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Year: 1851  |  Province: Ontario

Camden & Zone, Ontario (1851 census)

Camden & Zone was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,434. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.605°N, 81.996°W.

Population

In 1851, Camden & Zone had a population of 1,434: 765 male and 669 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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Camden & Zone shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 184 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,434 total population, 765 males, Male members of the family who are present: 743, 669 females, Female members of the family who are present: 662, 536 single males, 421 single females, 253 families, 219 married females, 218 married males, 181 males attending school, 176 females attending school, 29 male births, 29 widowed females, Males present who are not members of the family: 22, 21 female births, 11 widowed males, Females present who are not members of the family: 7, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 125 males aged 5 to 10, 115 females aged 5 to 10, 102 single females aged 10 to 15, 97 single males aged 10 to 15, 91 single males aged 20 to 30, 76 single males aged 15 to 20, 71 married females aged 20 to 30, 70 single females aged 15 to 20, 56 married males aged 30 to 40, 54 married males aged 20 to 30, 53 married males aged 40 to 50, 52 married females aged 30 to 40, 47 married females aged 40 to 50, 37 married males aged 50 to 60, 32 males aged 3 to 4, 27 males aged 1 to 2, 26 females aged 1 to 2, 26 males aged 2 to 3, 23 married females aged 15 to 20, 22 females age 3 to 4, 22 females under age 1, 22 males aged 4 to 5, 22 males under age 1, 21 females aged 2 to 3, 21 single females aged 20 to 30, 15 females aged 4 to 5, 15 married females aged 50 to 60, 14 married males aged 60 to 70, 9 married females aged 60 to 70, 9 single males aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 males of unknown age, 5 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 females of unknown age, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 30 to 40, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,064 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 187 negroes or coloured persons, 186 persons originating in the United States, 99 male negroes or coloured persons, 83 female negroes or coloured persons, 72 persons originating in England or Wales, 52 persons originating in Ireland, 41 Indigenous persons, 38 persons originating in Scotland, 21 Indigenous males, 20 Indigenous females, 13 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 4 persons originating in New Brunswick, 2 persons originating in the West Indies, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 2 persons originating in Jersey or other British islands — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 22,096 bushels of wheat, 18,826 acres of land in farms, 17,355 pounds of homemade butter, 13,173 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 11,057 pounds of maple sugar, 9,370 bushels of corn, 8,684 bushels of oats, 6,497 bushels of potatoes, 5,653 acres of farmland under cultivation, 4,812 pounds of tobacco, 4,669 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,907 bushels of turnips, 2,784 bushels of peas, 2,771 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,686 acres of farmland under crops, 1,877 bushels of buckwheat, 1,536 sheep, 1,500 swine, 1,360 acres of wheat, 1,195 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 639 tons of hay, 593 barrels of pork, 572 milk cows, 463 calves and heifers, 422 acres of corn, 395 acres of oats, 379 bulls, oxen, or steers, 362 horses, 332 bushels of rye, 235 barrels of beef, 196 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 195 gallons of cider, 188 acres of peas, 187 occupants of farms, 169 bushels of beans, 117 acres of buckwheat, 111 bushels of carrots, 110 acres of potatoes, 108 bushels of barley, 84 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 43 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 40 pounds of hops, 33 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 32 acres of turnips, 25 acres of rye, 14 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 10 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 acres of barley, 5 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 2,429 yards of flannel, $1,862 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $862 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 778 yards of fulled cloth, $725 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $18 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 14 employees in saw mills, 6 saw mills, 5 yards of linen, 4 saw mills powered by water, 4 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 4 saw mills returning capital, 3 employees in grist mills, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 grist mills returning capital, 2 saw mills powered by steam, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 saw mills reporting annual production. 2,800 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 1 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 32 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 17, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 15, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 4, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

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). "Camden & Zone, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/camden-zone-on017001-1851/.