Brantford, Town of, Ontario (1851 census)
Brantford, Town of was a township in Brant County, Ontario (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,877. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.145°N, 80.262°W.
Population
In 1851, Brantford, Town of had a population of 3,877: 1,974 male and 1,903 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 3,877 |
| 1861 | 6,251 |
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, Town of shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 283 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (29 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C10 FAM NO | 692 |
| Female members of the family who are absent | 8 |
| Female members of the family who are present | 1,581 |
| Females present who are not members of the family | 322 |
| Male members of the family who are present | 1,567 |
| Male members of the family who are present | 15 |
| Males present who are not members of the family | 407 |
| Number of blind males | 1 |
| Number of deaf and dumb males | 2 |
| Number of families | 692 |
| Number of female births in the past year | 63 |
| Number of females | 1,903 |
| Number of females attending school | 254 |
| Number of lunatic males | 1 |
| Number of male births in the past year | 84 |
| Number of males | 1,974 |
| Number of males attending school | 261 |
| Number of married females | 641 |
| Number of married males | 648 |
| Number of persons at sea | 1 |
| Number of single females | 1,183 |
| Number of single males | 1,287 |
| Number of widowed females | 79 |
| Number of widowed males | 39 |
| POP | 3,877 |
| POP FX N.1 | 1,903 |
| POP MX N.1 | 1,974 |
| POP XX N.1 | 3,877 |
| Total population | 3,877 |
Age structure (53 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of females age 3 to 4 | 68 |
| Number of females aged 1 to 2 | 50 |
| Number of females aged 2 to 3 | 76 |
| Number of females aged 4 to 5 | 41 |
| Number of females aged 5 to 10 | 257 |
| Number of females under age 1 | 75 |
| Number of males aged 1 to 2 | 82 |
| Number of males aged 2 to 3 | 73 |
| Number of males aged 3 to 4 | 65 |
| Number of males aged 4 to 5 | 60 |
| Number of males aged 5 to 10 | 229 |
| Number of males under age 1 | 85 |
| Number of married females aged 15 to 20 | 41 |
| Number of married females aged 20 to 30 | 267 |
| Number of married females aged 30 to 40 | 203 |
| Number of married females aged 40 to 50 | 85 |
| Number of married females aged 50 to 60 | 35 |
| Number of married females aged 60 to 70 | 9 |
| Number of married females aged 70 to 80 | 1 |
| Number of married males aged 15 to 20 | 1 |
| Number of married males aged 20 to 30 | 190 |
| Number of married males aged 30 to 40 | 241 |
| Number of married males aged 40 to 50 | 141 |
| Number of married males aged 50 to 60 | 52 |
| Number of married males aged 60 to 70 | 22 |
| Number of married males aged 80 to 90 | 1 |
| Number of single females aged 10 to 15 | 243 |
| Number of single females aged 15 to 20 | 230 |
| Number of single females aged 20 to 30 | 123 |
| Number of single females aged 30 to 40 | 13 |
| Number of single females aged 40 to 50 | 3 |
| Number of single females aged 50 to 60 | 1 |
| Number of single females aged 60 to 70 | 3 |
| Number of single males aged 10 to 15 | 240 |
| Number of single males aged 15 to 20 | 194 |
| Number of single males aged 20 to 30 | 216 |
| Number of single males aged 30 to 40 | 29 |
| Number of single males aged 40 to 50 | 10 |
| Number of single males aged 50 to 60 | 3 |
| Number of single males aged 60 to 70 | 1 |
| Number of widowed females aged 20 to 30 | 5 |
| Number of widowed females aged 30 to 40 | 14 |
| Number of widowed females aged 40 to 50 | 29 |
| Number of widowed females aged 50 to 60 | 15 |
| Number of widowed females aged 60 to 70 | 10 |
