Chinguacousy, Ontario (1851 census)

Chinguacousy was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 7,469. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5101043. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.733°N, 79.824°W.

Population

In 1851, Chinguacousy had a population of 7,469: 3,948 male and 3,521 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).

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 Brampton, T-V, 1861 (3.2% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Chinguacousy shared boundaries with:

• Albion
• Caledon
• Erin
• Esquessing
• Toronto
• Toronto Gore
• Trafalgar

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 191 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 7,469 total population, 3,948 males, Male members of the family who are present: 3,573, 3,521 females, Female members of the family who are present: 3,192, 2,818 single males, 2,238 single females, 1,174 married females, 1,168 families, 1,090 married males, 758 males attending school, 529 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 375, Females present who are not members of the family: 329, 128 male births, 118 female births, 109 widowed females, 40 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 28, Female members of the family who are absent: 27, 3 deaf and dumb males, 2 blind males, 1 blind females, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 566 males aged 5 to 10, 543 single males aged 10 to 15, 542 females aged 5 to 10, 449 single females aged 10 to 15, 448 single males aged 15 to 20, 428 single males aged 20 to 30, 410 married females aged 20 to 30, 367 married males aged 20 to 30, 324 single females aged 15 to 20, 275 married females aged 30 to 40, 272 married males aged 30 to 40, 229 married males aged 40 to 50, 226 single females aged 20 to 30, 195 married females aged 40 to 50, 164 males under age 1, 156 females under age 1, 147 males aged 2 to 3, 144 married females aged 60 to 70, 137 males aged 3 to 4, 135 females aged 1 to 2, 131 males aged 4 to 5, 131 married males aged 50 to 60, 129 males aged 1 to 2, 123 females age 3 to 4, 120 females aged 4 to 5, 119 females aged 2 to 3, 96 married females aged 50 to 60, 66 single males aged 30 to 40, 56 married males aged 60 to 70, 39 married females aged 15 to 20, 39 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 34 single males aged 40 to 50, 24 married males aged 70 to 80, 21 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 19 single females aged 30 to 40, 18 single males aged 50 to 60, 18 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 17 single females aged 40 to 50, 14 married females aged 70 to 80, 13 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 13 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 10 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 9 married males aged 15 to 20, 8 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 8 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 single males aged 60 to 70, 5 single females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 3,867 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1,842 persons originating in Ireland, 950 persons originating in England or Wales, 674 persons originating in Scotland, 91 persons originating in the United States, 37 French Canadians, 6 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in France. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 persons originating in Jersey or other British islands — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 246,898 bushels of wheat, 182,318 pounds of homemade butter, 154,960 bushels of oats, 76,144 acres of land in farms, 45,922 bushels of peas, 42,441 bushels of potatoes, 41,047 acres of farmland under cultivation, 35,097 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 27,843 pounds of wool produced on farms, 27,079 bushels of turnips, 23,331 acres of farmland under crops, 17,083 acres of farmland in pasture, 14,145 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 14,034 acres of wheat, 12,975 pounds of maple sugar, 9,240 sheep, 6,769 tons of hay, 6,102 swine, 3,348 bushels of barley, 2,923 acres of peas, 2,901 barrels of pork, 2,676 acres of oats, 2,573 milk cows, 2,171 calves and heifers, 2,086 horses, 1,760 bulls, oxen, or steers, 1,047 gallons of cider, 891 bushels of buckwheat, 841 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 802 barrels of beef, 661 occupants of farms, 633 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 558 acres of potatoes, 409 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 394 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 352 bushels of corn, 154 acres of turnips, 134 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 125 acres of barley, 113 acres of buckwheat, 86 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 70 bushels of carrots, 26 acres of corn, 22 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 20 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 5 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 3 pounds of hops, 2 bushels of beans. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 11,500 yards of flannel, 6,000 feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, $4,450 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 4,065 yards of fulled cloth, $2,275 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 250 woollen factories returning capital, $75 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 27 employees in saw mills, 20 employees in foundries, 9 saw mills, 8 saw mills powered by water, 8 saw mills returning capital, 6 saw mills reporting annual production, 3 employees in grist mills, 3 grist mills, 3 grist mills returning capital, 3 saw mills reporting daily production, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 employees in woollen factories, 1 foundries, 1 foundries not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by steam, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 saw mills powered by steam, 1 woollen factories, 1 woollen factories reporting. 3,400,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 64,000 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. $200 value cloth produced in woollen factories in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 39 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 21, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 18, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 5, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 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 females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 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: ON028003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON136003_1891 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q5101043
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinguacousy_Township

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). "Chinguacousy, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/chinguacousy-on028003-1851/.