Augusta, Ontario (1851 census)

Augusta was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 5,154. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4820879. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.749°N, 75.647°W.

Population

In 1851, Augusta had a population of 5,154: 2,635 male and 2,519 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, Augusta shared boundaries with:

• Edwardsburg
• Elizabethtown
• Oxford
• Present, town of
• Wolfred

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 200 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 5,154 total population, 2,635 males, Male members of the family who are present: 2,593, 2,519 females, Female members of the family who are present: 2,489, 1,799 single males, 1,675 single females, 788 married males, 767 married females, 763 families, 597 males attending school, 415 females attending school, 92 female births, 77 male births, 77 widowed females, 48 widowed males, Males present who are not members of the family: 42, Females present who are not members of the family: 30, Male members of the family who are present: 26, Female members of the family who are absent: 22, 5 lunatic males, 4 lunatic females, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 396 males aged 5 to 10, 395 females aged 5 to 10, 387 single females aged 10 to 15, 385 single males aged 10 to 15, 312 single males aged 15 to 20, 296 single females aged 15 to 20, 269 single males aged 20 to 30, 216 married females aged 30 to 40, 208 married females aged 20 to 30, 206 married males aged 30 to 40, 191 married males aged 40 to 50, 164 married females aged 40 to 50, 163 married males aged 50 to 60, 149 single females aged 20 to 30, 140 married males aged 20 to 30, 120 married females aged 50 to 60, 93 females aged 2 to 3, 90 females under age 1, 89 males aged 1 to 2, 80 males aged 3 to 4, 78 females age 3 to 4, 78 males aged 4 to 5, 76 females aged 1 to 2, 75 females aged 4 to 5, 74 males under age 1, 69 males aged 2 to 3, 66 married males aged 60 to 70, 32 married females aged 60 to 70, 23 single males aged 30 to 40, 20 married males aged 70 to 80, 18 married females aged 15 to 20, 18 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 17 single females aged 30 to 40, 16 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 14 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 13 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 10 single males aged 40 to 50, 10 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 9 single females aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 8 married females aged 70 to 80, 8 single males aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 single females aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 90 to 100, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 3,400 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1,086 persons originating in Ireland, 275 persons originating in England or Wales, 184 persons originating in the United States, 138 persons originating in Scotland, 63 French Canadians, 5 female negroes or coloured persons, 5 male negroes or coloured persons, 4 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in the East Indies. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 167,631 pounds of homemade butter, 70,582 bushels of oats, 60,279 acres of land in farms, 58,507 bushels of potatoes, 37,799 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 37,692 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 37,676 bushels of wheat, 22,480 acres of farmland under cultivation, 17,911 pounds of wool produced on farms, 14,307 bushels of corn, 12,844 pounds of maple sugar, 11,910 acres of farmland under crops, 10,337 acres of farmland in pasture, 10,057 bushels of buckwheat, 8,855 sheep, 6,923 tons of hay, 6,909 gallons of cider, 6,354 bushels of peas, 5,232 bushels of rye, 4,254 bushels of barley, 2,830 acres of oats, 2,572 acres of wheat, 2,463 milk cows, 1,978 swine, 1,928 calves and heifers, 1,624 horses, 1,608 barrels of pork, 935 bushels of turnips, 827 acres of potatoes, 814 acres of buckwheat, 802 bulls, oxen, or steers, 630 acres of corn, 615 bushels of carrots, 611 occupants of farms, 500 pounds of hops, 449 acres of peas, 439 acres of rye, 345 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 335 bushels of beans, 254 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 248 barrels of beef, 233 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 218 acres of barley, 154 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 118 pounds of flax or hemp, 116 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 102 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 39 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 37 pounds of tobacco, 32 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 16 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 10 acres of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 20,000 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 10,126 yards of flannel, 6,000 yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills, 4,416 yards of fulled cloth, $200 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 81 yards of linen, 12 employees in saw mills, 5 employees in grist mills, 4 employees in carding and fulling mills, 2 grist mills, 2 saw mills, 2 saw mills powered by water, 2 saw mills reporting annual production, 2 tanneries, 2 tanneries not reporting, 1 breweries, 1 breweries not reporting, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 distilleries, 1 grist mills powered by steam, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 grist mills reporting daily production, 1 saw mills returning capital. 230,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 10,000 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. 100 barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 distilleries not reporting — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 36 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 19, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 17, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 6, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 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 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 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: ON012001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON113001 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q4820879
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusta,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusta_(Ontario)

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). "Augusta, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/augusta-on012001-1851/.