Alfred, Ontario (1851 census)
Alfred was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 584. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2834929. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.567°N, 74.883°W.
Population
In 1851, Alfred had a population of 584: 316 male and 268 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 584 |
| 1861 | 1,359 |
| 1871 | 1,697 |
| 1881 | 3,208 |
| 1891 | 3,053 |
| 1901 | 3,327 |
| 1911 | 3,270 |
| 1921 | 3,210 |
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, Alfred shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 75 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 584 total population, 316 males, 268 females, Male members of the family who are present: 253, Female members of the family who are present: 244, 212 single males, 184 single females, 95 married males, 83 families, 75 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 63, Females present who are not members of the family: 24, 22 females attending school, Male members of the family who are present: 16, 13 male births, 11 female births, 11 males attending school, 9 widowed females, 9 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 4. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 55 single males aged 10 to 15, 43 females aged 5 to 10, 36 males aged 5 to 10, 35 single males aged 15 to 20, 34 single females aged 15 to 20, 33 married males aged 30 to 40, 32 single females aged 10 to 15, 26 married females aged 20 to 30, 26 married females aged 30 to 40, 26 single males aged 20 to 30, 24 married males aged 20 to 30, 21 married males aged 40 to 50, 15 females under age 1, 14 females age 3 to 4, 14 females aged 2 to 3, 13 married females aged 40 to 50, 12 females aged 4 to 5, 11 females aged 1 to 2, 11 males aged 3 to 4, 10 males aged 2 to 3, 10 males under age 1, 9 males aged 1 to 2, 9 married males aged 50 to 60, 9 single females aged 20 to 30, 7 males aged 4 to 5, 6 single males aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 married males aged 60 to 70, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 married females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 1 married females aged 60 to 70, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 303 French Canadians, 185 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 83 persons originating in Ireland, 6 persons originating in Scotland, 5 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes , acres of farmland in woodland or forest. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 1, 1 total number of deaths. (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.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| François Eugène Alfred Evanturel | 1846–1908 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON031005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON139001— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q2834929
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_(Ontario)
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). "Alfred, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/alfred-on031005-1851/.