Cartwright, Ontario (1851 census)

Cartwright was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,756. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.161°N, 78.824°W.

Population

In 1851, Cartwright had a population of 1,756: 953 male and 803 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, Cartwright shared boundaries with:

• Brock
• Darlington
• Manvers
• Mariposa
• Ops
• Reach
• Scugog
• Whitby

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 147 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,756 total population, 953 males, Male members of the family who are present: 835, 803 females, Female members of the family who are present: 745, 660 single males, 522 single females, 283 families, 279 married males, 262 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 118, 90 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 58, 52 female births, 52 females attending school, 51 male births, 19 widowed females, 14 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 11, Male members of the family who are present: 11, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 130 males aged 5 to 10, 126 females aged 5 to 10, 115 married females aged 20 to 30, 112 single males aged 20 to 30, 104 single males aged 10 to 15, 103 single females aged 10 to 15, 101 single males aged 15 to 20, 93 married males aged 20 to 30, 92 married males aged 30 to 40, 90 single females aged 15 to 20, 71 married females aged 30 to 40, 51 males under age 1, 50 females under age 1, 48 males aged 2 to 3, 46 married males aged 40 to 50, 36 females aged 1 to 2, 36 males aged 4 to 5, 35 females aged 2 to 3, 33 married females aged 40 to 50, 30 males aged 1 to 2, 30 males aged 3 to 4, 28 females age 3 to 4, 27 females aged 4 to 5, 26 married males aged 50 to 60, 22 married females aged 50 to 60, 19 married males aged 60 to 70, 17 single females aged 20 to 30, 15 married females aged 15 to 20, 10 single males aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 married females aged 60 to 70, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 females of unknown age, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 males of unknown age, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 874 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 714 persons originating in Ireland, 93 persons originating in England or Wales, 29 persons originating in the United States, 23 persons originating in Scotland, 17 French Canadians, 4 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 40,491 bushels of oats, 33,951 bushels of wheat, 24,006 acres of land in farms, 20,863 bushels of potatoes, 19,192 bushels of turnips, 15,196 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 14,895 pounds of maple sugar, 11,754 pounds of homemade butter, 8,810 acres of farmland under cultivation, 5,930 acres of farmland under crops, 4,997 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,785 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,324 bushels of peas, 1,839 sheep, 1,796 acres of wheat, 1,596 acres of oats, 1,587 swine, 780 barrels of pork, 779 tons of hay, 586 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 584 milk cows, 551 bulls, oxen, or steers, 525 calves and heifers, 362 horses, 270 acres of potatoes, 229 bushels of corn, 228 occupants of farms, 194 acres of peas, 148 bushels of carrots, 131 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 120 barrels of beef, 97 acres of turnips, 95 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 95 pounds of hops, 49 bushels of barley, 46 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 44 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 22 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 21 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 18 acres of corn, 7 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 5 bushels of beans, 5 bushels of rye, 4 acres of barley, 1 acres of rye, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 3,519 yards of flannel, $900 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 145 yards of fulled cloth, 9 employees in saw mills, 3 saw mills, 3 saw mills reporting annual production, 3 saw mills returning capital, 2 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills powered by steam. 550,000 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 7 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, 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 males aged 10 to 15: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON006001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON108001_1871 — 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). "Cartwright, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/cartwright-on006001-1851/.