Egremont, Ontario (1851 census)

Egremont was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 665. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261377. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.073°N, 80.695°W.

Population

In 1851, Egremont had a population of 665: 353 male and 312 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, Egremont shared boundaries with:

• Glenelg
• Melancthon & Proton
• Minto, Arthur & Luther
• Normanby

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 122 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 665 total population, Male members of the family who are present: 353, 353 males, Female members of the family who are present: 312, 312 females, 246 single males, 201 single females, 106 married males, 102 married females, 72 families, 10 female births, 9 widowed females, 5 male births, 5 males attending school, Male members of the family who are present: 3, Female members of the family who are absent: 2, 2 females attending school, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 widowed males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 60 males aged 5 to 10, 59 females aged 5 to 10, 53 single males aged 10 to 15, 40 married males aged 20 to 30, 40 single males aged 15 to 20, 39 married females aged 20 to 30, 32 single females aged 10 to 15, 30 married males aged 30 to 40, 29 single females aged 15 to 20, 28 married females aged 30 to 40, 20 females under age 1, 20 married males aged 60 to 70, 19 females aged 2 to 3, 19 males aged 1 to 2, 17 married females aged 40 to 50, 17 married males aged 40 to 50, 15 married males aged 50 to 60, 14 females age 3 to 4, 14 females aged 4 to 5, 14 males aged 4 to 5, 13 males under age 1, 9 females aged 1 to 2, 9 married females aged 50 to 60, 8 males aged 2 to 3, 7 males aged 3 to 4, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 single females aged 20 to 30, 3 married females aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 339 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 174 persons originating in Ireland, 101 persons originating in Scotland, 30 persons originating in England or Wales, 19 persons originating in the United States, 2 French Canadians. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 16,205 pounds of homemade butter, 15,198 acres of land in farms, 13,077 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,865 bushels of turnips, 7,216 bushels of oats, 6,930 pounds of maple sugar, 6,769 bushels of wheat, 6,712 bushels of potatoes, 2,121 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,521 acres of farmland under crops, 1,411 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,362 bushels of peas, 1,230 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 594 acres of farmland in pasture, 570 bushels of barley, 562 acres of wheat, 388 sheep, 336 swine, 295 acres of oats, 285 pounds of flax or hemp, 259 bulls, oxen, or steers, 236 tons of hay, 207 milk cows, 185 calves and heifers, 150 barrels of pork, 136 occupants of farms, 117 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 112 acres of potatoes, 112 bushels of rye, 96 acres of peas, 92 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 89 bushels of buckwheat, 53 acres of turnips, 53 barrels of beef, 44 acres of barley, 34 horses, 22 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 20 bushels of corn, 19 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 10 bushels of carrots, 10 pounds of hops, 8 acres of buckwheat, 6 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 5 acres of rye, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of corn. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 956 yards of flannel, $100 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 80 yards of fulled cloth, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills reporting annual production, 1 saw mills returning capital. 100,000 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 Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, 1 total number of deaths. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON011005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON114005 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261377

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). "Egremont, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/egremont-on011005-1851/.