Ashfield, Ontario (1851 census)

Ashfield was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 907. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115260729. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.931°N, 81.649°W.

Population

In 1851, Ashfield had a population of 907: 493 male and 414 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, Ashfield shared boundaries with:

• Colborno
• Huron
• Kinlas
• Wawanosh

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 128 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 907 total population, 493 males, Male members of the family who are present: 484, 414 females, Female members of the family who are present: 407, 337 single males, 247 single females, 167 families, 149 married males, 148 married females, 26 male births, 19 males attending school, 19 widowed females, 15 female births, 12 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 9, Females present who are not members of the family: 7, 7 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 1, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 79 males aged 5 to 10, 68 females aged 5 to 10, 57 single males aged 10 to 15, 54 single females aged 10 to 15, 53 married females aged 20 to 30, 53 married females aged 30 to 40, 52 married males aged 30 to 40, 43 single males aged 15 to 20, 40 single males aged 20 to 30, 38 married males aged 40 to 50, 35 married males aged 20 to 30, 23 males aged 4 to 5, 23 males under age 1, 23 single females aged 15 to 20, 22 females aged 1 to 2, 22 males aged 2 to 3, 22 married females aged 40 to 50, 21 males aged 1 to 2, 20 females under age 1, 18 females aged 2 to 3, 18 males aged 3 to 4, 17 females aged 4 to 5, 13 females age 3 to 4, 12 married males aged 50 to 60, 8 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 married females aged 50 to 60, 8 married males aged 60 to 70, 8 single females aged 20 to 30, 8 single males aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 married females aged 60 to 70, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 368 persons originating in Ireland, 350 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 157 persons originating in Scotland, 14 persons originating in England or Wales, 9 French Canadians, 3 persons originating in France, 3 persons originating in the United States, 2 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 11,995 acres of land in farms, 11,006 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,010 pounds of homemade butter, 3,171 bushels of wheat, 2,459 bushels of oats, 2,442 bushels of potatoes, 1,689 pounds of maple sugar, 1,470 bushels of turnips, 1,072 pounds of wool produced on farms, 989 acres of farmland under cultivation, 846 acres of farmland under crops, 541 bushels of peas, 409 sheep, 350 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 289 acres of wheat, 260 swine, 230 tons of hay, 204 bushels of barley, 198 milk cows, 184 bulls, oxen, or steers, 163 calves and heifers, 141 acres of oats, 139 acres of farmland in pasture, 105 occupants of farms, 89 barrels of pork, 74 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 73 acres of potatoes, 49 acres of peas, 39 bushels of corn, 36 barrels of beef, 36 pounds of hops, 26 horses, 16 acres of barley, 16 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 15 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 14 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 12 acres of turnips, 12 bushels of carrots, 4 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 3 acres of corn, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 687 yards of flannel, 241 yards of fulled cloth. (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: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 3, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 2, 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 40 to 50: 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: ON016009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON119001 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115260729

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). "Ashfield, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/ashfield-on016009-1851/.