Adjala, Ontario (1851 census)

Adjala was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,994. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115260658. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.050°N, 79.914°W.

Population

In 1851, Adjala had a population of 1,994: 1,059 male and 935 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Adjala shared boundaries with:

• Albion
• Mono
• Mulmer
• Tecumseth
• Tossorontio

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 145 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,994 total population, 1,059 males, Male members of the family who are present: 975, 935 females, Female members of the family who are present: 891, 744 single males, 621 single females, 339 families, 299 married males, 289 married females, 157 males attending school, 132 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 84, Females present who are not members of the family: 44, 40 female births, 30 male births, 25 widowed females, 16 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 5, Male members of the family who are present: 4, 4 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 173 males aged 5 to 10, 168 single males aged 10 to 15, 164 females aged 5 to 10, 139 single females aged 10 to 15, 117 single females aged 15 to 20, 107 single males aged 15 to 20, 100 married males aged 30 to 40, 97 single males aged 20 to 30, 89 married females aged 30 to 40, 87 married females aged 20 to 30, 62 married females aged 40 to 50, 59 married males aged 40 to 50, 55 married males aged 20 to 30, 55 married males aged 50 to 60, 37 females aged 2 to 3, 37 males aged 1 to 2, 37 single females aged 20 to 30, 36 males under age 1, 35 females under age 1, 35 males aged 3 to 4, 34 males aged 2 to 3, 34 married females aged 50 to 60, 33 females aged 1 to 2, 32 females age 3 to 4, 32 males aged 4 to 5, 24 married males aged 60 to 70, 22 females aged 4 to 5, 18 single males aged 30 to 40, 9 married females aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,033 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 891 persons originating in Ireland, 34 persons originating in the United States, 28 persons originating in England or Wales, 7 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 34,955 bushels of wheat, 30,446 bushels of oats, 25,357 acres of land in farms, 23,295 bushels of potatoes, 20,972 pounds of homemade butter, 17,534 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,823 acres of farmland under cultivation, 6,778 pounds of maple sugar, 6,424 acres of farmland under crops, 5,668 bushels of peas, 4,564 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,994 bushels of turnips, 2,020 swine, 1,931 acres of wheat, 1,853 sheep, 1,680 gallons of cider, 1,318 acres of farmland in pasture, 820 acres of oats, 618 barrels of pork, 583 bulls, oxen, or steers, 577 tons of hay, 568 milk cows, 514 calves and heifers, 350 acres of peas, 313 horses, 307 acres of potatoes, 284 occupants of farms, 234 bushels of rye, 197 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 192 barrels of beef, 157 bushels of corn, 150 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 81 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 65 bushels of barley, 42 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 24 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 20 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 19 acres of turnips, 16 pounds of flax or hemp, 15 acres of rye, 14 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 6 acres of corn, 2 acres of barley, 1 bushels of carrots, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 3,970 yards of flannel, 894 yards of fulled cloth, $300 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 2 employees in saw mills, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills returning capital. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 19 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 6, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON035013 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON144001_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115260658

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1851 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). "Adjala, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/adjala-on035013-1851/.