Emily, Ontario (1851 census)

Emily was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,762. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5372401. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.357°N, 78.544°W.

Population

In 1851, Emily had a population of 2,762: 1,412 male and 1,350 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, Emily shared boundaries with:

• Cavan
• Ennismore
• Manvers
• Ops
• Smith & Harvey
• Verulam

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 176 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,762 total population, 1,412 males, 1,350 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,325, Female members of the family who are present: 1,277, 1,005 single males, 915 single females, 432 families, 389 married females, 381 married males, 376 males attending school, 266 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 87, Females present who are not members of the family: 73, 52 male births, 47 female births, 46 widowed females, 26 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 14, Male members of the family who are present: 10, 2 deaf and dumb males, 2 lunatic females, 1 lunatic males, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 227 males aged 5 to 10, 213 single females aged 10 to 15, 207 females aged 5 to 10, 186 single females aged 15 to 20, 179 single males aged 10 to 15, 148 single males aged 20 to 30, 140 single males aged 15 to 20, 127 married females aged 20 to 30, 117 married females aged 30 to 40, 105 married males aged 20 to 30, 103 married males aged 40 to 50, 85 males aged 1 to 2, 82 married males aged 30 to 40, 77 married females aged 40 to 50, 59 females age 3 to 4, 58 single females aged 20 to 30, 56 males under age 1, 55 females aged 1 to 2, 54 males aged 4 to 5, 52 married males aged 50 to 60, 49 females under age 1, 48 males aged 3 to 4, 43 females aged 2 to 3, 43 males aged 2 to 3, 42 married females aged 50 to 60, 36 females aged 4 to 5, 30 married males aged 60 to 70, 13 married females aged 15 to 20, 13 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 12 single males aged 30 to 40, 12 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 11 married females aged 60 to 70, 10 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 9 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 married males aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 males of unknown age, 4 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,596 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1,062 persons originating in Ireland, 44 persons originating in England or Wales, 31 persons originating in Scotland, 21 persons originating in the United States, 4 French Canadians, 2 persons originating in the West Indies, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 56,045 bushels of wheat, 47,753 bushels of oats, 43,420 pounds of homemade butter, 33,317 acres of land in farms, 21,093 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 17,147 bushels of potatoes, 16,806 pounds of maple sugar, 12,224 acres of farmland under cultivation, 10,341 pounds of wool produced on farms, 7,277 acres of farmland under crops, 5,052 bushels of peas, 4,863 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,365 bushels of turnips, 3,713 acres of wheat, 3,397 sheep, 2,129 swine, 1,875 acres of oats, 1,219 tons of hay, 941 milk cows, 919 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 884 bushels of barley, 730 bushels of rye, 700 gallons of cider, 626 calves and heifers, 603 barrels of pork, 599 bulls, oxen, or steers, 557 horses, 415 acres of peas, 398 bushels of corn, 395 acres of potatoes, 344 occupants of farms, 286 pounds of hops, 234 bushels of carrots, 210 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 105 bushels of buckwheat, 96 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 92 barrels of beef, 84 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 47 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 45 acres of rye, 40 pounds of flax or hemp, 37 acres of barley, 30 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 27 acres of turnips, 27 bushels of beans, 19 acres of corn, 6 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 acres of buckwheat, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 5,371 yards of flannel, 4,000 feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, 2,820 yards of fulled cloth, $2,200 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $800 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 9 yards of linen, 2 saw mills, 2 saw mills powered by water, 2 saw mills returning capital, 1 distilleries returning capital, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting daily production, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 saw mills reporting annual production, 1 saw mills reporting daily production. 216,400 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 10 barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 distilleries not reporting — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 8 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 27 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 16, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 2, 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 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 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, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON037003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON149006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q5372401
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_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). "Emily, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/emily-on037003-1851/.