| Number of widowed females aged 70 to 80 | 5 |
| Number of widowed females aged 90 to 100 | 1 |
| Number of widowed males aged 20 to 30 | 3 |
| Number of widowed males aged 30 to 40 | 5 |
| Number of widowed males aged 40 to 50 | 14 |
| Number of widowed males aged 50 to 60 | 11 |
| Number of widowed males aged 60 to 70 | 2 |
| Number of widowed males aged 70 to 80 | 4 |
Ethnic origin (17 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of female negroes or coloured persons | 35 |
| Number of male negroes or coloured persons | 29 |
| Number of negroes or coloured persons | 19 |
| Number of persons native to Canada, not of French origin | 1,600 |
| Number of persons originating in all other places | 1 |
| Number of persons originating in England or Wales | 729 |
| Number of persons originating in France | 4 |
| Number of persons originating in Germany or Holland | 1 |
| Number of persons originating in Ireland | 893 |
| Number of persons originating in New Brunswick | 23 |
| Number of persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island | 10 |
| Number of persons originating in Scotland | 333 |
| Number of persons originating in Spain or Portugal | 1 |
| Number of persons originating in Sweden or Norway | 1 |
| Number of persons originating in the United States | 271 |
| Number of persons originating in the West Indies | 7 |
| Number of persons whose origin is unknown | 2 |
Manufacturing & industry (21 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production | 8,000 |
| Number of carding and fulling mills | 1 |
| Number of carding and fulling mills not reporting | 1 |
| Number of distilleries | 1 |
| Number of distilleries not reporting | 1 |
| Number of distilleries reporting | 1 |
| Number of distilleries returning capital | 500 |
| Number of employees in distilleries | 4 |
| Number of employees in foundries | 81 |
| Number of foundries | 2 |
| Number of foundries reporting | 2 |
| Number of foundries returning capital | 10,500 |
| Number of grist mills | 1 |
| Number of grist mills powered by water | 1 |
| Number of grist mills reporting annual production | 1 |
| Number of grist mills returning capital | 1 |
| Number of tanneries | 1 |
| Number of tanneries reporting | 1 |
| Number of tanneries returning capital | 800 |
| Value of capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling) | 1,000 |
| Value of iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling) | 20,500 |
Deaths & mortality (22 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2 | 5 |
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3 | 2 |
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4 | 2 |
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40 | 3 |
| 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 aged 60 to 70 | 2 |
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among females of all ages | 24 |
| Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age | 3 |
| Deaths in the past year among females under age 1 | 3 |
| Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2 | 4 |
| Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30 | 3 |
| Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10 | 2 |
| Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males of all ages | 25 |
| Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age | 3 |
| Deaths in the past year among males under age 1 | 9 |
| Total number of deaths in the past year | 49 |
Other recorded variables (141 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| AT SEA | 1 |
| C01 GM NO MILLS | 1 |
| C01 SEX MALE | 1,974 |
| C02 SEX FEM | 1,903 |
| C03 GM WATER | 1 |
| C03 TOTAL | 3,877 |
| C04 GM NO YEAR | 1 |
| C04 MEM OF FAM M | 1,567 |
| C05 GM BARRELS YEAR | 8,000 |
| C05 MEM OF FAM F | 1,581 |
| C06 NOT MEM OF FAM M | 407 |
| C07 NOT MEM OF FAM F | 322 |
