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Year: 1851  |  Province: Ontario

Bathurst & Sherbrooke South, Ontario (1851 census)

Bathurst & Sherbrooke South was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,355. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.862°N, 76.440°W.

Population

In 1851, Bathurst & Sherbrooke South had a population of 3,355: 1,699 male and 1,656 female residents.

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Bathurst & Sherbrooke South shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 185 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,355 total population, 1,699 males, 1,656 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,633, Female members of the family who are present: 1,605, 1,195 single males, 1,114 single females, 597 families, 471 married males, 470 married females, 264 males attending school, 221 females attending school, 72 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 66, Males present who are not members of the family: 66, Females present who are not members of the family: 51, Female members of the family who are absent: 40, 33 widowed males, 27 male births, 21 female births, 2 lunatic males, 2 persons at sea, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 272 males aged 5 to 10, 265 females aged 5 to 10, 240 single females aged 10 to 15, 223 single males aged 10 to 15, 210 single males aged 15 to 20, 201 single females aged 15 to 20, 179 single males aged 20 to 30, 145 single females aged 20 to 30, 142 married females aged 20 to 30, 124 married males aged 30 to 40, 122 married females aged 30 to 40, 100 married males aged 40 to 50, 92 married females aged 40 to 50, 86 married males aged 20 to 30, 69 married males aged 60 to 70, 67 married females aged 50 to 60, 66 married males aged 50 to 60, 62 males aged 3 to 4, 59 females aged 1 to 2, 59 males aged 2 to 3, 57 females aged 4 to 5, 56 males under age 1, 55 males aged 1 to 2, 45 females under age 1, 42 females aged 2 to 3, 39 females age 3 to 4, 38 males aged 4 to 5, 34 married females aged 60 to 70, 22 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 21 married males aged 70 to 80, 19 single males aged 30 to 40, 17 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 11 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 9 single females aged 30 to 40, 9 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 8 married females aged 70 to 80, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 7 single females aged 40 to 50, 7 single males aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 6 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 5 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 4 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 single females aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,130 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 699 persons originating in Ireland, 310 persons originating in Scotland, 133 persons originating in England or Wales, 37 French Canadians, 20 persons originating in the United States, 5 persons originating in all other places, 5 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 5 persons originating in Switzerland, 3 persons originating in France, 2 persons originating in New Brunswick, 2 persons originating in the East Indies, 1 persons originating in Newfoundland, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 101,869 pounds of homemade butter, 57,089 acres of land in farms, 50,763 bushels of potatoes, 48,134 bushels of oats, 39,309 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 28,065 bushels of wheat, 17,780 acres of farmland under cultivation, 11,906 pounds of wool produced on farms, 9,429 acres of farmland under crops, 8,325 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,835 pounds of maple sugar, 5,990 bushels of peas, 5,682 sheep, 4,846 tons of hay, 2,643 acres of wheat, 2,626 bushels of corn, 2,548 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,362 swine, 1,740 bushels of barley, 1,642 acres of oats, 1,536 milk cows, 1,473 calves and heifers, 1,320 bushels of turnips, 1,079 barrels of pork, 834 horses, 786 bulls, oxen, or steers, 528 acres of potatoes, 475 occupants of farms, 385 acres of peas, 365 barrels of beef, 321 bushels of buckwheat, 265 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 133 bushels of rye, 128 acres of corn, 92 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 69 acres of barley, 68 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 33 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 32 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 30 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 26 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 23 acres of buckwheat, 15 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 12 bushels of beans, 12 pounds of hops, 9 acres of rye, 6 acres of turnips, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 9,074 yards of flannel, 9,000 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 4,000 yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills, $3,050 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 2,960 yards of fulled cloth, $900 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 400 carding and fulling mills returning capital, 250 foundries returning capital, $150 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 11 employees in saw mills, 9 employees in grist mills, 7 grist mills, 7 grist mills powered by water, 6 grist mills returning capital, 6 saw mills, 6 saw mills powered by water, 5 employees in foundries, 5 saw mills reporting annual production, 5 saw mills returning capital, 4 grist mills reporting annual production, 3 employees in carding and fulling mills, 3 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 2 carding and fulling mills, 2 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 foundries, 1 foundries reporting, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 saw mills not reporting. 890,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 2,700 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 8 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 8 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

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). "Bathurst & Sherbrooke South, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/bathurst-sherbrooke-south-on019001-1851/.