Charlotteville, Ontario (1851 census)

Charlotteville was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,780. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261089. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.759°N, 80.384°W.

Population

In 1851, Charlotteville had a population of 2,780: 1,430 male and 1,350 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, Charlotteville shared boundaries with:

• Middleton
• Simcoe, T-V
• Walsingham
• Windham
• Woodhouse

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 200 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,780 total population, 1,430 males, 1,350 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,230, Male members of the family who are present: 1,222, 973 single males, 880 single females, 463 families, 430 married males, 419 married females, 301 males attending school, 279 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 208, Females present who are not members of the family: 120, 53 female births, 51 widowed females, Female members of the family who are absent: 36, 31 male births, 27 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 16, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 blind females, 1 blind males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 199 males aged 5 to 10, 199 single females aged 10 to 15, 182 single males aged 15 to 20, 177 females aged 5 to 10, 171 single males aged 10 to 15, 158 single males aged 20 to 30, 151 single females aged 15 to 20, 122 married females aged 20 to 30, 120 married females aged 30 to 40, 109 married males aged 30 to 40, 109 married males aged 40 to 50, 96 married males aged 20 to 30, 91 married females aged 40 to 50, 82 single females aged 20 to 30, 75 married males aged 50 to 60, 61 females under age 1, 54 males aged 1 to 2, 51 married females aged 50 to 60, 48 females aged 4 to 5, 45 males aged 3 to 4, 44 males under age 1, 41 females age 3 to 4, 40 females aged 2 to 3, 39 males aged 2 to 3, 37 males aged 4 to 5, 35 females aged 1 to 2, 31 married males aged 60 to 70, 22 single males aged 30 to 40, 19 single females aged 30 to 40, 19 single females aged 40 to 50, 17 married females aged 15 to 20, 15 married females aged 60 to 70, 15 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 13 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 10 males of unknown age, 9 married males aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 females of unknown age, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,016 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 261 persons originating in the United States, 196 persons originating in England or Wales, 105 persons originating in Ireland, 90 persons originating in Scotland, 42 French Canadians, 27 persons originating in New Brunswick, 16 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 16 persons whose origin is unknown, 6 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 3 persons originating in Switzerland, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in France. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 64,818 pounds of homemade butter, 53,494 bushels of wheat, 34,023 acres of land in farms, 26,572 bushels of potatoes, 23,793 bushels of oats, 18,722 bushels of corn, 17,318 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 16,705 acres of farmland under cultivation, 15,037 gallons of cider, 10,300 pounds of wool produced on farms, 9,517 acres of farmland under crops, 8,828 bushels of buckwheat, 6,639 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 6,495 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,661 bushels of turnips, 3,997 acres of wheat, 3,810 pounds of maple sugar, 3,715 sheep, 2,464 bushels of rye, 2,164 tons of hay, 1,894 swine, 1,514 barrels of pork, 1,131 acres of oats, 1,099 acres of corn, 1,007 milk cows, 759 horses, 739 bulls, oxen, or steers, 693 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 651 acres of buckwheat, 601 calves and heifers, 438 barrels of beef, 363 occupants of farms, 310 acres of potatoes, 274 acres of rye, 180 bushels of peas, 178 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 124 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 102 bushels of barley, 90 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 66 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 56 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 53 bushels of beans, 30 bushels of carrots, 28 acres of turnips, 16 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 12 pounds of hops, 11 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 11 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 9 acres of peas, 3 acres of barley. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 4,477 yards of flannel, $4,375 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $2,000 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 1,692 yards of fulled cloth, 1,000 woollen factories returning capital, 450 carding and fulling mills returning capital, 450 distilleries returning capital, 250 foundries returning capital, 21 employees in saw mills, 8 saw mills, 8 saw mills powered by water, 7 saw mills reporting annual production, 7 saw mills returning capital, 6 employees in foundries, 4 employees in grist mills, 4 employees in woollen factories, 3 grist mills, 3 grist mills powered by water, 3 grist mills reporting annual production, 3 grist mills returning capital, 2 carding and fulling mills, 2 carding and fulling mills reporting, 2 distilleries, 2 distilleries reporting, 2 employees in carding and fulling mills, 1 breweries, 1 breweries not reporting, 1 foundries, 1 foundries reporting, 1 saw mills not reporting. 3,260,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 24,000 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. $300 value cloth produced in woollen factories in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 12,061 gallons of liquor produced in distilleries — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

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 43 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 27, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 16, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 8, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 4, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 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 4 people 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: ON025003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON131001_1891 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261089

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). "Charlotteville, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/charlotteville-on025003-1851/.