |
| Number of single males | 747 |
| Number of widowed females | 67 |
| Number of widowed males | 49 |
| POP F | 1,143 |
| POP M | 1,199 |
| POP TOT | 2,342 |
| Total population | 2,342 |
Buildings & housing (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses | 505 |
Agriculture (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Total area (acres) | 49,321 |
Other recorded variables (9 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| AREA AC | 49,321 |
| FAMILIES | 509 |
| HOUSES | 505 |
| MARRIED F | 388 |
| MARRIED M | 403 |
| SINGLE F | 688 |
| SINGLE M | 747 |
| WIDOWED F | 67 |
| WIDOWED M | 49 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON130006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON130006— 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). "Gwillimbury, West—Ouest, Ontario (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/gwillimbury-west-ouest-on130006-1901/.