Caledon, Ontario (1851 census)

Caledon was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,707. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q424659. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.855°N, 79.996°W.

Population

In 1851, Caledon had a population of 3,707: 1,930 male and 1,777 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, Caledon shared boundaries with:

• Albion
• Chinguacousy
• Erin
• Garafraxa
• Mono

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 172 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,707 total population, 1,930 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,806, 1,777 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,722, 1,347 single males, 1,165 single females, 550 married males, 545 married females, 431 families, 154 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 124, 113 females attending school, 67 widowed females, Females present who are not members of the family: 55, 51 male births, 40 female births, 33 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 26, Female members of the family who are absent: 18, 6 lunatic females, 5 deaf and dumb males, 3 deaf and dumb females, 3 lunatic males, 1 blind males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 288 males aged 5 to 10, 271 females aged 5 to 10, 242 single females aged 10 to 15, 224 single males aged 10 to 15, 215 single males aged 20 to 30, 209 single males aged 15 to 20, 205 married females aged 20 to 30, 185 single females aged 15 to 20, 157 married males aged 30 to 40, 130 married males aged 20 to 30, 127 married females aged 30 to 40, 121 married males aged 40 to 50, 86 married females aged 40 to 50, 84 single females aged 20 to 30, 83 married males aged 50 to 60, 80 males aged 1 to 2, 77 married females aged 50 to 60, 76 females age 3 to 4, 76 females aged 2 to 3, 76 females under age 1, 75 males under age 1, 73 females aged 1 to 2, 69 males aged 3 to 4, 65 males aged 4 to 5, 64 females aged 4 to 5, 63 males aged 2 to 3, 41 married males aged 60 to 70, 35 single males aged 30 to 40, 27 married females aged 15 to 20, 20 married females aged 60 to 70, 16 married males aged 70 to 80, 16 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 13 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 13 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 11 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 11 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 11 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 single males aged 50 to 60, 7 single males aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 single females aged 30 to 40, 6 single females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 females of unknown age, 1 males of unknown age, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 married males over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,022 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1,021 persons originating in Ireland, 469 persons originating in Scotland, 102 persons originating in England or Wales, 73 persons originating in the United States, 13 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 4 French Canadians, 2 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 71,321 bushels of oats, 68,575 bushels of turnips, 66,631 bushels of wheat, 63,529 pounds of homemade butter, 52,455 acres of land in farms, 44,748 bushels of potatoes, 31,474 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 20,981 acres of farmland under cultivation, 12,651 pounds of wool produced on farms, 12,349 acres of farmland under crops, 10,231 bushels of peas, 8,511 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,185 acres of wheat, 4,146 sheep, 3,836 swine, 2,652 acres of oats, 1,999 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,324 milk cows, 1,261 bulls, oxen, or steers, 1,260 bushels of barley, 817 calves and heifers, 817 horses, 796 acres of peas, 669 bushels of corn, 663 bushels of rye, 612 bushels of buckwheat, 520 occupants of farms, 473 acres of potatoes, 293 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 121 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 100 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 91 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 71 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 69 bushels of carrots, 63 acres of barley, 54 acres of turnips, 50 acres of rye, 47 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 44 acres of buckwheat, 40 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 31 acres of corn, 19 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 bushels of beans, 6 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 5 pounds of hops. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 9,674 yards of flannel, 3,000 feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, 2,403 yards of fulled cloth, $825 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $700 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 250 woollen factories returning capital, 212 yards of linen, 4 employees in saw mills, 4 grist mills, 4 grist mills powered by water, 4 saw mills, 4 saw mills powered by water, 3 employees in grist mills, 3 grist mills not reporting, 3 saw mills returning capital, 2 grist mills returning capital, 2 saw mills not reporting, 1 employees in woollen factories, 1 grist mills reporting daily production, 1 saw mills reporting annual production, 1 saw mills reporting daily production, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries not reporting, 1 woollen factories, 1 woollen factories reporting. 150,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 60 barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

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

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON028002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON136002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q424659
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caledon,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caledon

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). "Caledon, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/caledon-on028002-1851/.