Brantford, Ontario (1851 census)

Brantford was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 6,410. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115260922. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.130°N, 80.269°W.

Population

In 1851, Brantford had a population of 6,410: 3,393 male and 3,017 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, Brantford shared boundaries with:

• Ancaster
• Brantford, Town of
• Burford
• Dumfries, South
• Oakland
• Onondag
• Townsend
• Tuscarora

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 204 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 6,410 total population, 3,393 males, 3,017 females, Male members of the family who are present: 2,847, Female members of the family who are present: 2,670, 2,351 single males, 1,954 single females, 996 families, 972 married males, 957 married females, 662 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 546, 514 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 347, 106 widowed females, 103 female births, Male members of the family who are present: 99, 99 male births, Female members of the family who are absent: 80, 70 widowed males, 16 lunatic females, 6 lunatic males, 4 deaf and dumb males, 2 deaf and dumb females, 2 persons at sea, 1 blind males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 458 single males aged 10 to 15, 450 males aged 5 to 10, 442 single females aged 10 to 15, 440 females aged 5 to 10, 390 single males aged 20 to 30, 387 single males aged 15 to 20, 346 single females aged 15 to 20, 298 married males aged 30 to 40, 274 married females aged 30 to 40, 260 married females aged 40 to 50, 242 married females aged 20 to 30, 228 married males aged 40 to 50, 218 married males aged 20 to 30, 194 single females aged 20 to 30, 152 married males aged 50 to 60, 133 males under age 1, 114 females age 3 to 4, 110 females under age 1, 109 males aged 2 to 3, 104 males aged 1 to 2, 100 males aged 3 to 4, 99 married females aged 50 to 60, 93 males aged 4 to 5, 89 females aged 1 to 2, 86 females aged 2 to 3, 84 females aged 4 to 5, 79 single males aged 30 to 40, 58 married males aged 60 to 70, 38 married females aged 15 to 20, 34 married females aged 60 to 70, 25 single males aged 40 to 50, 24 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 23 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 22 single females aged 30 to 40, 22 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 17 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 14 married males aged 70 to 80, 14 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 14 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 13 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 10 single females aged 40 to 50, 10 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 10 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 10 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 9 single males aged 50 to 60, 8 married females aged 70 to 80, 8 single females aged 50 to 60, 7 single males aged 60 to 70, 6 single females aged 70 to 80, 6 single males aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 6 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 3,654 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1,003 persons originating in England or Wales, 627 persons originating in Ireland, 521 persons originating in Scotland, 381 persons originating in the United States, 110 persons originating in New Brunswick, 57 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 53 Indigenous males, 47 Indigenous persons, 43 Indigenous females, 25 negroes or coloured persons, 24 male negroes or coloured persons, 22 French Canadians, 13 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 11 persons originating in the West Indies, 10 female negroes or coloured persons, 3 persons whose origin is unknown, 2 persons originating in all other places, 2 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Spain or Portugal, 1 persons originating in Sweden or Norway. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 256,104 bushels of wheat, 128,003 pounds of homemade butter, 106,144 bushels of oats, 64,782 acres of land in farms, 47,118 bushels of corn, 46,753 bushels of turnips, 45,060 acres of farmland under cultivation, 40,429 bushels of potatoes, 28,870 pounds of wool produced on farms, 24,341 acres of farmland under crops, 20,046 acres of farmland in pasture, 19,722 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 18,873 pounds of hops, 13,279 acres of wheat, 13,180 pounds of maple sugar, 11,132 bushels of barley, 10,368 sheep, 9,777 bushels of rye, 9,440 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 8,865 bushels of buckwheat, 7,107 bushels of peas, 5,553 tons of hay, 5,120 gallons of cider, 4,577 swine, 3,457 acres of oats, 3,068 barrels of pork, 2,398 milk cows, 2,251 horses, 1,843 acres of corn, 1,741 calves and heifers, 1,617 bulls, oxen, or steers, 1,012 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 944 barrels of beef, 858 bushels of carrots, 765 occupants of farms, 673 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 665 acres of rye, 567 acres of potatoes, 550 acres of buckwheat, 517 acres of barley, 478 acres of peas, 352 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 245 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 186 bushels of beans, 176 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 161 acres of turnips, 141 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 124 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 58 pounds of tobacco, 50 pounds of flax or hemp, 43 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 36 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 6,813 yards of flannel, 2,503 yards of fulled cloth, $1,680 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $500 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 12 employees in saw mills, 4 saw mills, 4 saw mills powered by water, 4 saw mills reporting annual production, 3 saw mills returning capital, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 1 distilleries, 1 employees in grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 grist mills returning capital. 1,406,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 10,000 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 distilleries not reporting — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 46 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 26, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 20, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 3, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 5 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: ON002001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON065002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115260922

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). "Brantford, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/brantford-on002001-1851/.