Brockville, Town of, Ontario (1851 census)

Brockville, Town of was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,236. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q34047. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.589°N, 75.691°W.

Population

In 1851, Brockville, Town of had a population of 3,236: 1,563 male and 1,673 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, Brockville, Town of shared boundaries with:

• Elizabethtown

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 141 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,236 total population, 1,673 females, 1,563 males, Female members of the family who are present: 1,466, Male members of the family who are present: 1,355, 1,085 single females, 1,042 single males, 814 families, 490 married females, 482 married males, 285 males attending school, 266 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 208, Females present who are not members of the family: 207, 98 widowed females, 44 female births, 41 male births, 39 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 24, Female members of the family who are absent: 20, 1 blind females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 249 single females aged 15 to 20, 217 females aged 5 to 10, 198 single females aged 10 to 15, 196 males aged 5 to 10, 190 married females aged 20 to 30, 188 single males aged 15 to 20, 183 single males aged 10 to 15, 171 single males aged 20 to 30, 157 married males aged 30 to 40, 141 single females aged 20 to 30, 139 married females aged 30 to 40, 119 married males aged 40 to 50, 105 married males aged 20 to 30, 88 married females aged 40 to 50, 65 married males aged 50 to 60, 56 females aged 2 to 3, 54 females under age 1, 53 females aged 1 to 2, 52 males under age 1, 50 males aged 2 to 3, 49 males aged 1 to 2, 49 males aged 4 to 5, 46 males aged 3 to 4, 44 females age 3 to 4, 43 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 35 females aged 4 to 5, 32 single males aged 30 to 40, 31 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 20 married males aged 60 to 70, 16 single females aged 30 to 40, 16 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 15 married females aged 50 to 60, 15 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 13 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 12 married females aged 15 to 20, 12 married males aged 70 to 80, 12 single males aged 40 to 50, 12 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 11 married females aged 60 to 70, 9 single females aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 8 single females aged 50 to 60, 8 single males aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 7 married females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,501 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1,051 persons originating in Ireland, 201 persons originating in England or Wales, 175 persons originating in Scotland, 162 persons originating in the United States, 127 French Canadians, 5 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 25,000 foundries returning capital, $4,000 value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling), 3,225 tanneries returning capital, $3,000 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $1,350 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $200 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $100 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 60 employees in foundries, 13 employees in saw mills, 13 employees in tanneries, 6 employees in grist mills, 5 tanneries, 4 tanneries reporting, 3 saw mills, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills returning capital, 2 saw mills powered by water, 2 saw mills returning capital, 1 foundries, 1 foundries reporting, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by steam, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 saw mills powered by steam, 1 saw mills reporting annual production, 1 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 tanneries not reporting, 1 woollen factories. 200,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. $2,000 value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 44 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: 18, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 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.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 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: ON020012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON083002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q34047
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brockville
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brockville_(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). "Brockville, Town of, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/brockville-town-of-on020012-1851/.