Chippawa, Village, Ontario (1851 census)

Chippawa, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,193. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q602402. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.055°N, 79.052°W.

Population

In 1851, Chippawa, Village had a population of 1,193: 608 male and 585 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, Chippawa, Village shared boundaries with:

• Stamford
• Willoughby

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 124 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,193 total population, 608 males, 585 females, Female members of the family who are present: 532, Male members of the family who are present: 495, 399 single males, 357 single females, 200 married females, 196 families, 194 married males, 131 females attending school, 119 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 113, Females present who are not members of the family: 53, 28 widowed females, 27 female births, 21 male births, 15 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 1, Male members of the family who are present: 1, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 83 married females aged 20 to 30, 73 males aged 5 to 10, 72 single males aged 20 to 30, 71 single males aged 15 to 20, 69 females aged 5 to 10, 67 single females aged 10 to 15, 63 married males aged 30 to 40, 58 married females aged 30 to 40, 58 single males aged 10 to 15, 55 single females aged 15 to 20, 52 married males aged 40 to 50, 47 married males aged 20 to 30, 35 single females aged 20 to 30, 34 females under age 1, 31 married females aged 40 to 50, 26 females aged 2 to 3, 26 males under age 1, 22 females aged 4 to 5, 22 males aged 4 to 5, 20 males aged 2 to 3, 20 single males aged 30 to 40, 19 females aged 1 to 2, 18 females age 3 to 4, 17 married males aged 50 to 60, 13 males aged 1 to 2, 12 males aged 3 to 4, 12 married females aged 50 to 60, 12 married males aged 60 to 70, 11 single males aged 40 to 50, 10 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 7 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 married females aged 60 to 70, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 515 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 221 persons originating in Ireland, 172 persons originating in the United States, 117 persons originating in England or Wales, 93 persons originating in Scotland, 41 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 29 female negroes or coloured persons, 26 male negroes or coloured persons, 16 French Canadians, 5 persons originating in Switzerland, 4 persons originating in New Brunswick, 2 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 2 persons originating in Sweden or Norway, 1 Indigenous females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 persons originating in Russia, Prussia, or Poland, 4 persons originating in Jersey or other British islands — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 560 pounds of wool produced on farms, 250 bushels of barley, 190 horses, 110 calves and heifers, 104 acres of land in farms, 74 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 64 milk cows, 60 bushels of corn, 54 sheep, 30 acres of farmland under cultivation, 20 tons of hay, 16 acres of farmland under crops, 14 acres of farmland in pasture, 11 acres of barley, 5 occupants of farms, 4 acres of corn, 4 bulls, oxen, or steers, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 19 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 5, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, 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 females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 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: ON040009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON151014 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q602402
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chippawa,_Ontario

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). "Chippawa, Village, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/chippawa-village-on040009-1851/.