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Year: 1851  |  Province: Ontario  |  Wikidata: Q2925383

Brighton, Ontario (1851 census)

Brighton was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,725. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2925383. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.113°N, 77.757°W.

Population

In 1851, Brighton had a population of 3,725: 1,952 male and 1,773 female residents.

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Brighton shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 190 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,725 total population, 1,952 males, 1,773 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,695, Female members of the family who are present: 1,590, 1,324 single males, 1,146 single females, 593 families, 588 married males, 574 married females, 425 males attending school, 377 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 257, Females present who are not members of the family: 183, 95 male births, 80 female births, 53 widowed females, 40 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 25, Female members of the family who are absent: 6, 4 blind females, 4 blind males, 2 deaf and dumb males, 2 lunatic males, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 309 males aged 5 to 10, 253 females aged 5 to 10, 250 single females aged 10 to 15, 246 single males aged 10 to 15, 213 single males aged 15 to 20, 205 married females aged 20 to 30, 201 married males aged 30 to 40, 196 single females aged 15 to 20, 184 single males aged 20 to 30, 165 married females aged 30 to 40, 137 married males aged 20 to 30, 112 married males aged 40 to 50, 106 married females aged 40 to 50, 92 married males aged 50 to 60, 88 males under age 1, 84 single females aged 20 to 30, 83 females under age 1, 71 females age 3 to 4, 69 females aged 1 to 2, 67 females aged 2 to 3, 67 males aged 2 to 3, 63 males aged 1 to 2, 63 males aged 4 to 5, 60 females aged 4 to 5, 57 males aged 3 to 4, 49 married females aged 50 to 60, 39 married males aged 60 to 70, 29 married females aged 15 to 20, 24 single males aged 30 to 40, 16 married females aged 60 to 70, 15 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 12 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 10 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 10 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 6 single females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,831 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 317 persons originating in the United States, 314 persons originating in Ireland, 163 persons originating in England or Wales, 39 French Canadians, 26 persons originating in Scotland, 14 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 9 persons originating in New Brunswick, 8 persons originating in all other places, 2 persons whose origin is unknown, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 persons originating in Russia, Prussia, or Poland — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 80,013 pounds of homemade butter, 49,088 bushels of wheat, 39,718 acres of land in farms, 33,253 bushels of oats, 27,112 bushels of peas, 22,011 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 20,057 pounds of maple sugar, 18,543 bushels of potatoes, 17,707 acres of farmland under cultivation, 13,235 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 12,166 pounds of wool produced on farms, 11,000 acres of farmland under crops, 9,808 bushels of corn, 8,563 bushels of buckwheat, 6,309 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,750 bushels of rye, 4,199 bushels of turnips, 4,107 sheep, 3,415 acres of wheat, 2,922 tons of hay, 2,404 gallons of cider, 2,372 bushels of carrots, 2,345 swine, 1,758 barrels of pork, 1,671 acres of peas, 1,526 acres of oats, 1,446 milk cows, 1,213 bushels of barley, 990 calves and heifers, 979 horses, 890 bulls, oxen, or steers, 555 acres of buckwheat, 458 occupants of farms, 454 acres of corn, 432 acres of rye, 427 barrels of beef, 398 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 367 pounds of hops, 318 acres of potatoes, 251 bushels of beans, 164 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 133 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 115 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 107 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 84 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 68 acres of barley, 46 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 38 pounds of tobacco, 31 acres of turnips, 19 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 12 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 6 pounds of flax or hemp. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 6,748 yards of flannel, $6,025 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 3,500 yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills, 3,249 yards of fulled cloth, $2,900 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 1,400 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 400 carding and fulling mills returning capital, 350 tanneries returning capital, 31 employees in saw mills, 19 saw mills, 19 saw mills returning capital, 18 saw mills powered by water, 18 saw mills reporting annual production, 4 employees in carding and fulling mills, 4 employees in grist mills, 3 employees in tanneries, 3 grist mills, 3 grist mills powered by water, 3 grist mills returning capital, 3 tanneries, 3 tanneries reporting, 2 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 saw mills powered by steam. 5,525,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 4,500 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. $950 value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 360 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 27 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 17, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 4, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

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). "Brighton, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/brighton-on024001-1851/.