Blanchard, Ontario (1851 census)

Blanchard was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,780. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.272°N, 81.230°W.

Population

In 1851, Blanchard had a population of 2,780: 1,486 male and 1,294 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 St. Mary's, Town—Ville, 1861 (1.2% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Blanchard shared boundaries with:

• Biddulph
• Downie, Downie & Gore
• Fullarton
• Nissouri
• Nissouri, East
• Usborne

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 158 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,780 total population, 1,486 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,381, 1,294 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,220, 1,004 single males, 814 single females, 464 married males, 455 married females, 451 families, 159 males attending school, 127 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 105, Females present who are not members of the family: 74, 62 male births, 48 female births, Male members of the family who are present: 40, 25 widowed females, Female members of the family who are absent: 19, 18 widowed males, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 220 females aged 5 to 10, 213 males aged 5 to 10, 188 married females aged 20 to 30, 187 single males aged 10 to 15, 180 married males aged 30 to 40, 143 single females aged 10 to 15, 139 single males aged 15 to 20, 125 married females aged 30 to 40, 120 married males aged 20 to 30, 117 single males aged 20 to 30, 110 single females aged 15 to 20, 79 married males aged 40 to 50, 74 males aged 1 to 2, 73 married females aged 40 to 50, 72 males under age 1, 70 females aged 1 to 2, 68 males aged 2 to 3, 62 females under age 1, 59 females aged 2 to 3, 59 males aged 3 to 4, 54 females age 3 to 4, 53 married males aged 50 to 60, 51 females aged 4 to 5, 49 males aged 4 to 5, 34 married females aged 50 to 60, 31 single females aged 20 to 30, 25 married males aged 60 to 70, 22 married females aged 15 to 20, 12 single males aged 30 to 40, 10 married females aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 males of unknown age, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 females of unknown age, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,395 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 650 persons originating in Ireland, 353 persons originating in England or Wales, 265 persons originating in Scotland, 85 persons originating in the United States, 13 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 8 French Canadians, 4 persons originating in France, 2 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in Newfoundland, 1 persons originating in the West Indies, 1 persons whose origin is unknown. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 persons originating in Jersey or other British islands — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 43,511 pounds of homemade butter, 35,027 acres of land in farms, 31,367 bushels of turnips, 28,959 bushels of wheat, 27,611 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 25,181 pounds of maple sugar, 23,821 bushels of oats, 8,035 bushels of potatoes, 7,416 acres of farmland under cultivation, 7,237 bushels of peas, 6,878 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,576 acres of farmland under crops, 4,318 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,773 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,605 sheep, 2,479 swine, 2,268 acres of wheat, 1,724 tons of hay, 1,314 bulls, oxen, or steers, 1,299 bushels of barley, 1,035 acres of oats, 1,014 calves and heifers, 971 barrels of pork, 866 milk cows, 826 bushels of corn, 635 acres of peas, 267 horses, 250 acres of turnips, 246 acres of potatoes, 240 barrels of beef, 79 acres of barley, 67 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 58 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 56 acres of corn, 50 occupants of farms, 43 bushels of buckwheat, 40 pounds of hops, 33 bushels of carrots, 31 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 11 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 7 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 6 acres of buckwheat, 2 bushels of beans, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 5,642 yards of flannel, 5,000 feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, $1,000 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 902 yards of fulled cloth, 6 employees in grist mills, 6 employees in saw mills, 3 saw mills, 3 saw mills powered by water, 3 saw mills reporting daily production, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 grist mills reporting daily production, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills not reporting, 1 grist mills returning capital. 250 barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 7 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people 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: ON029001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON137001_1891 — 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). "Blanchard, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/blanchard-on029001-1851/.