Aldborough, Ontario (1851 census)

Aldborough was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,226. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115260678. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.586°N, 81.669°W.

Population

In 1851, Aldborough had a population of 1,226: 660 male and 566 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, Aldborough shared boundaries with:

• Dunwich
• Howard & Orford
• Mosa

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 130 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,226 total population, 660 males, Male members of the family who are present: 653, Female members of the family who are present: 566, 566 females, 475 single males, 376 single females, 196 families, 173 married males, 172 married females, 60 males attending school, 40 females attending school, 28 male births, 23 female births, 18 widowed females, 12 widowed males, Males present who are not members of the family: 7, Female members of the family who are absent: 2, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 103 single males aged 20 to 30, 96 males aged 5 to 10, 77 females aged 5 to 10, 76 single females aged 10 to 15, 73 single males aged 10 to 15, 65 single females aged 15 to 20, 64 single females aged 20 to 30, 63 single males aged 15 to 20, 51 married females aged 20 to 30, 44 married females aged 30 to 40, 44 married males aged 30 to 40, 42 married males aged 40 to 50, 32 married females aged 40 to 50, 32 married males aged 20 to 30, 28 married males aged 50 to 60, 27 males under age 1, 24 males aged 2 to 3, 24 married females aged 50 to 60, 22 females under age 1, 20 males aged 3 to 4, 20 single males aged 30 to 40, 19 males aged 1 to 2, 18 females aged 1 to 2, 18 males aged 4 to 5, 17 females aged 2 to 3, 17 females aged 4 to 5, 17 married males aged 60 to 70, 15 females age 3 to 4, 13 married females aged 60 to 70, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 30 to 40, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 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 736 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 443 persons originating in Scotland, 17 persons originating in England or Wales, 17 persons originating in Ireland, 8 persons originating in the United States, 4 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 22,670 bushels of wheat, 21,017 acres of land in farms, 14,681 pounds of homemade butter, 13,732 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,285 acres of farmland under cultivation, 7,081 bushels of oats, 6,685 pounds of wool produced on farms, 5,935 pounds of maple sugar, 4,437 acres of farmland under crops, 4,087 bushels of peas, 4,047 bushels of potatoes, 3,214 bushels of corn, 2,802 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,772 sheep, 2,522 bushels of rye, 2,020 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,504 acres of wheat, 1,190 swine, 1,039 tons of hay, 785 bulls, oxen, or steers, 524 milk cows, 414 acres of oats, 408 calves and heifers, 370 barrels of pork, 290 acres of peas, 280 horses, 215 acres of rye, 201 acres of corn, 170 occupants of farms, 164 barrels of beef, 98 acres of potatoes, 90 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 46 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 46 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 20 bushels of barley, 20 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 18 bushels of buckwheat, 14 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 acres of barley, 1 acres of buckwheat. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 2,217 yards of flannel, 897 yards of fulled cloth, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 8 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person 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: ON007001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON109001_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115260678

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). "Aldborough, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/aldborough-on007001-1851/.