Athol, Ontario (1851 census)

Athol was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,621. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115187548. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.903°N, 77.168°W.

Population

In 1851, Athol had a population of 1,621: 846 male and 775 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, Athol shared boundaries with:

• Hallowell
• Marysburgh

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 170 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,621 total population, 846 males, Male members of the family who are present: 830, 775 females, Female members of the family who are present: 758, 580 single males, 501 single females, 256 married males, 250 married females, 246 males attending school, 228 families, 196 females attending school, Male members of the family who are present: 43, Female members of the family who are absent: 26, 24 widowed females, 18 female births, Females present who are not members of the family: 17, Males present who are not members of the family: 16, 12 male births, 10 widowed males, 1 blind males, 1 lunatic females, 1 lunatic males, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 126 males aged 5 to 10, 115 single males aged 10 to 15, 112 single females aged 10 to 15, 111 females aged 5 to 10, 100 single females aged 15 to 20, 94 single males aged 15 to 20, 78 single males aged 20 to 30, 72 married females aged 30 to 40, 70 married males aged 30 to 40, 69 married females aged 20 to 30, 62 married males aged 40 to 50, 59 married females aged 40 to 50, 50 married males aged 20 to 30, 41 married males aged 50 to 60, 38 single females aged 20 to 30, 32 males under age 1, 31 males aged 2 to 3, 30 males aged 1 to 2, 29 females aged 1 to 2, 29 females aged 2 to 3, 29 males aged 3 to 4, 29 males aged 4 to 5, 28 females aged 4 to 5, 23 females under age 1, 22 females age 3 to 4, 20 married females aged 50 to 60, 18 married males aged 60 to 70, 13 married females aged 15 to 20, 11 married females aged 60 to 70, 8 single females aged 30 to 40, 8 single males aged 30 to 40, 7 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 married females aged 80 to 90, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,280 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 160 persons originating in Ireland, 117 persons originating in the United States, 56 persons originating in England or Wales, 4 French Canadians, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 73,865 pounds of homemade butter, 28,399 bushels of peas, 25,287 bushels of wheat, 21,519 acres of land in farms, 15,329 bushels of oats, 13,404 pounds of maple sugar, 11,588 acres of farmland under cultivation, 9,931 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,853 bushels of corn, 9,110 pounds of wool produced on farms, 8,853 bushels of rye, 6,371 gallons of cider, 6,130 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 6,112 acres of farmland under crops, 6,061 bushels of potatoes, 6,044 bushels of buckwheat, 5,143 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,670 bushels of barley, 2,819 sheep, 2,074 acres of wheat, 1,341 tons of hay, 1,011 acres of peas, 924 swine, 895 acres of rye, 866 barrels of pork, 816 milk cows, 601 acres of corn, 600 horses, 572 bushels of turnips, 563 acres of oats, 544 calves and heifers, 533 bulls, oxen, or steers, 474 acres of buckwheat, 333 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 272 bushels of carrots, 214 acres of barley, 208 barrels of beef, 202 occupants of farms, 179 acres of potatoes, 171 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 130 pounds of flax or hemp, 129 bushels of beans, 116 pounds of hops, 97 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 58 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 25 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 11 acres of turnips, 11 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 10 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 10 pounds of tobacco, 8 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 5,338 yards of flannel, 1,738 yards of fulled cloth, $1,000 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $575 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 500 tanneries returning capital, $100 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 55 yards of linen, $25 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 12 employees in saw mills, 7 saw mills not reporting, 4 saw mills, 4 saw mills powered by water, 4 saw mills returning capital, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 saw mills reporting annual production, 1 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries reporting. 100,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. $500 value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 779 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 10 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: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON032002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON140002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115187548

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). "Athol, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/athol-on032002-1851/.