Biddulph, Ontario (1851 census)

Biddulph was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,081. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115260848. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.217°N, 81.377°W.

Population

In 1851, Biddulph had a population of 2,081: 1,086 male and 995 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, Biddulph shared boundaries with:

• Blanchard
• London
• McGillivray
• Nissouri
• Stephen
• Usborne

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 142 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,081 total population, 1,086 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,069, 995 females, Female members of the family who are present: 973, 745 single males, 643 single females, 336 families, 322 married males, 319 married females, 116 males attending school, 78 females attending school, 60 male births, 44 female births, 33 widowed females, Females present who are not members of the family: 22, 19 widowed males, Males present who are not members of the family: 17, Male members of the family who are present: 10, Female members of the family who are absent: 5, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 196 males aged 5 to 10, 172 females aged 5 to 10, 147 married females aged 20 to 30, 140 single males aged 10 to 15, 115 married males aged 30 to 40, 115 single females aged 10 to 15, 92 single females aged 15 to 20, 88 married females aged 30 to 40, 86 married males aged 20 to 30, 81 single males aged 15 to 20, 68 married males aged 40 to 50, 68 single males aged 20 to 30, 58 males aged 2 to 3, 58 males under age 1, 49 males aged 4 to 5, 48 females age 3 to 4, 47 females aged 1 to 2, 46 females under age 1, 45 married females aged 40 to 50, 42 females aged 4 to 5, 41 males aged 1 to 2, 39 married males aged 50 to 60, 38 females aged 2 to 3, 38 males aged 3 to 4, 30 single females aged 20 to 30, 17 married females aged 50 to 60, 16 married females aged 15 to 20, 11 single males aged 30 to 40, 9 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 married males aged 60 to 70, 5 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 married females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 males of unknown age, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 987 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 953 persons originating in Ireland, 50 persons originating in England or Wales, 43 persons originating in Scotland, 34 persons originating in the United States, 10 persons originating in New Brunswick, 2 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in the East Indies, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 30,426 acres of land in farms, 24,515 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 20,849 bushels of wheat, 20,821 bushels of oats, 19,388 pounds of homemade butter, 11,825 pounds of maple sugar, 5,911 acres of farmland under cultivation, 5,035 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,167 acres of farmland under crops, 2,741 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,118 bushels of peas, 2,063 sheep, 1,797 acres of wheat, 1,650 bushels of barley, 1,485 swine, 1,025 acres of oats, 644 barrels of pork, 622 milk cows, 620 bulls, oxen, or steers, 544 bushels of potatoes, 513 calves and heifers, 332 occupants of farms, 315 horses, 272 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 192 bushels of corn, 189 acres of peas, 150 bushels of turnips, 114 barrels of beef, 84 acres of barley, 28 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 20 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 19 acres of potatoes, 11 acres of corn, 10 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 4 acres of turnips, 3 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 3,357 yards of flannel, 771 yards of fulled cloth, 1 distilleries. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 distilleries not reporting — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 7 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 18 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 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: ON016004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON128002_1881 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115260848

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). "Biddulph, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/biddulph-on016004-1851/.