Douro, Ontario (1851 census)

Douro was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,676. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261304. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.405°N, 78.213°W.

Population

In 1851, Douro had a population of 1,676: 877 male and 799 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, Douro shared boundaries with:

• Dummer & Burleigh
• Otonabee
• Peterborough, C
• Smith & Harvey

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 139 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,676 total population, 877 males, Male members of the family who are present: 799, 799 females, Female members of the family who are present: 771, 606 single males, 523 single females, 266 married males, 262 families, 246 married females, 115 females attending school, 103 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 78, 30 widowed females, Females present who are not members of the family: 28, 25 female births, 19 male births, Male members of the family who are present: 18, Female members of the family who are absent: 5, 5 widowed males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 149 females aged 5 to 10, 137 males aged 5 to 10, 111 single males aged 10 to 15, 104 single males aged 20 to 30, 92 single females aged 10 to 15, 83 married females aged 30 to 40, 81 married females aged 20 to 30, 77 married males aged 30 to 40, 77 single males aged 15 to 20, 74 married males aged 20 to 30, 67 single females aged 15 to 20, 60 married males aged 40 to 50, 45 females aged 1 to 2, 38 females under age 1, 37 females age 3 to 4, 36 females aged 2 to 3, 35 males under age 1, 31 females aged 4 to 5, 31 married females aged 40 to 50, 30 married males aged 50 to 60, 28 males aged 4 to 5, 27 males aged 1 to 2, 27 males aged 2 to 3, 25 males aged 3 to 4, 23 married females aged 50 to 60, 21 single females aged 20 to 30, 20 married females aged 15 to 20, 19 single males aged 30 to 40, 16 married males aged 60 to 70, 9 single males aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 married females aged 60 to 70, 5 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 married females over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 852 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 622 persons originating in Ireland, 74 persons originating in England or Wales, 69 French Canadians, 51 persons originating in Scotland, 6 persons originating in the United States, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 37,494 pounds of homemade butter, 29,328 bushels of wheat, 28,289 bushels of oats, 22,197 acres of land in farms, 17,082 bushels of potatoes, 13,041 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,156 acres of farmland under cultivation, 9,140 bushels of turnips, 7,069 pounds of wool produced on farms, 5,822 bushels of peas, 5,657 acres of farmland under crops, 3,476 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,230 sheep, 2,127 pounds of maple sugar, 1,983 acres of wheat, 1,547 swine, 1,206 acres of oats, 1,134 tons of hay, 785 bushels of corn, 733 milk cows, 714 barrels of pork, 575 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 566 calves and heifers, 496 bulls, oxen, or steers, 455 acres of peas, 336 horses, 308 acres of potatoes, 232 occupants of farms, 160 bushels of barley, 152 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 131 barrels of beef, 53 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 50 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 43 acres of turnips, 33 acres of corn, 23 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 16 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 10 acres of barley, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 3,647 yards of flannel, 1,422 yards of fulled cloth, $450 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 3 saw mills, 3 saw mills powered by water, 3 saw mills reporting annual production, 2 saw mills returning capital. 1,400,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 8 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 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: ON030002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON138007 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261304

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). "Douro, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/douro-on030002-1851/.