Brantford, Town of, Ontario (1851 census)
Brantford, Town of was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,877. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q34180. 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 137 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,877 total population, 1,974 males, 1,903 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,581, Male members of the family who are present: 1,567, 1,287 single males, 1,183 single females, 692 families, 648 married males, 641 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 407, Females present who are not members of the family: 322, 261 males attending school, 254 females attending school, 84 male births, 79 widowed females, 63 female births, 39 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 15, Female members of the family who are absent: 8, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 blind males, 1 lunatic males, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 267 married females aged 20 to 30, 257 females aged 5 to 10, 243 single females aged 10 to 15, 241 married males aged 30 to 40, 240 single males aged 10 to 15, 230 single females aged 15 to 20, 229 males aged 5 to 10, 216 single males aged 20 to 30, 203 married females aged 30 to 40, 194 single males aged 15 to 20, 190 married males aged 20 to 30, 141 married males aged 40 to 50, 123 single females aged 20 to 30, 85 males under age 1, 85 married females aged 40 to 50, 82 males aged 1 to 2, 76 females aged 2 to 3, 75 females under age 1, 73 males aged 2 to 3, 68 females age 3 to 4, 65 males aged 3 to 4, 60 males aged 4 to 5, 52 married males aged 50 to 60, 50 females aged 1 to 2, 41 females aged 4 to 5, 41 married females aged 15 to 20, 35 married females aged 50 to 60, 29 single males aged 30 to 40, 29 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 22 married males aged 60 to 70, 15 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 14 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 14 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 13 single females aged 30 to 40, 11 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 10 single males aged 40 to 50, 10 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 9 married females aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,600 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 893 persons originating in Ireland, 729 persons originating in England or Wales, 333 persons originating in Scotland, 271 persons originating in the United States, 35 female negroes or coloured persons, 29 male negroes or coloured persons, 23 persons originating in New Brunswick, 19 negroes or coloured persons, 10 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 7 persons originating in the West Indies, 4 persons originating in France, 2 persons whose origin is unknown, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in Spain or Portugal, 1 persons originating in Sweden or Norway. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $20,500 value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling), 10,500 foundries returning capital, $1,000 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 800 tanneries returning capital, 500 distilleries returning capital, 81 employees in foundries, 4 employees in distilleries, 2 foundries, 2 foundries reporting, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills not reporting, 1 distilleries, 1 distilleries reporting, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries reporting. 8,000 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, 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 49 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 25, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 24, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 9, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 3, 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 aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 3, 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 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, 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 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, 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 60 to 70: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
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: Q34180
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brantford
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brantford
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/.