Beckwith, Ontario (1851 census)

Beckwith was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,540. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q55138151. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.087°N, 76.084°W.

Population

In 1851, Beckwith had a population of 2,540: 1,300 male and 1,240 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, Beckwith shared boundaries with:

• Drummond
• Goulburn
• Marlborough
• Montague
• Ramsay

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 168 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,540 total population, 1,300 males, 1,240 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,201, Female members of the family who are present: 1,137, 910 married males, 831 single females, 379 families, 364 single males, 359 married females, 184 females attending school, 159 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 103, Males present who are not members of the family: 99, 50 widowed females, 32 male births, 26 female births, 26 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 15, Female members of the family who are absent: 10, 2 blind females, 2 lunatic females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 191 single males aged 10 to 15, 190 females aged 5 to 10, 185 males aged 5 to 10, 172 single females aged 15 to 20, 155 single females aged 10 to 15, 137 single males aged 20 to 30, 115 married females aged 20 to 30, 108 single females aged 20 to 30, 101 married males aged 30 to 40, 84 married females aged 30 to 40, 72 married males aged 40 to 50, 72 single males aged 15 to 20, 71 married males aged 50 to 60, 69 married females aged 40 to 50, 66 married males aged 20 to 30, 56 married females aged 50 to 60, 48 females aged 1 to 2, 48 males aged 1 to 2, 44 males aged 3 to 4, 41 females under age 1, 39 married males aged 60 to 70, 38 females aged 2 to 3, 37 males aged 2 to 3, 32 males aged 4 to 5, 31 males under age 1, 30 females age 3 to 4, 25 females aged 4 to 5, 19 married females aged 60 to 70, 17 single males aged 30 to 40, 13 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 11 married females aged 15 to 20, 11 single females aged 30 to 40, 11 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 10 married males aged 70 to 80, 10 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 7 single males aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 single females aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,563 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 487 persons originating in Ireland, 435 persons originating in Scotland, 36 persons originating in England or Wales, 10 persons originating in the United States, 8 French Canadians, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 65,652 pounds of homemade butter, 50,441 bushels of potatoes, 42,067 acres of land in farms, 33,660 bushels of oats, 30,488 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 14,725 bushels of wheat, 11,579 acres of farmland under cultivation, 10,296 pounds of wool produced on farms, 7,323 bushels of peas, 6,665 acres of farmland under crops, 5,122 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 4,860 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,563 pounds of maple sugar, 3,991 sheep, 2,713 tons of hay, 2,698 bushels of buckwheat, 2,326 bushels of corn, 2,114 swine, 1,502 acres of oats, 1,446 calves and heifers, 1,356 bushels of barley, 1,173 milk cows, 1,160 acres of wheat, 1,062 bushels of beans, 999 barrels of pork, 770 bushels of turnips, 708 horses, 587 bushels of rye, 567 acres of potatoes, 497 acres of peas, 377 occupants of farms, 212 acres of buckwheat, 190 barrels of beef, 179 bulls, oxen, or steers, 162 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 110 acres of corn, 81 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 74 acres of barley, 73 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 50 acres of rye, 44 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 27 bushels of carrots, 27 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 24 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 10 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 9 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 8 acres of turnips, 3 pounds of hops, 1 pounds of tobacco. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 19,849 yards of fulled cloth, 12,923 yards of flannel, 1,500 woollen factories returning capital, 900 yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills, $600 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 200 carding and fulling mills returning capital, 15 employees in woollen factories, 3 saw mills, 3 saw mills powered by water, 2 employees in carding and fulling mills, 2 saw mills reporting annual production, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 employees in grist mills, 1 employees in saw mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 woollen factories, 1 woollen factories reporting. 125,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 11 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 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 under age 1: 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 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 1 person 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: ON019002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON123002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q55138151
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beckwith_Township,_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). "Beckwith, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/beckwith-on019002-1851/.