Bytown, East Ward, Ontario (1851 census)

Bytown, East Ward was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,599. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.430°N, 75.685°W.

Population

In 1851, Bytown, East Ward had a population of 2,599: 1,266 male and 1,333 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

• In a later year, this CSD contained St. Georges’ Ward, 1861 (43.9% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained By Ward, 1861 (25.8% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Ottawa Ward, 1861 (30.4% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Bytown, East Ward shared boundaries with:

• Bytown, Centre Ward
• Gloucester
• Nepean

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 125 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,599 total population, 1,333 females, 1,266 males, Female members of the family who are present: 1,169, Male members of the family who are present: 1,108, 834 single females, 816 single males, 431 married females, 430 families, 426 married males, Females present who are not members of the family: 164, Males present who are not members of the family: 158, 107 males attending school, Male members of the family who are present: 105, 88 females attending school, 68 widowed females, 43 female births, 28 male births, Female members of the family who are absent: 24, 24 widowed males, 2 lunatic males, 1 blind males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 202 females aged 5 to 10, 185 males aged 5 to 10, 168 married females aged 20 to 30, 163 married males aged 30 to 40, 152 single females aged 10 to 15, 149 married females aged 30 to 40, 149 single males aged 10 to 15, 135 single females aged 15 to 20, 124 single males aged 15 to 20, 103 married males aged 20 to 30, 102 married males aged 40 to 50, 99 single males aged 20 to 30, 65 females age 3 to 4, 63 married females aged 40 to 50, 58 females aged 1 to 2, 54 males under age 1, 49 single females aged 20 to 30, 47 males aged 1 to 2, 46 females aged 2 to 3, 46 females aged 4 to 5, 46 females under age 1, 46 males aged 2 to 3, 39 males aged 4 to 5, 38 males aged 3 to 4, 33 married males aged 50 to 60, 22 married females aged 50 to 60, 20 females of unknown age, 20 single males aged 30 to 40, 19 married males aged 60 to 70, 18 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 16 married females aged 15 to 20, 13 males of unknown age, 13 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 13 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 10 married females aged 60 to 70, 10 single females aged 30 to 40, 9 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 widowed females over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 961 French Canadians, 779 persons originating in Ireland, 675 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 101 persons originating in Scotland, 67 persons originating in England or Wales, 7 persons originating in the United States, 2 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 2 persons originating in Sweden or Norway, 1 negroes or coloured persons, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 1 persons originating in Newfoundland, 1 persons whose origin is unknown. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 persons originating in Guernsey — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 12 employees in grist mills, 5 tanneries, 5 tanneries reporting, 4 saw mills, 4 saw mills powered by water, 4 saw mills reporting annual production, 3 grist mills, 3 grist mills powered by water, 3 grist mills reporting annual production, 2 foundries, 2 foundries not reporting, 1 breweries, 1 breweries not reporting, 1 distilleries. 3,000,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 10,760 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. $3,725 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 28 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 15, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 5, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males 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 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON046001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON046001 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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). "Bytown, East Ward, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/bytown-east-ward-on046001-1851/.