| C08 MEM OF FAM ABSENT M | 15 |
| C09 MEM OF FAM ABSENT F | 8 |
| C111 BTWN 90 AND 100 F WID | 1 |
| C12 BIRTHS M | 84 |
| C12 GM CAP NO | 1 |
| C124 DEATHS AGES NOT GIVEN M | 3 |
| C125 DEATHS AGES NOT GIVEN F | 3 |
| C126 MD MALE | 648 |
| C127 S MALE | 1,287 |
| C128 WID MALE | 39 |
| C129 TOT MALE | 1,974 |
| C13 BIRTHS F | 63 |
| C13 GM CAP P | 1,000 |
| C130 MD FEM | 641 |
| C131 S FEM | 1,183 |
| C132 WID FEM | 79 |
| C133 TOT FEM | 1,903 |
| C134 GRAND TOT | 3,877 |
| C135 DEATHS M | 25 |
| C136 DEATHS F | 24 |
| C137 DEATHS TOT | 49 |
| C14 UNDER 1 M | 85 |
| C141 COL PERSON M | 29 |
| C142 COL PERSONS F | 35 |
| C143 ATTND SCHOOL M | 261 |
| C144 ATTND SCHOOL F | 254 |
| C145 DEAF AND DUMB M | 2 |
| C147 BLIND M | 1 |
| C149 LUNATICS M | 1 |
| C15 UNDER 1 F | 75 |
| C16 DEATHS UNDER 1 M | 9 |
| C17 DEATHS UNDER 1 F | 3 |
| C18 UNDER 2 M | 82 |
| C19 UNDER 2 F | 50 |
| C20 DEATHS UNDER 2 M | 4 |
| C21 DEATHS UNDER 2 F | 5 |
| C22 UNDER 3 M | 73 |
| C23 UNDER 3 F | 76 |
| C25 DEATHS UNDER 3 F | 2 |
| C26 UNDER 4 M | 65 |
| C27 UNDER 4 F | 68 |
| C28 DEATHS UNDER 4 M | 1 |
| C29 DEATHS UNDER 4 F | 2 |
| C30 UNDER 5 M | 60 |
| C31 UNDER 5 F | 41 |
| C32 CFM NO | 1 |
| C33 DEATHS UNDER 5 F | 1 |
| C34 BTWN 5 AND 10 M | 229 |
| C35 BTWN 5 AND 10 F | 257 |
| C36 DEATHS BTWN 5 AND 10 M | 2 |
| C37 DEATHS BTWN 5 AND 10 F | 1 |
| C38 CFM NO RETURN | 1 |
| C39 BTWN 10 AND 15 M S | 240 |
| C41 BTWN 10 AND 15 F S | 243 |
| C44 BTWN 15 AND 20 M MD | 1 |
| C45 BTWN 15 AND 20 M S | 194 |
| C46 BTWN 15 AND 20 F MD | 41 |
| C46 DIST NO | 1 |
| C47 BTWN 15 AND 20 F S | 230 |
| C47 DIST RETURNS | 1 |
| C48 DIST CAPITAL | 500 |
| C50 BTWN 20 AND 30 M MD | 190 |
| C50 DIST HANDS | 4 |
| C51 BTWN 20 AND 30 M S | 216 |
| C51 DIST NO RETURNS | 1 |
| C52 BTWN 20 AND 30 M WID | 3 |
| C52 TAN NO | 1 |
| C53 BTWN 20 AND 30 F MD | 267 |
| C53 TAN RETURNS | 1 |
| C54 BTWN 20 AND 30 F S | 123 |
| C54 TAN CAPITAL | 800 |
| C55 BTWN 20 AND 30 F WID | 5 |
| C56 BTWN 20 AND 30 M DEATHS | 3 |
| C58 BTWN 30 AND 40 M MD | 241 |
| C58 F NO | 2 |
| C59 BTWN 30 AND 40 M S | 29 |
| C59 F RETURNS | 2 |
| C60 BTWN 30 AND 40 M WID | 5 |
| C60 F CAPITAL | 10,500 |
| C61 BTWN 30 AND 40 F MD | 203 |
| C61 F PRODUCE | 20,500 |
| C62 BTWN 30 AND 40 F S | 13 |
| C62 F HANDS | 81 |
| C63 BTWN 30 AND 40 F WID | 14 |
| C64 BTWN 30 AND 40 M DEATHS | 1 |
| C65 BTWN 30 AND 40 F DEATHS | 3 |
| C66 BTWN 40 AND 50 M MD | 141 |
| C67 BTWN 40 AND 50 M S | 10 |
| C68 BTWN 40 AND 50 M WID | 14 |
| C69 BTWN 40 AND 50 F MD | 85 |
| C70 BTWN 40 AND 50 F S | 3 |
| C71 BTWN 40 AND 50 F WID | 29 |
| C72 BTWN 40 AND 50 M DEATHS | 1 |
| C74 BTWN 50 AND 60 M MD | 52 |
| C75 BTWN 50 AND 60 M S | 3 |
| C76 BTWN 50 AND 60 M WID | 11 |
| C77 BTWN 50 AND 60 F MD | 35 |
| C78 BTWN 50 AND 60 F S | 1 |
| C79 BTWN 50 AND 60 F WID | 15 |
| C82 BTWN 60 AND 70 M MD | 22 |
| C83 BTWN 60 AND 70 M S | 1 |
| C84 BTWN 60 AND 70 M WID | 2 |
| C85 BTWN 60 AND 70 F MD | 9 |
| C86 BTWN 60 AND 70 F S | 3 |
| C87 BTWN 60 AND 70 F WID | 10 |
| C88 BTWN 60 AND 70 M DEATHS | 1 |
| C89 BTWN 60 AND 70 F DEATHS | 2 |
| C92 BTWN 70 AND 80 M WID | 4 |
| C93 BTWN 70 AND 80 F MD | 1 |
| C95 BTWN 70 AND 80 F WID | 5 |
| C97 BTWN 70 AND 80 F DEATHS | 1 |
| C98 BTWN 80 AND 90 M MD | 1 |
| CD NAME | Brant |
| COL PERSONS | 19 |
| DE NL | 1 |
| ENG WLS | 729 |
| ES AND PT | 1 |
| FR | 4 |
| IRE | 893 |
| LINE NO | 6 |
| NB | 23 |
| NOT FRN | 1,600 |
| NOT KNOWN | 2 |
| NS PEI | 10 |
| OTHER PL | 1 |
| SCOT | 333 |
| SE AND NO | 1 |
| US | 271 |
| WST IN | 7 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON002002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON065001— 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). "Brantford, Town of, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/brantford-town-of-on002002-1851/.