Bentinck, Ontario (1851 census)

Bentinck was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,272. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4890427. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.219°N, 80.940°W.

Population

In 1851, Bentinck had a population of 1,272: 686 male and 586 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, Bentinck shared boundaries with:

• Brant
• Glenelg
• Normanby
• Sullivan

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 146 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,272 total population, 686 males, Male members of the family who are present: 637, 586 females, Female members of the family who are present: 562, 449 single males, 373 single females, 229 families, 211 married males, 192 married females, 66 males attending school, 53 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 49, 41 female births, Male members of the family who are present: 30, 30 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 24, 15 widowed females, 12 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 11, 2 blind females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 91 males aged 5 to 10, 85 single males aged 15 to 20, 82 females aged 5 to 10, 76 married females aged 20 to 30, 69 single females aged 10 to 15, 68 single males aged 20 to 30, 67 single males aged 10 to 15, 64 married males aged 30 to 40, 62 married males aged 20 to 30, 54 married females aged 30 to 40, 48 married males aged 40 to 50, 45 single females aged 15 to 20, 34 females age 3 to 4, 34 females aged 1 to 2, 32 males under age 1, 31 females under age 1, 31 married females aged 40 to 50, 30 males aged 3 to 4, 27 males aged 1 to 2, 22 females aged 2 to 3, 22 females aged 4 to 5, 22 single females aged 20 to 30, 21 males aged 2 to 3, 20 married males aged 50 to 60, 16 married males aged 60 to 70, 14 males of unknown age, 14 married females aged 50 to 60, 13 males aged 4 to 5, 13 married females aged 15 to 20, 12 single males aged 30 to 40, 10 single females aged 30 to 40, 6 females of unknown age, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 married females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 487 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 334 persons originating in Scotland, 260 persons originating in Ireland, 153 persons originating in England or Wales, 22 persons originating in the United States, 19 negroes or coloured persons, 13 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 11 male negroes or coloured persons, 8 female negroes or coloured persons, 2 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 22,161 acres of land in farms, 19,473 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 12,970 bushels of potatoes, 12,267 bushels of wheat, 10,645 pounds of homemade butter, 7,378 bushels of turnips, 5,965 bushels of oats, 5,170 pounds of maple sugar, 2,688 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,415 acres of farmland under crops, 1,112 acres of wheat, 753 bushels of peas, 667 pounds of wool produced on farms, 627 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 502 swine, 390 bulls, oxen, or steers, 389 tons of hay, 339 bushels of corn, 339 calves and heifers, 333 bushels of barley, 309 acres of oats, 302 milk cows, 286 sheep, 268 acres of farmland in pasture, 262 occupants of farms, 221 acres of potatoes, 168 barrels of pork, 114 acres of turnips, 114 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 109 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 95 barrels of beef, 76 acres of peas, 46 bushels of buckwheat, 46 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 40 horses, 30 acres of barley, 30 acres of corn, 28 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 23 bushels of rye, 19 bushels of carrots, 7 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 6 acres of buckwheat, 5 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 3 bushels of beans, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 acres of rye, 2 pounds of tobacco, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $1,300 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 523 yards of flannel, 14 employees in saw mills, 12 yards of fulled cloth, 8 saw mills, 2 saw mills powered by water, 2 saw mills reporting annual production, 2 saw mills returning capital, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 saw mills powered by steam. 400,000 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 13 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON011002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON114002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q4890427
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentinck_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). "Bentinck, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/bentinck-on011002-1851/.