Clarke, Ontario (1851 census)

Clarke was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 6,190. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.990°N, 78.563°W.

Population

In 1851, Clarke had a population of 6,190: 3,214 male and 2,976 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 Newcastle, VL, 1861 (2.6% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Clarke shared boundaries with:

• Cavan
• Darlington
• Hope
• Manvers

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 195 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 6,190 total population, 3,214 males, 2,976 females, Male members of the family who are present: 2,968, Female members of the family who are present: 2,766, 2,137 single males, 1,859 single females, 1,261 families, 1,041 married females, 1,034 married males, 344 males attending school, 316 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 246, Females present who are not members of the family: 210, 140 male births, 98 female births, 76 widowed females, 43 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 42, Male members of the family who are present: 37, 3 lunatic females, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 blind females, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 479 males aged 5 to 10, 436 females aged 5 to 10, 407 single males aged 10 to 15, 374 single females aged 10 to 15, 359 married females aged 20 to 30, 331 single males aged 15 to 20, 320 married males aged 30 to 40, 308 single females aged 15 to 20, 299 married females aged 30 to 40, 259 married males aged 20 to 30, 230 married males aged 40 to 50, 212 single males aged 20 to 30, 179 married females aged 40 to 50, 154 males aged 4 to 5, 148 married males aged 50 to 60, 147 males under age 1, 140 single females aged 20 to 30, 123 females age 3 to 4, 120 males aged 1 to 2, 120 males aged 2 to 3, 117 females under age 1, 110 females aged 2 to 3, 109 females aged 1 to 2, 101 males aged 3 to 4, 96 females aged 4 to 5, 89 married females aged 50 to 60, 65 married females aged 15 to 20, 47 married males aged 60 to 70, 38 single males aged 30 to 40, 33 married females aged 60 to 70, 24 married males aged 70 to 80, 22 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 21 single females aged 30 to 40, 18 single males aged 40 to 50, 15 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 14 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 13 married females aged 70 to 80, 13 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 12 single females aged 40 to 50, 10 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 10 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 8 single females aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 7 single males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 married females aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 3,030 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1,450 persons originating in Ireland, 1,079 persons originating in England or Wales, 386 persons originating in Scotland, 234 persons originating in the United States, 7 male negroes or coloured persons, 5 female negroes or coloured persons, 4 persons whose origin is unknown, 3 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 2 persons originating in France, 1 French Canadians, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 140,789 bushels of wheat, 132,249 pounds of homemade butter, 114,506 bushels of turnips, 106,205 bushels of oats, 53,671 acres of land in farms, 52,914 bushels of potatoes, 43,860 pounds of maple sugar, 32,823 acres of farmland under cultivation, 31,190 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 26,321 pounds of wool produced on farms, 22,966 bushels of peas, 22,572 acres of farmland under crops, 20,848 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 20,594 bushels of carrots, 15,873 bushels of corn, 9,787 acres of farmland in pasture, 8,319 acres of wheat, 6,658 sheep, 6,500 bushels of rye, 3,949 tons of hay, 3,547 swine, 2,958 acres of oats, 2,863 barrels of pork, 2,849 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 2,448 barrels of beef, 2,446 bushels of barley, 1,932 milk cows, 1,647 bulls, oxen, or steers, 1,586 horses, 1,419 calves and heifers, 1,187 acres of peas, 687 occupants of farms, 633 acres of potatoes, 606 acres of corn, 569 acres of rye, 464 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 381 pounds of flax or hemp, 373 acres of turnips, 345 bushels of buckwheat, 342 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 269 gallons of cider, 249 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 198 pounds of hops, 172 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 171 bushels of beans, 115 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 115 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 90 acres of barley, 26 acres of buckwheat, 24 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 12 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 11,227 yards of flannel, 5,251 yards of fulled cloth, $2,400 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 1,000 woollen factories returning capital, 500 tanneries returning capital, $300 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 124 yards of linen, 16 employees in saw mills, 10 saw mills, 10 saw mills powered by water, 7 saw mills reporting annual production, 7 saw mills returning capital, 6 employees in woollen factories, 4 employees in grist mills, 3 employees in tanneries, 3 grist mills, 3 grist mills powered by water, 3 grist mills reporting annual production, 3 grist mills returning capital, 3 saw mills not reporting, 2 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 2 tanneries, 1 tanneries not reporting, 1 tanneries reporting, 1 woollen factories, 1 woollen factories reporting. 2,200,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 15,000 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 42 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 25, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 17, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 11, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 5, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 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 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 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: ON006003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON108003_1891 — 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). "Clarke, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/clarke-on006003-1851/.