Amherstburg, T-V, Ontario (1851 census)

Amherstburg, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,880. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q385335. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.099°N, 83.100°W.

Population

In 1851, Amherstburg, T-V had a population of 1,880: 972 male and 908 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, Amherstburg, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Anderdon
• Malden

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 114 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,880 total population, 972 males, 908 females, Female members of the family who are present: 837, Male members of the family who are present: 809, 632 single males, 335 families, 334 married females, 321 married males, Males present who are not members of the family: 163, 148 males attending school, 124 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 71, 52 female births, 45 widowed females, 40 single females, 31 male births, 19 widowed males, 2 lunatic females, Female members of the family who are absent: 1, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 139 females aged 5 to 10, 125 married females aged 20 to 30, 120 married males aged 40 to 50, 112 males aged 5 to 10, 108 single males aged 10 to 15, 98 married females aged 30 to 40, 98 single males aged 20 to 30, 94 single females aged 10 to 15, 85 married males aged 30 to 40, 75 single males aged 15 to 20, 73 single females aged 15 to 20, 66 married females aged 40 to 50, 65 married males aged 20 to 30, 50 females under age 1, 45 males aged 3 to 4, 42 males aged 1 to 2, 35 single females aged 20 to 30, 32 females aged 2 to 3, 31 males under age 1, 31 married males aged 50 to 60, 29 females aged 4 to 5, 28 single males aged 40 to 50, 27 single males aged 30 to 40, 26 males aged 2 to 3, 26 males aged 4 to 5, 25 females age 3 to 4, 25 females aged 1 to 2, 22 married females aged 15 to 20, 15 married females aged 50 to 60, 13 married males aged 60 to 70, 13 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 11 single males aged 50 to 60, 11 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 10 single females aged 30 to 40, 8 married females aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 6 females of unknown age, 6 single females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 557 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 462 French Canadians, 359 persons originating in Ireland, 239 persons originating in the United States, 143 persons originating in England or Wales, 138 male negroes or coloured persons, 83 persons originating in Scotland, 67 female negroes or coloured persons, 10 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 9 persons originating in New Brunswick, 8 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 4 persons originating in the West Indies, 2 persons originating in France, 2 persons originating in Sweden or Norway, 1 Indigenous females, 1 persons originating in Spain or Portugal, 1 persons whose origin is unknown. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 50,000 pounds of homemade butter, 6,000 pounds of wool produced on farms, 502 barrels of pork, 180 horses, 129 milk cows, 73 swine, 19 sheep, 9 calves and heifers, 1 bulls, oxen, or steers, 1 occupants of farms, 1 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 2,000 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 9 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 5 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: ON008001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON110017 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q385335
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amherstburg
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amherstburg

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). "Amherstburg, T-V, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/amherstburg-t-v-on008001-1851/.