Bruce, Ontario (1851 census)

Bruce was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 100. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115260952. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.305°N, 81.454°W.

Population

In 1851, Bruce had a population of 100: 60 male and 40 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, Bruce shared boundaries with:

• Greenock
• Kincardine
• Saugeen

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 68 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 100 total population, Male members of the family who are present: 60, 60 males, 44 single males, Female members of the family who are present: 40, 40 females, 25 single females, 20 families, 16 married males, 15 married females, 2 female births, 1 male births. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 14 single males aged 20 to 30, 12 males aged 5 to 10, 6 married females aged 20 to 30, 6 married females aged 30 to 40, 6 married males aged 20 to 30, 6 married males aged 30 to 40, 6 single males aged 10 to 15, 4 females aged 1 to 2, 4 single females aged 10 to 15, 4 single females aged 15 to 20, 3 females age 3 to 4, 3 females aged 5 to 10, 3 married males aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 15 to 20, 2 females under age 1, 2 males aged 1 to 2, 2 males aged 4 to 5, 2 single females aged 20 to 30, 2 single males aged 30 to 40, 1 females aged 2 to 3, 1 females aged 4 to 5, 1 males aged 2 to 3, 1 males aged 3 to 4, 1 males under age 1, 1 married females aged 15 to 20, 1 married females aged 40 to 50, 1 married females aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 34 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 30 persons originating in Scotland, 27 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 9 Indigenous females, 7 persons originating in Ireland, 6 Indigenous males, 2 French Canadians. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 1,802 acres of land in farms, 1,780 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 500 bushels of potatoes, 240 bushels of turnips, 40 bushels of corn, 22 acres of farmland under cultivation, 18 occupants of farms, 14 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 12 acres of farmland under crops, 10 acres of farmland in pasture, 6 acres of potatoes, 6 tons of hay, 5 milk cows, 4 acres of corn, 4 bulls, oxen, or steers, 2 acres of turnips, 2 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 1, 1 total number of deaths. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON003003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON104005 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115260952

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). "Bruce, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/bruce-on003003-1851/.