Alnwick, Ontario (1851 census)

Alnwick was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 836. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115260692. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.201°N, 78.078°W.

Population

In 1851, Alnwick had a population of 836: 469 male and 367 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, Alnwick shared boundaries with:

• Asphodel
• Haldimand
• Hamilton
• Otonabee
• Percy

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 147 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 836 total population, 469 males, Male members of the family who are present: 439, 367 females, Female members of the family who are present: 349, 320 single males, 204 single females, 140 families, 140 married females, 140 married males, 45 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 30, 24 females attending school, 23 widowed females, Females present who are not members of the family: 18, 14 male births, 13 female births, 9 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 6, Female members of the family who are absent: 5, 1 blind females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 71 males aged 5 to 10, 64 single males aged 10 to 15, 58 females aged 5 to 10, 55 single males aged 15 to 20, 53 single females aged 10 to 15, 49 single males aged 20 to 30, 46 married females aged 20 to 30, 46 married females aged 30 to 40, 39 married males aged 30 to 40, 38 married males aged 20 to 30, 34 married males aged 40 to 50, 20 single females aged 15 to 20, 17 males aged 2 to 3, 17 males aged 4 to 5, 17 married females aged 50 to 60, 16 females aged 2 to 3, 16 married females aged 40 to 50, 15 married males aged 50 to 60, 14 males under age 1, 13 females under age 1, 13 males aged 3 to 4, 12 females age 3 to 4, 12 males aged 1 to 2, 12 married females aged 15 to 20, 11 females aged 1 to 2, 11 single females aged 20 to 30, 10 married males aged 60 to 70, 8 females aged 4 to 5, 7 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 single males aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 married females aged 60 to 70, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 90 to 100, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 30 to 40, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 married males over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 554 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 222 Indigenous persons, 96 persons originating in England or Wales, 89 Indigenous females, 89 Indigenous males, 80 persons originating in Ireland, 42 persons originating in Scotland, 38 French Canadians, 25 persons originating in the United States, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 12,903 bushels of wheat, 11,685 pounds of homemade butter, 9,661 acres of land in farms, 6,818 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,889 bushels of oats, 4,049 bushels of peas, 3,806 bushels of potatoes, 2,843 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,470 pounds of maple sugar, 2,148 acres of farmland under crops, 2,100 bushels of turnips, 1,849 pounds of wool produced on farms, 947 acres of wheat, 666 acres of farmland in pasture, 618 sheep, 560 swine, 442 tons of hay, 336 bushels of corn, 310 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 300 barrels of pork, 290 acres of oats, 271 bulls, oxen, or steers, 257 acres of peas, 229 milk cows, 211 calves and heifers, 196 bushels of rye, 164 bushels of buckwheat, 106 horses, 104 occupants of farms, 98 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 89 acres of potatoes, 81 barrels of beef, 55 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 40 bushels of barley, 29 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 28 acres of corn, 25 pounds of hops, 24 acres of rye, 21 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 20 acres of turnips, 13 acres of buckwheat, 13 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 9 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 6 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 3 acres of barley. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 1,179 yards of flannel, $500 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 289 yards of fulled cloth, 2 saw mills, 2 saw mills reporting annual production, 1 employees in saw mills, 1 saw mills powered by steam, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills returning capital. 2,125,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 15 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 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, 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 2 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: ON024004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON132001_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115260692

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). "Alnwick, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/alnwick-on024004-1851/.