Dover East & Dover West, Ontario (1851 census)

Name: Dover East & Dover West (1851)
Address: Ontario, CA

Dover East & Dover West was a census subdivision in Kent County, Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,723. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.438°N, 82.342°W.

Population

In 1851, Dover East & Dover West had a population of 1,723: 896 male and 827 female residents. Population density was 15.0 people per square mile.

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Dover East & Dover West shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 305 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (27 variables)

Variable	Value
C10 FAM NO	191
Female members of the family who are present	797
Females present who are not members of the family	30
Male members of the family who are present	844
Males present who are not members of the family	52
Number of blind females	1
Number of blind males	1
Number of families	191
Number of female births in the past year	25
Number of females	827
Number of females attending school	44
Number of lunatic females	3
Number of lunatic males	2
Number of male births in the past year	19
Number of males	896
Number of males attending school	53
Number of married females	256
Number of married males	257
Number of single females	542
Number of single males	614
Number of widowed females	29
Number of widowed males	25
POP	1,723
POP FX N.1	827
POP MX N.1	896
POP XX N.1	1,723
Total population	1,723

Age structure (53 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of females age 3 to 4	44
Number of females aged 1 to 2	32
Number of females aged 2 to 3	26
Number of females aged 4 to 5	32
Number of females aged 5 to 10	151
Number of females under age 1	30
Number of males aged 1 to 2	26
Number of males aged 2 to 3	24
Number of males aged 3 to 4	25
Number of males aged 4 to 5	34
Number of males aged 5 to 10	164
Number of males of unknown age	1
Number of males under age 1	41
Number of married females aged 15 to 20	13
Number of married females aged 20 to 30	111
Number of married females aged 30 to 40	59
Number of married females aged 40 to 50	41
Number of married females aged 50 to 60	27
Number of married females aged 60 to 70	3
Number of married females aged 70 to 80	1
Number of married females aged 80 to 90	1
Number of married males aged 15 to 20	1
Number of married males aged 20 to 30	71
Number of married males aged 30 to 40	78
Number of married males aged 40 to 50	54
Number of married males aged 50 to 60	34
Number of married males aged 60 to 70	12
Number of married males aged 70 to 80	4
Number of married males aged 80 to 90	3
Number of single females aged 10 to 15	115
Number of single females aged 15 to 20	73
Number of single females aged 20 to 30	32
Number of single females aged 30 to 40	5
Number of single females aged 40 to 50	1
Number of single females aged 50 to 60	1
Number of single males aged 10 to 15	126
Number of single males aged 15 to 20	91
Number of single males aged 20 to 30	66
Number of single males aged 30 to 40	11
Number of single males aged 40 to 50	2
Number of single males aged 50 to 60	3
Number of widowed females aged 20 to 30	3
Number of widowed females aged 30 to 40	5
Number of widowed females aged 40 to 50	6
Number of widowed females aged 50 to 60	6
Number of widowed females aged 60 to 70	6
Number of widowed females aged 70 to 80	2
Number of widowed females aged 90 to 100	1
Number of widowed males aged 30 to 40	4
Number of widowed males aged 40 to 50	6
Number of widowed males aged 50 to 60	8
Number of widowed males aged 60 to 70	4
Number of widowed males aged 80 to 90	3

Ethnic origin (8 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	1,022
Number of negroes or coloured persons	49
Number of persons native to Canada, not of French origin	346
Number of persons originating in England or Wales	63
Number of persons originating in Germany or Holland	44
Number of persons originating in Ireland	62
Number of persons originating in Scotland	93
Number of persons originating in the United States	93

Agriculture (71 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	260
Acres of buckwheat	42
Acres of corn	335
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	19
Acres of farmland in pasture	2,385
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	12,835
Acres of farmland under crops	3,433
Acres of farmland under cultivation	5,837
Acres of land in farms	18,672
Acres of oats	355
Acres of peas	264
Acres of potatoes	82
Acres of rye	82
Acres of turnips	12
Acres of wheat	1,510
BAR AC	260
BAR BU	7,009
Barrels of beef produced in the past year	176
Barrels of pork produced in the past year	518
BEEF BAR	176
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	7,009
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	4
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year	585
Bushels of carrots produced in the past year	30
Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year	11
Bushels of corn produced in the past year	5,910
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	88,372
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	4,817
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	4,583
Bushels of rye produced in the past year	1,206
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	812
Bushels of wheat produced in the past year	30,784
BWT AC	42
BWT BU	585
CRN AC	335
CRN BU	5,910
Gallons of cider produced in the past year	1,800
HAY TONS	354
Number of bulls, oxen, or steers	580
Number of calves and heifers	536
Number of horses	420
Number of milk cows	599
Number of occupants of farms	219
Number of persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres	9
Number of persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres	33
Number of persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres	93
Number of persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres	74
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	2
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	8
Number of sheep	1,461
Number of swine	1,627
OAT AC	355
OAT BU	88,372
PEA AC	264
PEA BU	4,817
PORK BAR	518
POT AC	82
POT BU	4,583
Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year	544
Pounds of homemade butter	13,500
Pounds of hops produced in the past year	12
Pounds of maple sugar produced in the past year	6,254
Pounds of tobacco produced in the past year	9,265
Pounds of wool produced on farms in the past year	4,002
RYE AC	82
RYE BU	1,206
TOB LBS	9,265
Tons of hay produced in the past year	354
WHT AC	1,510
WHT BU	30,784
WOOL LBS	4,002

