Adolphustown, Ontario (1851 census)

Adolphustown was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 718. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4684488. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.095°N, 77.022°W.

Population

In 1851, Adolphustown had a population of 718: 360 male and 358 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, Adolphustown shared boundaries with:

• Fredericksburg

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 157 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 718 total population, 360 males, 358 females, Male members of the family who are present: 315, Female members of the family who are present: 302, 234 single males, 228 single females, 118 married females, 114 married males, 108 families, 85 males attending school, 78 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 56, Males present who are not members of the family: 45, Male members of the family who are present: 23, 16 male births, Female members of the family who are absent: 15, 12 widowed females, 12 widowed males, 11 female births. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 50 single females aged 15 to 20, 45 single males aged 10 to 15, 42 males aged 5 to 10, 41 single females aged 20 to 30, 38 females aged 5 to 10, 37 single males aged 20 to 30, 32 married females aged 30 to 40, 31 single males aged 15 to 20, 30 married females aged 20 to 30, 30 single females aged 10 to 15, 26 married males aged 30 to 40, 22 married females aged 40 to 50, 22 married males aged 40 to 50, 21 married males aged 20 to 30, 20 married females aged 50 to 60, 19 married males aged 50 to 60, 18 single males aged 30 to 40, 16 males under age 1, 16 married males aged 60 to 70, 13 single females aged 30 to 40, 12 females age 3 to 4, 12 females aged 1 to 2, 12 females under age 1, 10 males aged 1 to 2, 10 males aged 3 to 4, 10 males aged 4 to 5, 9 females aged 2 to 3, 8 females aged 4 to 5, 8 males aged 2 to 3, 7 married females aged 60 to 70, 6 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 married females aged 15 to 20, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 506 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 65 persons originating in the United States, 63 persons originating in England or Wales, 60 persons originating in Ireland, 17 persons originating in Scotland, 2 French Canadians, 2 persons originating in the East Indies, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 25,380 pounds of homemade butter, 11,459 acres of land in farms, 8,722 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 8,670 bushels of oats, 8,341 bushels of peas, 7,365 acres of farmland under cultivation, 5,780 bushels of wheat, 5,280 bushels of rye, 4,830 acres of farmland under crops, 4,239 gallons of cider, 4,094 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,075 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,175 bushels of potatoes, 2,357 pounds of maple sugar, 2,261 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,105 bushels of barley, 1,904 bushels of buckwheat, 1,680 sheep, 1,326 acres of wheat, 1,195 tons of hay, 1,071 acres of peas, 1,021 bushels of corn, 902 swine, 667 barrels of pork, 546 acres of rye, 448 milk cows, 382 horses, 375 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 364 calves and heifers, 326 acres of oats, 274 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 270 bushels of turnips, 184 bushels of carrots, 137 bulls, oxen, or steers, 132 acres of barley, 127 acres of buckwheat, 91 occupants of farms, 77 barrels of beef, 73 acres of potatoes, 57 acres of corn, 51 pounds of hops, 44 bushels of beans, 34 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 24 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 23 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 acres of turnips, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 1,115 yards of flannel, $900 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 399 yards of fulled cloth, 22 yards of linen, 3 employees in saw mills, 3 saw mills, 3 saw mills powered by water, 3 saw mills reporting annual production, 3 saw mills returning capital, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water. 770,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 5 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 8 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among males aged 90 to 100: 1 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 4 people connected to this place who were alive in 1851, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON021001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON125001_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q4684488
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphustown

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). "Adolphustown, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/adolphustown-on021001-1851/.