Admaston, Ontario (1851 census)

Admaston was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 685. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115260659. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.439°N, 76.820°W.

Population

In 1851, Admaston had a population of 685: 368 male and 317 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, Admaston shared boundaries with:

• Bagot
• Blithfield
• Bromley
• Brougham
• Grattan
• Horton
• Ross

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 125 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 685 total population, 368 males, Male members of the family who are present: 362, 317 females, Female members of the family who are present: 315, 272 single males, 222 single females, 94 families, 90 married males, 87 married females, 15 males attending school, 12 male births, 11 female births, 10 females attending school, 8 widowed females, Males present who are not members of the family: 6, 6 widowed males, Females present who are not members of the family: 2, Male members of the family who are present: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 68 males aged 5 to 10, 65 females aged 5 to 10, 41 married males aged 30 to 40, 40 single males aged 10 to 15, 39 single males aged 20 to 30, 37 single females aged 10 to 15, 36 married females aged 20 to 30, 33 married females aged 30 to 40, 27 single females aged 15 to 20, 27 single males aged 15 to 20, 26 married males aged 40 to 50, 21 females aged 4 to 5, 19 males aged 2 to 3, 16 females aged 2 to 3, 16 males aged 1 to 2, 15 females age 3 to 4, 14 males aged 4 to 5, 14 single females aged 20 to 30, 13 males under age 1, 12 females aged 1 to 2, 12 males aged 3 to 4, 12 married males aged 20 to 30, 11 single males aged 30 to 40, 10 married females aged 40 to 50, 9 females under age 1, 7 married males aged 50 to 60, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 married males aged 60 to 70, 4 single females aged 30 to 40, 3 married females aged 50 to 60, 3 married females aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 married females aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 329 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 253 persons originating in Ireland, 67 persons originating in Scotland, 24 French Canadians, 11 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 14,150 acres of land in farms, 12,008 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,850 bushels of potatoes, 8,224 bushels of oats, 7,300 pounds of homemade butter, 4,987 bushels of wheat, 2,142 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,196 bushels of peas, 1,106 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,036 acres of farmland under crops, 921 pounds of wool produced on farms, 511 bushels of barley, 487 pounds of maple sugar, 408 sheep, 389 acres of wheat, 333 tons of hay, 262 acres of oats, 228 swine, 196 milk cows, 188 calves and heifers, 180 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 176 barrels of pork, 150 acres of potatoes, 145 bulls, oxen, or steers, 106 occupants of farms, 89 acres of peas, 73 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 57 horses, 30 bushels of rye, 26 acres of barley, 26 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 18 bushels of buckwheat, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 acres of buckwheat, 2 acres of rye. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 573 yards of flannel, $500 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 217 yards of fulled cloth, $200 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 2 employees in carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills not reporting, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills returning capital, 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 3 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON033001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON142001 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115260659

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). "Admaston, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/admaston-on033001-1851/.