Bayham, Ontario (1851 census)

Bayham was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 5,092. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2892259. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.736°N, 80.788°W.

Population

In 1851, Bayham had a population of 5,092: 2,770 male and 2,322 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).

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

• In a later year, this CSD contained Vienna, VL, 1861 (1.0% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Bayham shared boundaries with:

• Dereham
• Houghton
• Malahide
• Middleton

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 209 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 5,092 total population, 2,770 males, Male members of the family who are present: 2,390, 2,322 females, Female members of the family who are present: 2,189, 1,860 single males, 1,444 single females, 915 families, 864 married males, 785 married females, 419 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 380, 355 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 133, 93 male births, 93 widowed females, 65 female births, 46 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 10, Female members of the family who are absent: 8, 2 lunatic males, 2 persons at sea, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 382 single males aged 20 to 30, 364 males aged 5 to 10, 332 single males aged 15 to 20, 330 females aged 5 to 10, 317 married females aged 20 to 30, 305 single males aged 10 to 15, 296 single females aged 10 to 15, 258 married males aged 30 to 40, 255 married males aged 20 to 30, 239 single females aged 15 to 20, 182 married females aged 30 to 40, 168 married males aged 40 to 50, 124 single females aged 20 to 30, 119 married females aged 40 to 50, 111 females aged 1 to 2, 111 married males aged 50 to 60, 106 males under age 1, 93 males aged 1 to 2, 84 females under age 1, 84 males aged 2 to 3, 80 females aged 2 to 3, 78 females aged 4 to 5, 69 married females aged 50 to 60, 68 females age 3 to 4, 68 married females aged 15 to 20, 65 males aged 4 to 5, 62 males aged 3 to 4, 48 married males aged 60 to 70, 44 single males aged 30 to 40, 29 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 25 married females aged 60 to 70, 19 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 17 single females aged 30 to 40, 15 married males aged 70 to 80, 14 single males aged 40 to 50, 14 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 12 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 10 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 8 married males aged 15 to 20, 8 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 8 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 7 single females aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 single females aged 60 to 70, 5 single males aged 60 to 70, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 3,413 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 646 persons originating in the United States, 412 persons originating in England or Wales, 194 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 158 persons originating in Ireland, 120 persons originating in Scotland, 69 French Canadians, 51 persons originating in New Brunswick, 10 persons originating in the West Indies, 9 male negroes or coloured persons, 9 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 3 female negroes or coloured persons, 3 Indigenous females, 3 persons whose origin is unknown, 2 Indigenous males, 2 persons originating in France, 2 persons originating in Newfoundland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 persons originating in Russia, Prussia, or Poland — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 61,481 pounds of homemade butter, 37,946 acres of land in farms, 35,203 bushels of wheat, 35,065 bushels of oats, 25,289 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 19,628 pounds of maple sugar, 12,657 acres of farmland under cultivation, 12,652 bushels of corn, 11,895 pounds of wool produced on farms, 8,728 bushels of potatoes, 8,211 acres of farmland under crops, 6,375 bushels of peas, 5,111 bushels of buckwheat, 4,089 sheep, 4,057 gallons of cider, 4,013 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,190 tons of hay, 2,886 bushels of turnips, 2,855 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,357 acres of wheat, 1,812 swine, 1,660 acres of buckwheat, 1,290 acres of oats, 1,265 bushels of rye, 1,089 barrels of pork, 1,010 milk cows, 929 calves and heifers, 816 bulls, oxen, or steers, 688 horses, 580 acres of corn, 433 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 408 acres of peas, 380 barrels of beef, 286 occupants of farms, 141 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 124 acres of potatoes, 116 acres of rye, 90 bushels of barley, 75 pounds of tobacco, 70 bushels of beans, 54 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 53 bushels of carrots, 52 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 33 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 20 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 16 acres of turnips, 3 acres of barley, 3 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 3 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 3 pounds of hops. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 20,000 yards of cloth produced in woollen factories, $15,225 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 6,820 yards of flannel, 3,600 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 2,800 tanneries returning capital, $2,075 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 1,824 yards of fulled cloth, $1,000 value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling), 500 foundries returning capital, 154 employees in saw mills, 150 carding and fulling mills returning capital, 38 saw mills, 38 saw mills reporting annual production, 33 saw mills returning capital, 31 saw mills powered by water, 8 employees in tanneries, 7 saw mills powered by steam, 5 grist mills, 5 saw mills not reporting, 4 employees in foundries, 4 employees in woollen factories, 4 tanneries, 4 tanneries reporting, 3 employees in grist mills, 3 grist mills powered by water, 3 grist mills returning capital, 2 employees in distilleries, 2 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 distilleries, 1 distilleries reporting, 1 employees in carding and fulling mills, 1 foundries, 1 foundries reporting, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 woollen factories, 1 woollen factories reporting. 25,570,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 6,800 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. $1,000 value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 15,120 gallons of liquor produced in distilleries — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 31 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 20, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 3, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 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, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON007002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON109002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q2892259
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayham
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayham

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). "Bayham, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/bayham-on007002-1851/.