Eramosa, Ontario (1851 census)

Eramosa was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,350. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261403. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.657°N, 80.210°W.

Population

In 1851, Eramosa had a population of 2,350: 1,265 male and 1,085 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, Eramosa shared boundaries with:

• Erin
• Esquessing
• Garafraxa
• Guelph
• Nassagaweya
• Nichol
• Puslinch

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 171 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,350 total population, 1,265 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,194, 1,085 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,036, 955 single males, 764 single females, 371 families, 302 married females, 294 married males, 225 males attending school, 160 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 71, 51 female births, Females present who are not members of the family: 49, 37 male births, 19 widowed females, 16 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 9, Female members of the family who are absent: 6, 4 blind females, 4 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 210 males aged 5 to 10, 192 females aged 5 to 10, 163 single males aged 10 to 15, 136 single females aged 10 to 15, 132 single females aged 15 to 20, 122 single males aged 15 to 20, 117 single males aged 20 to 30, 108 married males aged 30 to 40, 96 married females aged 20 to 30, 94 married females aged 30 to 40, 79 married males aged 40 to 50, 59 married females aged 40 to 50, 58 males aged 1 to 2, 50 married males aged 20 to 30, 50 single males aged 30 to 40, 49 single females aged 20 to 30, 46 females aged 1 to 2, 46 females aged 2 to 3, 45 males aged 2 to 3, 43 females age 3 to 4, 43 females under age 1, 43 males under age 1, 42 males aged 4 to 5, 39 males aged 3 to 4, 35 single males aged 40 to 50, 31 married females aged 50 to 60, 31 married males aged 50 to 60, 27 females aged 4 to 5, 22 married males aged 60 to 70, 20 single females aged 30 to 40, 16 females of unknown age, 13 males of unknown age, 11 single males aged 50 to 60, 10 married females aged 60 to 70, 7 married females aged 15 to 20, 7 single females aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 single males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,233 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 458 persons originating in Ireland, 330 persons originating in England or Wales, 251 persons originating in Scotland, 78 persons originating in the United States, 1 Indigenous males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 82,596 bushels of oats, 79,540 pounds of homemade butter, 65,374 bushels of wheat, 36,605 acres of land in farms, 32,121 bushels of turnips, 31,268 pounds of maple sugar, 21,341 bushels of peas, 20,364 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 18,968 bushels of potatoes, 16,241 acres of farmland under cultivation, 12,225 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 10,935 acres of farmland under crops, 10,671 pounds of wool produced on farms, 7,207 bushels of barley, 5,180 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,379 sheep, 3,289 acres of wheat, 2,235 tons of hay, 2,014 swine, 1,839 acres of oats, 1,463 barrels of pork, 1,208 bulls, oxen, or steers, 1,066 milk cows, 1,032 acres of peas, 798 calves and heifers, 659 horses, 651 bushels of buckwheat, 572 bushels of corn, 450 barrels of beef, 364 occupants of farms, 302 acres of barley, 235 acres of potatoes, 194 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 183 acres of turnips, 169 bushels of carrots, 156 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 126 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 72 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 50 pounds of hops, 45 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 44 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 43 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 41 acres of buckwheat, 15 acres of corn, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 bushels of beans. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 13,000 feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, 5,647 yards of flannel, 2,318 yards of fulled cloth, $1,050 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $800 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 250 distilleries returning capital, 250 woollen factories returning capital, 11 employees in saw mills, 8 employees in grist mills, 5 saw mills, 5 saw mills powered by water, 4 grist mills, 4 grist mills powered by water, 4 saw mills reporting daily production, 3 employees in woollen factories, 3 grist mills reporting daily production, 2 grist mills returning capital, 2 saw mills returning capital, 2 woollen factories, 2 woollen factories reporting, 1 distilleries, 1 distilleries reporting, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 saw mills not reporting. 240 barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 27 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 15, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 3, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 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 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people 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: ON039007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON152002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261403

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). "Eramosa, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/eramosa-on039007-1851/.