You likely saw announcements that Ancestry added records for 1948 to its collection Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1948. There were 42,839 records for deaths in Ontario. A search by gender finds 23,731 were male, 19,130 female. Apparently, there were 22 that were both!
Two transcript records, one a man, one a woman show remarkable longevity.
Name: Thomas Charles Drake
Gender: Male
Race: English
Age: 48
Birth Date: 2 May 1800
Birth Place: England
Death Date: 10 May 1948
Name: Vera Olive Barrett
[Vera Olive Weston]
Gender: Female
Race: English
Age: 53
Birth Date: 10 Sep 1804
Birth Place: SARNIA, Ontario
Death Date: 27 Feb 1948
For Drake the year was corrected to 1900 from 1800 on the original certificate, for Barrett the birth on the original certificate is 10 September 1894 so clearly a transcription error. These stand out as anomalous serving as a reminder to always check the original records even when the transcription seems reasonable. Expect errors like misreading 7 for 1 and 8 for 9 owing to unclear handwriting. Less obvious errors are not uncommon.
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