Proudfoot, Ontario (1901 census)
Proudfoot was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 145. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.671°N, 79.186°W.
Population
In 1901, Proudfoot had a population of 145: 78 male and 67 female residents. Population density was 1.9 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 Bethune, Perry & Proudfoot, 1891 (32.7% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901
In the 1901 census, Proudfoot 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 | 27 |
| Number of females | 67 |
| Number of males | 78 |
| Number of married females | 22 |
| Number of married males | 23 |
| Number of single females | 39 |
| Number of single males | 53 |
| Number of widowed females | 6 |
| Number of widowed males | 2 |
| POP F | 67 |
| POP M | 78 |
| POP TOT | 145 |
| Total population | 145 |
Buildings & housing (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses | 27 |
Agriculture (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Total area (acres) | 49,496 |
Other recorded variables (9 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| AREA AC | 49,496 |
| FAMILIES | 27 |
| HOUSES | 27 |
| MARRIED F | 22 |
| MARRIED M | 23 |
| SINGLE F | 39 |
| SINGLE M | 53 |
| WIDOWED F | 6 |
| WIDOWED M | 2 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON091039— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON091039— 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). "Proudfoot, Ontario (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/proudfoot-on091039-1901/.