Bosanquet, Ontario (1851 census)

Bosanquet was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,093. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4947111. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.171°N, 81.901°W.

Population

In 1851, Bosanquet had a population of 1,093: 611 male and 482 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, Bosanquet shared boundaries with:

• McGillivray
• Plympton
• Stephen
• Warwick
• Williams

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 159 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,093 total population, 611 males, Male members of the family who are present: 562, 482 females, Female members of the family who are present: 462, 421 single males, 293 single females, 178 married males, 176 married females, 149 families, 93 males attending school, 55 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 49, Females present who are not members of the family: 20, Male members of the family who are present: 20, 18 male births, 13 widowed females, 12 female births, 12 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 9, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 82 females aged 5 to 10, 82 males aged 5 to 10, 81 single males aged 20 to 30, 75 married females aged 20 to 30, 69 single females aged 10 to 15, 66 single males aged 15 to 20, 65 single males aged 10 to 15, 61 married males aged 30 to 40, 56 married males aged 20 to 30, 42 married females aged 30 to 40, 39 single females aged 15 to 20, 31 married males aged 40 to 50, 26 married females aged 40 to 50, 25 males aged 1 to 2, 25 males under age 1, 22 females age 3 to 4, 22 males aged 2 to 3, 21 females aged 1 to 2, 21 males aged 4 to 5, 19 married males aged 50 to 60, 18 females under age 1, 16 females aged 2 to 3, 16 males aged 3 to 4, 13 married females aged 15 to 20, 12 married females aged 50 to 60, 12 single females aged 20 to 30, 10 single males aged 30 to 40, 9 females aged 4 to 5, 8 married females aged 60 to 70, 5 married males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 females of unknown age, 1 males of unknown age, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 529 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 155 French Canadians, 119 persons originating in Scotland, 106 persons originating in the United States, 98 persons originating in England or Wales, 65 persons originating in Ireland, 10 persons whose origin is unknown, 9 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 19,674 acres of land in farms, 17,325 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,286 pounds of maple sugar, 8,572 bushels of wheat, 7,597 bushels of potatoes, 4,961 bushels of turnips, 3,911 bushels of corn, 2,754 bushels of oats, 2,349 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,895 acres of farmland under crops, 981 pounds of wool produced on farms, 740 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 723 bushels of buckwheat, 633 bushels of peas, 595 acres of wheat, 534 swine, 493 sheep, 396 acres of farmland in pasture, 334 bulls, oxen, or steers, 295 milk cows, 286 calves and heifers, 283 tons of hay, 197 barrels of pork, 185 occupants of farms, 166 acres of corn, 140 barrels of beef, 137 horses, 122 acres of oats, 104 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 82 bushels of beans, 80 acres of potatoes, 69 acres of buckwheat, 58 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 42 acres of turnips, 40 bushels of rye, 40 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 26 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 24 acres of peas, 21 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 20 pounds of flax or hemp, 20 pounds of tobacco, 10 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 5 acres of rye, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 bushels of carrots. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 8,000 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 1,215 yards of flannel, $1,050 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $360 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 171 yards of fulled cloth, 4 saw mills, 4 saw mills powered by water, 3 saw mills returning capital, 2 saw mills not reporting, 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 tanneries, 1 tanneries not reporting, $1 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling). 1,700,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 32 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 9 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: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 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 males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON018001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON122001_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q4947111
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosanquet,_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). "Bosanquet, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/bosanquet-on018001-1851/.