Eldon, Ontario (1851 census)

Eldon was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,320. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5354067. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.492°N, 78.981°W.

Population

In 1851, Eldon had a population of 1,320: 681 male and 639 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, Eldon shared boundaries with:

• Bexley & Sommerville
• Brock
• Fenelon
• Mara & Rama
• Mariposa
• NO DATA
• Thora

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 137 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,320 total population, 681 males, Male members of the family who are present: 658, 639 females, Female members of the family who are present: 615, 494 single males, 429 single females, 214 families, 175 married females, 166 married males, 104 males attending school, 63 females attending school, 35 widowed females, Females present who are not members of the family: 24, Males present who are not members of the family: 23, 22 male births, 21 widowed males, 14 female births, 2 deaf and dumb males, 2 persons at sea, Female members of the family who are absent: 1, Male members of the family who are present: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 106 males aged 5 to 10, 95 females aged 5 to 10, 88 single males aged 10 to 15, 87 single males aged 20 to 30, 79 single females aged 10 to 15, 76 single females aged 15 to 20, 68 single males aged 15 to 20, 49 married females aged 20 to 30, 48 married males aged 30 to 40, 46 married females aged 30 to 40, 44 single females aged 20 to 30, 43 married females aged 40 to 50, 40 married males aged 40 to 50, 35 married males aged 50 to 60, 29 females aged 1 to 2, 29 males under age 1, 27 males aged 1 to 2, 25 females age 3 to 4, 25 females aged 2 to 3, 25 females aged 4 to 5, 25 married females aged 50 to 60, 24 males aged 3 to 4, 23 married males aged 20 to 30, 22 males aged 4 to 5, 18 females under age 1, 18 males aged 2 to 3, 14 single males aged 30 to 40, 12 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 10 married males aged 60 to 70, 8 married males aged 70 to 80, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 married females aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 single females aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 636 persons originating in Scotland, 599 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 59 persons originating in Ireland, 9 persons originating in the United States, 7 persons originating in all other places, 6 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 31,203 bushels of wheat, 30,765 bushels of oats, 22,321 acres of land in farms, 19,355 pounds of homemade butter, 15,214 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,427 bushels of potatoes, 7,466 bushels of peas, 7,107 acres of farmland under cultivation, 5,210 acres of farmland under crops, 4,364 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,374 pounds of maple sugar, 2,511 sheep, 2,412 acres of wheat, 1,875 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,305 swine, 1,298 acres of oats, 656 tons of hay, 573 acres of peas, 521 milk cows, 502 calves and heifers, 490 barrels of pork, 404 bulls, oxen, or steers, 391 bushels of barley, 350 bushels of rye, 350 horses, 192 occupants of farms, 189 acres of potatoes, 180 bushels of turnips, 141 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 106 barrels of beef, 104 bushels of corn, 60 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 37 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 25 acres of barley, 22 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 22 acres of rye, 14 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 7 acres of corn, 7 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 4 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of turnips, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 3,188 yards of flannel, 2,183 yards of fulled cloth. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 11 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 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: ON037004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON149005 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q5354067
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldon_Township

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). "Eldon, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/eldon-on037004-1851/.