Esquessing, Ontario (1851 census)
Esquessing was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 5,225. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q16891177. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.620°N, 79.942°W.
Population
In 1851, Esquessing had a population of 5,225: 2,722 male and 2,503 female residents.
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Georgetown, Village, 1861 (0.9% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851
In the 1851 census, Esquessing shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 192 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 5,225 total population, 2,722 males, Male members of the family who are present: 2,661, 2,503 females, Female members of the family who are present: 2,449, 1,828 single males, 1,640 single females, 837 families, 831 married males, 805 married females, 448 males attending school, 371 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 111, 105 female births, 93 male births, 63 widowed males, 58 widowed females, Females present who are not members of the family: 54, 6 lunatic females, 5 persons at sea, Male members of the family who are present: 3, 3 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 361 females aged 5 to 10, 358 single females aged 10 to 15, 332 single males aged 15 to 20, 330 males aged 5 to 10, 318 single males aged 10 to 15, 315 married females aged 20 to 30, 295 single females aged 15 to 20, 288 single males aged 20 to 30, 256 married males aged 30 to 40, 217 married females aged 30 to 40, 209 married males aged 20 to 30, 159 married males aged 40 to 50, 132 females under age 1, 130 married males aged 50 to 60, 120 males aged 2 to 3, 119 males under age 1, 119 married females aged 40 to 50, 114 single females aged 20 to 30, 109 females aged 1 to 2, 91 males aged 1 to 2, 89 females aged 2 to 3, 87 females age 3 to 4, 84 males aged 3 to 4, 82 males aged 4 to 5, 78 married females aged 50 to 60, 76 females aged 4 to 5, 55 married males aged 60 to 70, 37 married females aged 15 to 20, 33 married females aged 60 to 70, 31 single males aged 30 to 40, 24 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 19 married males aged 70 to 80, 18 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 15 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 14 single females aged 30 to 40, 13 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 12 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 11 single males aged 50 to 60, 11 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 10 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 9 males of unknown age, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 single males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,898 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 943 persons originating in Ireland, 654 persons originating in Scotland, 338 persons originating in England or Wales, 179 persons originating in the United States, 127 French Canadians, 65 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 13 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 female negroes or coloured persons, 1 male negroes or coloured persons, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 177,927 bushels of wheat, 105,542 pounds of homemade butter, 60,535 bushels of oats, 54,461 acres of land in farms, 28,121 acres of farmland under cultivation, 26,340 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 20,384 bushels of peas, 19,838 pounds of wool produced on farms, 18,328 pounds of maple sugar, 17,144 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 15,152 acres of farmland under crops, 13,119 bushels of potatoes, 12,729 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,930 acres of wheat, 6,751 sheep, 5,386 tons of hay, 4,409 bushels of turnips, 2,201 swine, 2,121 milk cows, 1,968 barrels of pork, 1,854 acres of oats, 1,689 calves and heifers, 1,606 bushels of barley, 1,462 acres of peas, 1,429 bushels of corn, 1,284 bulls, oxen, or steers, 1,169 horses, 937 barrels of beef, 855 bushels of buckwheat, 572 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 540 occupants of farms, 315 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 240 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 179 acres of potatoes, 99 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 94 gallons of cider, 81 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 80 bushels of rye, 76 bushels of beans, 60 acres of buckwheat, 58 acres of barley, 49 bushels of carrots, 48 acres of corn, 32 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 25 pounds of hops, 22 acres of turnips, 20 pounds of tobacco, 15 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 acres of rye, 4 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 4 pounds of flax or hemp. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 58,200 yards of cloth produced in woollen factories, 9,568 yards of flannel, $6,200 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 3,750 tanneries returning capital, $2,375 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 2,334 yards of fulled cloth, 2,000 foundries returning capital, 475 woollen factories returning capital, 64 employees in tanneries, 20 employees in saw mills, 15 employees in woollen factories, 14 saw mills, 14 saw mills powered by water, 11 employees in grist mills, 11 saw mills reporting annual production, 11 saw mills returning capital, 6 grist mills, 6 grist mills powered by water, 6 grist mills returning capital, 5 grist mills reporting annual production, 4 employees in foundries, 4 tanneries, 4 tanneries reporting, 4 woollen factories, 4 woollen factories reporting, 3 saw mills not reporting, 2 foundries reporting, 1 grist mills not reporting. 1,825,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 71,666 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. $22,800 value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 37 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 21, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 16, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 3, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 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, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among males aged 90 to 100: 1 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 3 people connected to this place who were alive in 1851, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| JOHN GENNINGS CURTIS ADAMS | 1839–1922 | born here |
| John Roaf Barber | 1841–1917 | born here |
| Simon Jackson Hogg | 1845–1887 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON014001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON014001— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q16891177
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esquesing_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). "Esquessing, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/esquessing-on014001-1851/.