Amaranth, Ontario (1851 census)

Amaranth was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 500. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115260697. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.980°N, 80.233°W.

Population

In 1851, Amaranth had a population of 500: 269 male and 231 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, Amaranth shared boundaries with:

• Garafraxa
• Melancthon & Proton
• Minto, Arthur & Luther
• Mono

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 112 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 500 total population, 269 males, Male members of the family who are present: 265, 231 females, Female members of the family who are present: 230, 189 single males, 157 single females, 75 families, 74 married males, 69 married females, 17 female births, 16 males attending school, 9 females attending school, 8 male births, Female members of the family who are absent: 7, Male members of the family who are present: 7, 6 widowed males, 5 widowed females, Males present who are not members of the family: 4, Females present who are not members of the family: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 41 single males aged 20 to 30, 39 males aged 5 to 10, 37 females aged 5 to 10, 37 single males aged 10 to 15, 34 single females aged 10 to 15, 26 married females aged 30 to 40, 25 married males aged 40 to 50, 23 married females aged 20 to 30, 20 single females aged 15 to 20, 20 single males aged 15 to 20, 19 females under age 1, 19 married males aged 30 to 40, 16 married males aged 20 to 30, 12 females age 3 to 4, 11 females aged 1 to 2, 11 males aged 1 to 2, 11 males under age 1, 10 married males aged 50 to 60, 9 females aged 4 to 5, 9 males aged 3 to 4, 8 males aged 4 to 5, 8 married females aged 40 to 50, 8 married females aged 50 to 60, 7 females aged 2 to 3, 6 males aged 2 to 3, 5 single females aged 20 to 30, 3 married males aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 married females aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 single males aged 30 to 40, 1 males of unknown age, 1 married females aged 15 to 20, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 227 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 212 persons originating in Ireland, 45 persons originating in England or Wales, 13 persons originating in the United States, 2 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 9,114 acres of land in farms, 7,778 bushels of oats, 7,400 pounds of homemade butter, 7,396 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,466 bushels of wheat, 4,030 bushels of potatoes, 2,135 pounds of maple sugar, 1,850 bushels of turnips, 1,718 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,076 acres of farmland under crops, 869 pounds of wool produced on farms, 721 bushels of peas, 642 acres of farmland in pasture, 489 swine, 385 acres of wheat, 324 sheep, 302 acres of oats, 185 bulls, oxen, or steers, 185 tons of hay, 156 milk cows, 138 calves and heifers, 90 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 86 occupants of farms, 74 barrels of pork, 65 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 64 acres of potatoes, 52 horses, 44 acres of peas, 19 barrels of beef, 16 acres of turnips, 12 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 8 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 691 yards of flannel, 104 yards of fulled cloth. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 5 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON039011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON106001_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115260697

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). "Amaranth, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/amaranth-on039011-1851/.