Barton, Ontario (1851 census)
Barton was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,735. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.229°N, 79.855°W.
Population
In 1851, Barton had a population of 1,735: 944 male and 791 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,735 |
| 1861 | 2,811 |
| 1871 | 2,865 |
| 1881 | 3,525 |
| 1891 | 4,997 |
| 1901 | 3,620 |
| 1911 | 4,410 |
| 1921 | 10,165 |
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, Barton shared boundaries with:
- Ancaster
- Glanford
- Hamilton, St. George’s Ward
- Saltfleet
- St. Lawrence Ward
- St. Mary’s Ward
- St. Patricks’ Ward
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 151 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,735 total population, 944 males, Male members of the family who are present: 819, 791 females, Female members of the family who are present: 677, 643 single males, 476 single females, 283 married males, 280 married females, 277 families, 146 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 125, 115 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 114, 35 widowed females, 33 female births, 32 male births, 18 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 16, Female members of the family who are absent: 11, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 145 males aged 5 to 10, 138 females aged 5 to 10, 131 single males aged 10 to 15, 129 single females aged 10 to 15, 101 married males aged 30 to 40, 100 married females aged 20 to 30, 98 single males aged 15 to 20, 93 single males aged 20 to 30, 70 married females aged 30 to 40, 70 single females aged 15 to 20, 65 married males aged 40 to 50, 52 married males aged 20 to 30, 50 married females aged 40 to 50, 41 married males aged 50 to 60, 36 married females aged 50 to 60, 31 females aged 1 to 2, 30 males under age 1, 29 females under age 1, 29 males aged 4 to 5, 27 males aged 2 to 3, 25 single males aged 30 to 40, 24 males aged 1 to 2, 24 males aged 3 to 4, 23 females age 3 to 4, 23 females aged 2 to 3, 22 females aged 4 to 5, 20 married males aged 60 to 70, 12 married females aged 60 to 70, 12 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 8 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 6 females of unknown age, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 males of unknown age, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 20 to 30, 2 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 999 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 244 persons originating in Ireland, 232 persons originating in England or Wales, 128 persons originating in Scotland, 106 persons originating in the United States, 22 male negroes or coloured persons, 21 female negroes or coloured persons, 12 persons originating in New Brunswick, 8 Indigenous females, 8 Indigenous males, 6 persons originating in the West Indies, 2 French Canadians, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Newfoundland, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in the East Indies. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $11,000 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $9,950 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $5,000 value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling), 4,000 foundries returning capital, 2,250 distilleries returning capital, 1,500 carding and fulling mills returning capital, 350 tanneries returning capital, 30 employees in foundries, 24 employees in saw mills, 12 employees in grist mills, 11 saw mills, 10 employees in woollen factories, 10 saw mills powered by water, 9 saw mills returning capital, 7 employees in distilleries, 6 employees in carding and fulling mills, 6 saw mills reporting annual production, 5 saw mills not reporting, 3 distilleries, 3 distilleries reporting, 3 grist mills, 3 grist mills powered by water, 3 grist mills returning capital, 2 tanneries, 2 tanneries reporting, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 foundries, 1 foundries reporting, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 grist mills reporting daily production, 1 saw mills powered by steam, 1 woollen factories, 1 woollen factories reporting. 2,014,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 8,000 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. 150 barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 12,000 gallons of liquor produced in distilleries — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 26 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 14, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 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 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 24 people connected to this place who were alive in 1851, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Land | 1772–1867 | died here |
| James Gage | 1774–1854 | died here |
| Adam Ferrie | 1777–1863 | died here |
| Andrew Steven | 1789–1861 | died here |
| Edward John Gordon | 1791–1870 | died here |
| William Lawson | 1793–1875 | died here |
| Allan Napier MacNab | 1798–1862 | died here |
| Edward Jackson | 1799–1872 | died here |
| William Craigie | 1799–1863 | died here |
| Alexander Gale | 1800–1854 | died here |
| Alfred Booker | 1800–1857 | died here |
| Gerald O’Reilly | 1806–1861 | died here |
| Samuel Sylvester Mills | 1806–1874 | born and died here |
| Colin Campbell Ferrie | 1808–1856 | died here |
| John Young | 1808–1873 | died here |
| William Paterson McLaren | 1810–1866 | died here |
| James Brennan | 1812–1866 | died here |
| Samuel Zimmerman | 1815–1857 | died here |
| Robert Reid Smiley | 1817–1855 | died here |
| John Farrell | 1820–1873 | died here |
| Joseph Rymal | 1821–1900 | born and died here |
| Thomas Mayne Daly, Sr. | 1827–1885 | born here |
| Adeline Davis | 1844–1919 | born here |
| Charles O’Reilly | 1846–1920 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON041008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON153002_1921— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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). "Barton, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/barton-on041008-1851/.