Burford, Ontario (1851 census)

Burford was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 4,433. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115260971. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.082°N, 80.489°W.

Population

In 1851, Burford had a population of 4,433: 2,357 male and 2,076 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, Burford shared boundaries with:

• Blenheim
• Brantford
• Dumfries, South
• Norwich, VL
• Oakland
• Oxford, East
• Townsend
• Windham

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 181 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 4,433 total population, 2,357 males, 2,076 females, Male members of the family who are present: 2,050, Female members of the family who are present: 1,881, 1,600 single males, 1,313 single females, 772 families, 715 married females, 711 married males, 458 males attending school, 406 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 307, Females present who are not members of the family: 195, 96 male births, 76 female births, 48 widowed females, 46 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 21, Male members of the family who are present: 20, 2 blind males, 2 deaf and dumb females, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 349 single males aged 20 to 30, 340 single males aged 10 to 15, 308 females aged 5 to 10, 305 males aged 5 to 10, 287 single females aged 10 to 15, 267 married females aged 20 to 30, 254 single males aged 15 to 20, 225 single females aged 15 to 20, 211 married females aged 30 to 40, 207 married males aged 30 to 40, 182 married males aged 20 to 30, 177 married males aged 40 to 50, 120 married females aged 40 to 50, 108 single females aged 20 to 30, 96 females aged 1 to 2, 93 married males aged 50 to 60, 88 males under age 1, 86 males aged 1 to 2, 79 males aged 3 to 4, 74 females under age 1, 73 females age 3 to 4, 73 males aged 2 to 3, 70 males aged 4 to 5, 66 females aged 2 to 3, 65 married females aged 50 to 60, 57 females aged 4 to 5, 39 married males aged 60 to 70, 39 single males aged 30 to 40, 26 married females aged 15 to 20, 16 married females aged 60 to 70, 16 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 12 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 10 married males aged 70 to 80, 10 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 9 married females aged 70 to 80, 9 single males aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 7 single females aged 40 to 50, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,810 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 433 persons originating in England or Wales, 382 persons originating in Ireland, 344 persons originating in the United States, 257 persons originating in Scotland, 160 persons originating in New Brunswick, 40 male negroes or coloured persons, 34 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 26 female negroes or coloured persons, 4 persons originating in all other places, 3 persons whose origin is unknown, 2 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 3 persons originating in Jersey or other British islands — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 107,727 bushels of wheat, 91,276 pounds of homemade butter, 54,380 bushels of oats, 45,828 acres of land in farms, 33,978 pounds of maple sugar, 31,500 bushels of turnips, 27,577 bushels of corn, 23,609 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 22,991 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 22,837 acres of farmland under cultivation, 20,193 bushels of potatoes, 15,900 gallons of cider, 14,341 pounds of wool produced on farms, 13,637 acres of farmland under crops, 8,564 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,483 bushels of peas, 5,909 bushels of buckwheat, 5,762 acres of wheat, 5,554 sheep, 3,058 swine, 2,853 tons of hay, 2,431 bushels of rye, 2,428 barrels of pork, 2,240 bushels of barley, 1,978 acres of oats, 1,514 milk cows, 1,189 calves and heifers, 1,188 acres of corn, 1,073 horses, 872 bulls, oxen, or steers, 846 barrels of beef, 636 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 601 occupants of farms, 420 acres of peas, 384 acres of buckwheat, 330 acres of potatoes, 242 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 181 bushels of beans, 164 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 120 acres of barley, 115 acres of rye, 106 acres of turnips, 104 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 96 bushels of carrots, 81 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 73 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 9 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 8 pounds of hops, 1 bushels of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 5,910 yards of flannel, 2,661 yards of fulled cloth, $2,125 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 211 yards of linen, 14 employees in saw mills, 4 saw mills, 4 saw mills reporting annual production, 4 saw mills returning capital, 2 saw mills powered by steam, 2 saw mills powered by water, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water. 985,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 35 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 20, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 15, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, 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 females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 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 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person 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: ON002003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON103002_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115260971

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). "Burford, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/burford-on002003-1851/.