Manufacturing & industry (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Yards of fulled cloth produced in the past year	339
Yards of linen produced in the past year	1,046

Deaths & mortality (13 variables)

Variable	Value
Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15	1
Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20	1
Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30	1
Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60	1
Deaths in the past year among females of all ages	11
Deaths in the past year among females under age 1	7
Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15	3
Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30	1
Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60	1
Deaths in the past year among males of all ages	10
Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age	2
Deaths in the past year among males under age 1	2
Total number of deaths in the past year	21

Other recorded variables (131 variables)

Variable	Value
B LBS	13,500
BEN BU	4
BOV	580
C H	536
C LBS	544
C01 SEX MALE	896
C02 SEX FEM	827
C03 TOTAL	1,723
C04 MEM OF FAM M	844
C05 MEM OF FAM F	797
C06 NOT MEM OF FAM M	52
C07 NOT MEM OF FAM F	30
C100 BTWN 80 AND 90 M WID	3
C101 BTWN 80 AND 90 F MD	1
C111 BTWN 90 AND 100 F WID	1
C12 BIRTHS M	19
C122 AGES NOT GIVEN M	1
C124 DEATHS AGES NOT GIVEN M	2
C126 MD MALE	257
C127 S MALE	614
C128 WID MALE	25
C129 TOT MALE	896
C13 BIRTHS F	25
C130 MD FEM	256
C131 S FEM	542
C132 WID FEM	29
C133 TOT FEM	827
C134 GRAND TOT	1,723
C135 DEATHS M	10
C136 DEATHS F	11
C137 DEATHS TOT	21
C14 UNDER 1 M	41
C143 ATTND SCHOOL M	53
C144 ATTND SCHOOL F	44
C147 BLIND M	1
C148 BLIND F	1
C149 LUNATICS M	2
C15 UNDER 1 F	30
C150 LUNATICS F	3
C16 DEATHS UNDER 1 M	2
C17 DEATHS UNDER 1 F	7
C18 UNDER 2 M	26
C19 UNDER 2 F	32
C22 UNDER 3 M	24
C23 UNDER 3 F	26
C26 UNDER 4 M	25
C27 UNDER 4 F	44
C30 UNDER 5 M	34
C31 UNDER 5 F	32
C34 BTWN 5 AND 10 M	164
C35 BTWN 5 AND 10 F	151
C39 BTWN 10 AND 15 M S	126
C41 BTWN 10 AND 15 F S	115
C42 BTWN 10 AND 15 M DEATHS	3
C43 BTWN 10 AND 15 F DEATHS	1
C44 BTWN 15 AND 20 M MD	1
C45 BTWN 15 AND 20 M S	91
C46 BTWN 15 AND 20 F MD	13
C47 BTWN 15 AND 20 F S	73
C49 BTWN 15 AND 20 F DEATHS	1
C50 BTWN 20 AND 30 M MD	71
C51 BTWN 20 AND 30 M S	66
C53 BTWN 20 AND 30 F MD	111
C54 BTWN 20 AND 30 F S	32
C55 BTWN 20 AND 30 F WID	3
C56 BTWN 20 AND 30 M DEATHS	1
C57 BTWN 20 AND 30 F DEATHS	1
C58 BTWN 30 AND 40 M MD	78
C59 BTWN 30 AND 40 M S	11
C60 BTWN 30 AND 40 M WID	4
C61 BTWN 30 AND 40 F MD	59
C62 BTWN 30 AND 40 F S	5
C63 BTWN 30 AND 40 F WID	5
C66 BTWN 40 AND 50 M MD	54
C67 BTWN 40 AND 50 M S	2
C68 BTWN 40 AND 50 M WID	6
C69 BTWN 40 AND 50 F MD	41
C70 BTWN 40 AND 50 F S	1
C71 BTWN 40 AND 50 F WID	6
C74 BTWN 50 AND 60 M MD	34
C75 BTWN 50 AND 60 M S	3
C76 BTWN 50 AND 60 M WID	8
C77 BTWN 50 AND 60 F MD	27
C78 BTWN 50 AND 60 F S	1
C79 BTWN 50 AND 60 F WID	6
C80 BTWN 50 AND 60 M DEATHS	1
C81 BTWN 50 AND 60 F DEATHS	1
C82 BTWN 60 AND 70 M MD	12
C84 BTWN 60 AND 70 M WID	4
C85 BTWN 60 AND 70 F MD	3
C87 BTWN 60 AND 70 F WID	6
C90 BTWN 70 AND 80 M MD	4
C93 BTWN 70 AND 80 F MD	1
C95 BTWN 70 AND 80 F WID	2
C98 BTWN 80 AND 90 M MD	3
CAR BU	30
CD NAME	Kent
CID GAL	1,800
COL PERSONS	49
CROP	3,433
CULT	5,837
DE NL	44
ENG WLS	63
FC YRDS	339
FREN ORIG	1,022
GARDEN	19
GRA BU	11
HELD	18,672
HOP LBS	12
HORSE	420
IRE	62
LIN YRDS	1,046
LINE NO	147
M COWS	599
MPLS LBS	6,254
NOT FRN	346
O 10 TO 20	9
O 100 TO 200	33
O 20 TO 50	93
O 50 TO 100	74
O OVR 200	2
O UNDR 10	8
PASTURE	2,385
SCOT	93
SHEEP	1,461
SWINE	1,627
TOT O	219
TUR AC	12
TUR BU	812
US	93
WOOD	12,835

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON017003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON017003 — 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). "Dover East & Dover West, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/dover-east-dover-west-on017003-1851/.