HGIS Canada › Ontario › Dalhousie & Sherbrooke North › 1851
Year: 1851  |  Province: Ontario

Dalhousie & Sherbrooke North, Ontario (1851 census)

Dalhousie & Sherbrooke North was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,820. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.986°N, 76.547°W.

Population

In 1851, Dalhousie & Sherbrooke North had a population of 1,820: 939 male and 881 female residents.

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Dalhousie & Sherbrooke North shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 172 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,820 total population, 939 males, Male members of the family who are present: 919, 881 females, Female members of the family who are present: 843, 656 single males, 593 single females, 279 families, 259 married males, 249 married females, 158 males attending school, 119 females attending school, Male members of the family who are present: 42, 39 widowed females, Females present who are not members of the family: 38, Female members of the family who are absent: 28, 27 female births, 24 widowed males, Males present who are not members of the family: 20, 18 male births, 2 deaf and dumb females, 1 blind females, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic males, 0 persons at sea. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 134 males aged 5 to 10, 125 single males aged 10 to 15, 119 females aged 5 to 10, 116 single females aged 15 to 20, 116 single males aged 20 to 30, 109 single females aged 10 to 15, 106 single males aged 15 to 20, 83 single females aged 20 to 30, 80 married females aged 30 to 40, 77 married males aged 30 to 40, 62 married females aged 20 to 30, 59 married males aged 50 to 60, 45 married males aged 20 to 30, 44 married females aged 40 to 50, 42 females under age 1, 39 married males aged 40 to 50, 37 married females aged 50 to 60, 36 males aged 3 to 4, 33 females aged 1 to 2, 31 males aged 4 to 5, 29 males aged 1 to 2, 28 married males aged 60 to 70, 27 females age 3 to 4, 27 males aged 2 to 3, 27 males under age 1, 26 females aged 2 to 3, 24 females aged 4 to 5, 17 married females aged 60 to 70, 13 single males aged 30 to 40, 13 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 10 single females aged 50 to 60, 9 married males aged 70 to 80, 7 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 males of unknown age, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females 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 1,106 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 577 persons originating in Scotland, 102 persons originating in Ireland, 18 French Canadians, 7 persons originating in England or Wales, 6 persons originating in all other places, 4 persons originating in the United States, 0 persons originating in France, 0 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 0 persons originating in New Brunswick, 0 persons originating in Newfoundland, 0 persons originating in Switzerland, 0 persons originating in the East Indies, 0 persons originating in the West Indies. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 48,436 pounds of homemade butter, 47,356 bushels of wheat, 36,636 bushels of potatoes, 36,137 acres of land in farms, 23,447 bushels of oats, 21,776 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 17,249 pounds of maple sugar, 14,361 acres of farmland under cultivation, 8,596 pounds of wool produced on farms, 7,744 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,570 acres of farmland under crops, 5,604 sheep, 5,454 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 5,160 bushels of turnips, 3,509 bushels of peas, 2,649 tons of hay, 2,448 bushels of corn, 1,233 acres of oats, 1,062 acres of wheat, 1,013 bushels of barley, 894 calves and heifers, 860 swine, 811 milk cows, 750 bushels of buckwheat, 652 bulls, oxen, or steers, 548 bushels of rye, 495 barrels of pork, 326 acres of peas, 305 acres of potatoes, 287 occupants of farms, 265 horses, 199 barrels of beef, 199 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 148 acres of corn, 94 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 93 bushels of carrots, 73 acres of buckwheat, 72 acres of barley, 72 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 51 acres of rye, 47 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 39 pounds of hops, 37 bushels of beans, 22 acres of turnips, 8 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 7 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 3 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 5,588 yards of flannel, 3,000 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 2,591 yards of fulled cloth, 1,000 yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills, $300 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 100 carding and fulling mills returning capital, 30 tanneries returning capital, 2 employees in tanneries, 2 tanneries, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 employees in carding and fulling mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 tanneries not reporting, 1 tanneries reporting. 1,000 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 10 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 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). "Dalhousie & Sherbrooke North, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/dalhousie-sherbrooke-north-on019004-1851/.