Crowland, Ontario (1851 census)

Crowland was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,478. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.998°N, 79.187°W.

Population

In 1851, Crowland had a population of 1,478: 789 male and 689 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 Crowland, 1861 (92.0% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Crowland shared boundaries with:

• Humberstone
• Stamford
• Thorold
• Wainfleet.
• Willoughby

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 171 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,478 total population, 789 males, 689 females, Male members of the family who are present: 686, Female members of the family who are present: 636, 536 single males, 416 single females, 266 families, 238 married males, 236 married females, 197 males attending school, 154 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 103, Females present who are not members of the family: 53, 37 widowed females, 29 female births, 28 male births, 15 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 9, Female members of the family who are absent: 6, 2 lunatic females, 2 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 112 single males aged 10 to 15, 99 males aged 5 to 10, 94 single males aged 20 to 30, 93 females aged 5 to 10, 88 married females aged 20 to 30, 86 single females aged 10 to 15, 82 single females aged 15 to 20, 77 single males aged 15 to 20, 69 married males aged 30 to 40, 68 married females aged 30 to 40, 62 married males aged 20 to 30, 62 married males aged 40 to 50, 43 married females aged 40 to 50, 33 single females aged 20 to 30, 32 males aged 4 to 5, 30 males aged 1 to 2, 30 married males aged 50 to 60, 26 males aged 2 to 3, 25 females aged 2 to 3, 25 females under age 1, 24 females aged 1 to 2, 24 males under age 1, 20 females age 3 to 4, 18 single males aged 30 to 40, 17 females aged 4 to 5, 17 males aged 3 to 4, 17 married females aged 50 to 60, 13 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 12 married females aged 15 to 20, 9 married males aged 60 to 70, 6 single females aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 married females aged 60 to 70, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,096 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 133 persons originating in the United States, 124 persons originating in Ireland, 62 persons originating in Scotland, 37 persons originating in England or Wales, 15 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 6 persons originating in France, 5 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 36,217 pounds of homemade butter, 32,482 bushels of oats, 24,901 bushels of wheat, 16,602 acres of land in farms, 8,343 acres of farmland under cultivation, 8,259 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,726 gallons of cider, 6,920 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,638 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,639 bushels of buckwheat, 3,550 bushels of corn, 3,476 acres of farmland under crops, 3,378 pounds of maple sugar, 3,075 bushels of potatoes, 2,845 bushels of barley, 2,539 sheep, 1,818 acres of wheat, 1,692 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,642 tons of hay, 1,256 bushels of peas, 941 acres of oats, 919 swine, 591 milk cows, 526 bushels of turnips, 510 horses, 472 barrels of pork, 433 calves and heifers, 252 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 251 bulls, oxen, or steers, 229 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 197 occupants of farms, 180 acres of buckwheat, 164 barrels of beef, 141 acres of peas, 139 acres of barley, 135 acres of corn, 79 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 70 pounds of flax or hemp, 63 acres of potatoes, 56 bushels of carrots, 49 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 35 pounds of tobacco, 29 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 28 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 20 bushels of beans, 17 pounds of hops, 8 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 8 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 7 acres of turnips, 4 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (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, 2,791 yards of flannel, $1,550 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 1,040 gallons of beer produced in breweries, 750 breweries returning capital, 733 yards of fulled cloth, $400 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 250 carding and fulling mills returning capital, 100 tanneries returning capital, $100 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 50 yards of linen, 5 employees in grist mills, 3 employees in saw mills, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 grist mills reporting annual production, 2 grist mills returning capital, 1 breweries, 1 breweries reporting, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 saw mills returning capital, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries reporting. 11,000 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 Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 14, 14 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON040004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON151002_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). "Crowland, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/crowland-on040004-1851/.