Brooke, Ontario (1851 census)

Brooke was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 511. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115260945. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.849°N, 81.905°W.

Population

In 1851, Brooke had a population of 511: 269 male and 242 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, Brooke shared boundaries with:

• Enniskillen
• Euphemia
• Metcalfe
• Mosa
• Plympton
• Warwick

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 134 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 511 total population, 269 males, Male members of the family who are present: 259, 242 females, Female members of the family who are present: 234, 198 single males, 171 single females, 74 families, 67 married males, 63 married females, 21 females attending school, 15 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 10, 10 female births, 10 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 8, 8 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 6, 4 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 3. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 63 females aged 5 to 10, 44 males aged 5 to 10, 43 single females aged 10 to 15, 38 single males aged 10 to 15, 36 single males aged 15 to 20, 28 married males aged 30 to 40, 24 single males aged 20 to 30, 22 married females aged 20 to 30, 22 single females aged 15 to 20, 15 married females aged 30 to 40, 15 married females aged 40 to 50, 15 married males aged 40 to 50, 13 males aged 2 to 3, 13 married males aged 20 to 30, 12 females under age 1, 12 males under age 1, 11 males aged 3 to 4, 8 married males aged 50 to 60, 7 females age 3 to 4, 7 single females aged 20 to 30, 6 females aged 2 to 3, 6 females aged 4 to 5, 6 males aged 1 to 2, 5 females aged 1 to 2, 5 males aged 4 to 5, 5 married females aged 50 to 60, 5 single males aged 30 to 40, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 married males aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 married females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 259 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 116 persons originating in Scotland, 101 persons originating in Ireland, 23 persons originating in England or Wales, 8 persons originating in the United States, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 12,772 pounds of maple sugar, 9,882 acres of land in farms, 8,302 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,359 bushels of wheat, 3,615 pounds of homemade butter, 1,831 bushels of oats, 1,667 bushels of potatoes, 1,580 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,435 bushels of turnips, 1,198 pounds of wool produced on farms, 884 acres of farmland under crops, 755 bushels of corn, 700 barrels of beef, 694 bushels of peas, 680 acres of farmland in pasture, 640 barrels of pork, 385 acres of wheat, 376 swine, 346 sheep, 230 tons of hay, 170 bulls, oxen, or steers, 167 acres of oats, 164 milk cows, 137 bushels of buckwheat, 99 calves and heifers, 86 occupants of farms, 59 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 51 horses, 50 acres of peas, 45 acres of corn, 40 bushels of rye, 37 acres of potatoes, 25 bushels of barley, 18 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 16 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 14 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 12 acres of buckwheat, 11 acres of turnips, 10 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 9 bushels of beans, 9 bushels of carrots, 8 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 8 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 4 acres of rye, 4 pounds of hops, 1 acres of barley, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $1,750 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 436 yards of flannel, 253 yards of fulled cloth, 18 yards of linen, 2 employees in grist mills, 1 employees in saw mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills powered by water. 4,500 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 3, 3 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON018002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON122002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115260945

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). "Brooke, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/brooke-on018002-1851/.