Dunwich, Ontario (1851 census)

Dunwich was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,948. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261343. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.669°N, 81.493°W.

Population

In 1851, Dunwich had a population of 1,948: 1,009 male and 939 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, Dunwich shared boundaries with:

• Aldborough
• Ekfrid
• Mosa
• Southwold

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 1,948 total population, 1,009 males, 939 females, Male members of the family who are present: 926, Female members of the family who are present: 881, 694 single males, 619 single females, 329 families, 298 married males, 291 married females, 230 males attending school, 150 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 83, Females present who are not members of the family: 58, 46 female births, Male members of the family who are present: 38, Female members of the family who are absent: 32, 29 male births, 29 widowed females, 17 widowed males, 3 persons at sea, 1 blind males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 157 single females aged 10 to 15, 149 males aged 5 to 10, 134 females aged 5 to 10, 131 single males aged 10 to 15, 118 single males aged 20 to 30, 117 single females aged 15 to 20, 104 married males aged 30 to 40, 102 married females aged 20 to 30, 97 single males aged 15 to 20, 76 married females aged 30 to 40, 59 married males aged 20 to 30, 56 married males aged 40 to 50, 53 single females aged 20 to 30, 46 married females aged 40 to 50, 45 females under age 1, 43 females age 3 to 4, 43 married males aged 50 to 60, 42 females aged 1 to 2, 40 females aged 2 to 3, 37 married females aged 50 to 60, 34 males aged 2 to 3, 33 males aged 1 to 2, 32 males aged 3 to 4, 32 males aged 4 to 5, 27 males under age 1, 26 married males aged 60 to 70, 24 single males aged 30 to 40, 22 females aged 4 to 5, 19 married females aged 60 to 70, 11 males of unknown age, 10 married females aged 15 to 20, 9 married males aged 70 to 80, 7 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 females of unknown age, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 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 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 938 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 660 persons originating in Scotland, 152 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 70 persons originating in England or Wales, 61 persons originating in Ireland, 47 persons originating in the United States, 10 Indigenous males, 7 Indigenous females, 7 persons originating in New Brunswick, 5 persons originating in all other places, 5 persons whose origin is unknown. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 37,807 bushels of wheat, 37,192 pounds of homemade butter, 35,156 pounds of maple sugar, 28,569 acres of land in farms, 18,666 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 13,481 bushels of oats, 9,903 acres of farmland under cultivation, 9,133 pounds of wool produced on farms, 6,637 bushels of potatoes, 6,369 acres of farmland under crops, 6,064 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 5,099 bushels of corn, 3,932 bushels of peas, 3,354 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,351 sheep, 2,841 bushels of turnips, 2,354 acres of wheat, 2,072 gallons of cider, 1,891 tons of hay, 1,354 swine, 995 acres of oats, 820 milk cows, 815 calves and heifers, 782 bulls, oxen, or steers, 714 bushels of rye, 519 barrels of pork, 495 bushels of buckwheat, 359 horses, 289 acres of corn, 264 occupants of farms, 243 acres of peas, 235 barrels of beef, 198 bushels of barley, 180 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 137 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 116 pounds of flax or hemp, 108 acres of potatoes, 62 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 58 bushels of beans, 45 acres of rye, 39 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 35 bushels of carrots, 32 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 30 acres of buckwheat, 26 pounds of hops, 16 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 15 acres of barley, 12 acres of turnips, 12 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 11 persons living on farms over 200 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 4,234 yards of flannel, $1,350 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 887 yards of fulled cloth, $470 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 78 yards of linen, 6 saw mills, 6 saw mills powered by water, 6 saw mills returning capital, 5 grist mills, 4 employees in saw mills, 4 grist mills powered by water, 4 saw mills reporting annual production, 3 grist mills not reporting, 3 grist mills returning capital, 2 employees in grist mills, 2 saw mills not reporting, 1 grist mills reporting annual production. 380,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 700 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 16 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person 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: ON007003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON109004_1891 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261343

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). "Dunwich, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/dunwich-on007003-1851/.