Cobourg, T-V, Ontario (1851 census)

Cobourg, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,871. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1007418. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.968°N, 78.170°W.

Population

In 1851, Cobourg, T-V had a population of 3,871: 1,941 male and 1,930 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, Cobourg, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Hamilton

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 138 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,871 total population, 1,941 males, 1,930 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,574, Male members of the family who are present: 1,539, 1,267 single males, 1,250 single females, 682 families, 635 married males, 579 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 402, Females present who are not members of the family: 356, 356 males attending school, 274 females attending school, 101 widowed females, 89 male births, 69 female births, 39 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 25, Female members of the family who are absent: 5, 3 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 258 single females aged 15 to 20, 256 males aged 5 to 10, 244 married females aged 20 to 30, 228 females aged 5 to 10, 213 single females aged 20 to 30, 212 single males aged 15 to 20, 208 married males aged 30 to 40, 202 single females aged 10 to 15, 200 single males aged 10 to 15, 199 single males aged 20 to 30, 183 married males aged 20 to 30, 158 married females aged 30 to 40, 130 married males aged 40 to 50, 97 married females aged 40 to 50, 93 males aged 1 to 2, 85 females aged 1 to 2, 75 males under age 1, 75 married males aged 50 to 60, 69 females under age 1, 63 females age 3 to 4, 59 males aged 4 to 5, 58 males aged 2 to 3, 52 females aged 4 to 5, 49 males aged 3 to 4, 48 females aged 2 to 3, 42 married females aged 50 to 60, 40 single males aged 30 to 40, 28 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 27 married males aged 60 to 70, 22 married females aged 15 to 20, 21 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 20 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 19 single males aged 40 to 50, 18 single females aged 30 to 40, 17 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 16 married females aged 60 to 70, 13 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 12 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 10 married males aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 7 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 females of unknown age, 2 males of unknown age, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,627 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1,101 persons originating in Ireland, 628 persons originating in England or Wales, 310 persons originating in Scotland, 158 persons originating in the United States, 14 male negroes or coloured persons, 11 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 10 female negroes or coloured persons, 10 French Canadians, 7 persons originating in all other places, 7 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 3 persons originating in the East Indies, 2 persons originating in New Brunswick, 2 persons originating in the West Indies, 2 persons whose origin is unknown, 1 Indigenous males, 1 persons originating in France. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 2 persons originating in Jersey or other British islands — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 35 occupants of farms, 12 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 11 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 8 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 200,000 yards of cloth produced in woollen factories, $5,000 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $3,000 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 170 employees in woollen factories, 4 employees in grist mills, 2 employees in saw mills, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 grist mills powered by steam, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills reporting annual production, 1 saw mills returning capital, 1 woollen factories, 1 woollen factories reporting. 1,000,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 22,600 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 38 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 22, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 16, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 8, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 8, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, 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 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: .. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 16 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: ON024010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON132012_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1007418
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobourg
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobourg_(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). "Cobourg, T-V, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/cobourg-t-v-on024010-1851/.