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Year: 1851  |  Province: Ontario  |  Wikidata: Q5142112

Colchester, Ontario (1851 census)

Colchester was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,870. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5142112. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.084°N, 82.900°W.

Population

In 1851, Colchester had a population of 1,870: 965 male and 905 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18511,870
18612,656
18712,920

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, Colchester shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 167 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,870 total population, 965 males, Male members of the family who are present: 939, 905 females, Female members of the family who are present: 876, 644 single males, 594 single females, 296 married males, 279 married females, 277 families, 148 males attending school, 117 females attending school, 47 male births, 43 female births, 32 widowed females, Females present who are not members of the family: 29, Males present who are not members of the family: 26, 21 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 5. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 156 females aged 5 to 10, 146 males aged 5 to 10, 139 single males aged 10 to 15, 107 single females aged 10 to 15, 89 married females aged 30 to 40, 89 single females aged 15 to 20, 88 single males aged 15 to 20, 78 married females aged 20 to 30, 78 married males aged 30 to 40, 78 single males aged 20 to 30, 75 married males aged 40 to 50, 57 married males aged 20 to 30, 52 married males aged 50 to 60, 52 single females aged 20 to 30, 43 males under age 1, 43 married females aged 40 to 50, 41 females under age 1, 36 males aged 1 to 2, 35 females aged 4 to 5, 35 married females aged 50 to 60, 34 females age 3 to 4, 34 males aged 3 to 4, 27 males aged 4 to 5, 26 females aged 2 to 3, 25 females aged 1 to 2, 22 males aged 2 to 3, 21 married males aged 60 to 70, 17 married females aged 15 to 20, 15 married females aged 60 to 70, 15 single males aged 30 to 40, 12 single females aged 30 to 40, 12 single males aged 40 to 50, 11 single females aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 7 married males aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 single females aged 50 to 60, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,189 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 316 persons originating in the United States, 300 male negroes or coloured persons, 233 female negroes or coloured persons, 188 French Canadians, 84 persons originating in England or Wales, 52 persons originating in Ireland, 30 persons originating in Scotland, 6 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 2 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.) 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 115,178 pounds of tobacco, 38,794 bushels of wheat, 36,152 pounds of homemade butter, 25,681 bushels of corn, 22,311 acres of land in farms, 13,911 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 10,123 bushels of oats, 8,400 acres of farmland under cultivation, 8,314 bushels of potatoes, 8,194 gallons of cider, 6,916 pounds of wool produced on farms, 5,651 acres of farmland under crops, 2,994 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,506 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,506 bushels of turnips, 2,342 sheep, 2,316 swine, 2,243 acres of wheat, 1,735 pounds of maple sugar, 1,708 bushels of peas, 1,306 acres of corn, 1,285 barrels of pork, 1,222 tons of hay, 844 milk cows, 792 bushels of buckwheat, 784 horses, 705 calves and heifers, 573 bulls, oxen, or steers, 419 acres of oats, 310 pounds of flax or hemp, 280 occupants of farms, 255 barrels of beef, 243 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 168 bushels of rye, 130 bushels of barley, 100 acres of potatoes, 97 acres of peas, 91 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 60 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 54 acres of buckwheat, 53 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 53 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 16 acres of turnips, 16 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 15 bushels of beans, 15 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 13 acres of rye, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 acres of barley, 2 bushels of carrots. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 10,000 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $5,500 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 5,243 yards of flannel, 1,800 yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills, 822 yards of fulled cloth, 107 yards of linen, 3 employees in carding and fulling mills, 3 employees in saw mills, 3 saw mills, 3 saw mills not reporting, 2 carding and fulling mills, 2 employees in grist mills, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills not reporting, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 grist mills returning capital, 2 saw mills powered by water, 2 tanneries, 2 tanneries not reporting, 1 carding and fulling mills not reporting, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 saw mills powered by steam. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 10 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

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). "Colchester, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/colchester-on008003-1851/.