Bertie, Ontario (1851 census)

Bertie was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,737. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.914°N, 79.027°W.

Population

In 1851, Bertie had a population of 2,737: 1,470 male and 1,267 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 Port Erie, Village, 1861 (3.8% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Bertie shared boundaries with:

• Humberstone
• Willoughby

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 184 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,737 total population, 1,470 males, 1,267 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,238, Female members of the family who are present: 1,125, 977 single males, 869 single females, 451 married males, 447 families, 375 married females, 366 males attending school, 299 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 232, Females present who are not members of the family: 142, 42 widowed males, 39 male births, 28 female births, 23 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 13, Female members of the family who are absent: 7, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind females, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 217 males aged 5 to 10, 196 single males aged 10 to 15, 164 single females aged 10 to 15, 156 single females aged 15 to 20, 148 single males aged 15 to 20, 147 females aged 5 to 10, 142 married males aged 20 to 30, 142 single females aged 20 to 30, 127 single males aged 20 to 30, 108 married females aged 30 to 40, 97 married males aged 40 to 50, 95 married males aged 30 to 40, 87 married females aged 40 to 50, 81 married females aged 20 to 30, 62 married males aged 50 to 60, 58 married females aged 50 to 60, 54 males aged 3 to 4, 52 males aged 1 to 2, 46 males under age 1, 45 females aged 1 to 2, 45 single females aged 30 to 40, 44 males aged 4 to 5, 42 females under age 1, 40 females age 3 to 4, 40 females aged 2 to 3, 35 single males aged 30 to 40, 33 males aged 2 to 3, 28 married females aged 60 to 70, 27 married males aged 60 to 70, 22 females aged 4 to 5, 17 married males aged 15 to 20, 17 single males aged 50 to 60, 14 single females aged 40 to 50, 12 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 11 married females aged 70 to 80, 9 married males aged 70 to 80, 8 single females aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,956 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 300 persons originating in the United States, 159 persons originating in Ireland, 117 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 105 persons originating in England or Wales, 50 persons originating in Scotland, 38 French Canadians, 31 male negroes or coloured persons, 17 female negroes or coloured persons, 6 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 3 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in Switzerland, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. (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 42,102 pounds of homemade butter, 31,875 bushels of wheat, 31,466 bushels of oats, 20,370 acres of land in farms, 13,645 bushels of potatoes, 11,085 bushels of corn, 10,240 acres of farmland under cultivation, 10,130 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,747 bushels of barley, 7,720 pounds of wool produced on farms, 7,340 gallons of cider, 6,723 acres of farmland under crops, 5,946 pounds of maple sugar, 5,643 bushels of buckwheat, 3,272 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,771 sheep, 2,215 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,143 acres of wheat, 1,833 tons of hay, 1,102 bushels of turnips, 1,075 swine, 942 acres of oats, 718 milk cows, 633 barrels of pork, 633 bushels of peas, 618 horses, 615 calves and heifers, 460 pounds of flax or hemp, 406 bulls, oxen, or steers, 384 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 383 acres of corn, 345 acres of buckwheat, 342 acres of barley, 261 barrels of beef, 247 bushels of rye, 245 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 197 occupants of farms, 189 bushels of carrots, 97 acres of potatoes, 73 acres of peas, 68 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 64 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 62 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 29 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 28 bushels of beans, 26 acres of rye, 23 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 13 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 8 acres of turnips, 6 pounds of hops. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $7,000 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 3,248 yards of flannel, 1,000 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 1,000 yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills, 930 yards of fulled cloth, $505 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $45 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 6 saw mills, 6 saw mills powered by water, 4 saw mills reporting annual production, 4 saw mills returning capital, 3 employees in saw mills, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 grist mills reporting annual production, 2 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 employees in carding and fulling mills, 1 grist mills returning capital. 161,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 6,500 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 16 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, 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 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 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: ON040008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON132001 — 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). "Bertie, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/bertie-on040008-1851/.