Cornwall, Town of, Ontario (1851 census)

Cornwall, Town of was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,646. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q956690. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.018°N, 74.726°W.

Population

In 1851, Cornwall, Town of had a population of 1,646: 788 male and 858 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, Cornwall, Town of shared boundaries with:

• Cornwall

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 1,646 total population, 858 females, 788 males, Female members of the family who are present: 714, Male members of the family who are present: 627, 615 single females, 571 single males, 209 families, 202 married males, 200 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 161, Females present who are not members of the family: 144, 87 males attending school, Male members of the family who are present: 77, 72 females attending school, Female members of the family who are absent: 52, 43 widowed females, 33 male births, 30 female births, 15 widowed males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 128 females aged 5 to 10, 124 single males aged 15 to 20, 122 single females aged 15 to 20, 113 single males aged 10 to 15, 109 single females aged 10 to 15, 95 males aged 5 to 10, 92 single females aged 20 to 30, 85 single males aged 20 to 30, 70 married females aged 20 to 30, 63 married males aged 30 to 40, 50 married females aged 30 to 40, 50 married females aged 40 to 50, 50 married males aged 40 to 50, 36 married males aged 50 to 60, 34 married males aged 20 to 30, 31 males aged 2 to 3, 30 females age 3 to 4, 30 females aged 4 to 5, 30 males under age 1, 29 females aged 2 to 3, 25 males aged 3 to 4, 22 females under age 1, 20 males aged 1 to 2, 19 single males aged 30 to 40, 17 females aged 1 to 2, 17 married females aged 50 to 60, 15 males aged 4 to 5, 15 single females aged 30 to 40, 15 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 12 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 10 married males aged 60 to 70, 9 single males aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 8 single females aged 40 to 50, 7 married females aged 60 to 70, 7 single females aged 50 to 60, 5 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 males of unknown age, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,041 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 269 persons originating in Ireland, 132 French Canadians, 79 persons originating in Scotland, 60 persons originating in the United States, 51 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in Switzerland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 9 persons originating in Guernsey — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 7,441 bushels of potatoes, 7,086 pounds of homemade butter, 3,912 bushels of oats, 1,633 acres of land in farms, 1,328 bushels of wheat, 1,049 acres of farmland under cultivation, 765 acres of farmland under crops, 647 bushels of peas, 602 bushels of corn, 584 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 541 pounds of wool produced on farms, 404 swine, 312 barrels of pork, 310 bushels of buckwheat, 301 gallons of cider, 257 acres of farmland in pasture, 202 milk cows, 190 sheep, 185 horses, 177 acres of oats, 156 occupants of farms, 143 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 135 bushels of carrots, 98 acres of potatoes, 86 barrels of beef, 80 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 71 calves and heifers, 66 acres of wheat, 60 pounds of maple sugar, 51 acres of peas, 48 bulls, oxen, or steers, 27 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 18 bushels of turnips, 17 acres of corn, 15 bushels of rye, 13 acres of buckwheat, 4 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 2 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 2 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of rye, 1 acres of turnips, 1 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $2,250 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 1,300 distilleries returning capital, $150 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $150 value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling), 145 yards of flannel, 100 tanneries returning capital, 9 yards of fulled cloth, 4 employees in distilleries, 4 employees in grist mills, 3 employees in saw mills, 1 distilleries, 1 distilleries reporting, 1 foundries reporting, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 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 tanneries, 1 tanneries reporting. 100,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 16,500 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. $88 value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 10,926 gallons of liquor produced in distilleries — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 11 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 5, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 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 5 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: ON036005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON099001 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q956690
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornwall,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornwall_(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). "Cornwall, Town of, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/cornwall-town-of-on036005-1851/.