Etobicoke, Ontario (1851 census)

Etobicoke was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,483. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1020159. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.672°N, 79.555°W.

Population

In 1851, Etobicoke had a population of 3,483: 1,870 male and 1,613 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, Etobicoke shared boundaries with:

• Toronto
• Toronto Gore
• Vaughan
• York

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 209 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,483 total population, 1,870 males, 1,613 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,599, Female members of the family who are present: 1,464, 1,274 single males, 1,000 single females, 596 families, 558 married females, 558 married males, 390 males attending school, 296 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 271, Females present who are not members of the family: 149, 55 widowed females, 52 male births, 50 female births, 38 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 11, Male members of the family who are present: 2, 2 blind females, 2 blind males, 2 lunatic females, 2 persons at sea. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 255 males aged 5 to 10, 245 females aged 5 to 10, 233 single males aged 10 to 15, 201 single males aged 20 to 30, 195 single females aged 10 to 15, 186 married females aged 20 to 30, 184 married males aged 30 to 40, 184 single females aged 15 to 20, 182 single males aged 15 to 20, 159 married females aged 30 to 40, 129 married males aged 40 to 50, 123 married females aged 40 to 50, 122 married males aged 20 to 30, 75 males aged 1 to 2, 71 married males aged 50 to 60, 71 single females aged 20 to 30, 68 females aged 1 to 2, 68 males aged 3 to 4, 65 males aged 2 to 3, 64 males under age 1, 59 females aged 4 to 5, 59 males aged 4 to 5, 58 females age 3 to 4, 58 females aged 2 to 3, 48 married females aged 50 to 60, 46 females under age 1, 41 single males aged 30 to 40, 35 married males aged 60 to 70, 20 married females aged 15 to 20, 20 married females aged 60 to 70, 20 single males aged 40 to 50, 14 married males aged 70 to 80, 14 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 13 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 12 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 8 single females aged 30 to 40, 8 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 single males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 females of unknown age, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 males of unknown age, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,654 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 804 persons originating in Ireland, 743 persons originating in England or Wales, 140 persons originating in Scotland, 102 persons originating in the United States, 24 male negroes or coloured persons, 20 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 11 female negroes or coloured persons, 8 persons originating in New Brunswick, 4 persons originating in Newfoundland, 3 persons originating in all other places, 2 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 102,667 pounds of homemade butter, 82,390 bushels of wheat, 60,988 bushels of oats, 27,811 acres of land in farms, 25,677 bushels of peas, 23,680 bushels of barley, 17,497 acres of farmland under cultivation, 17,049 bushels of potatoes, 14,220 bushels of turnips, 12,344 pounds of wool produced on farms, 10,314 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,960 acres of farmland under crops, 9,293 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 7,284 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,189 acres of wheat, 3,573 sheep, 3,169 tons of hay, 2,675 swine, 1,701 acres of oats, 1,618 gallons of cider, 1,494 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,441 barrels of pork, 1,303 acres of peas, 1,259 milk cows, 1,218 bushels of corn, 1,101 bushels of rye, 1,085 horses, 947 calves and heifers, 913 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 845 acres of barley, 774 bushels of carrots, 495 pounds of maple sugar, 417 occupants of farms, 384 bulls, oxen, or steers, 284 bushels of buckwheat, 253 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 216 acres of potatoes, 202 barrels of beef, 154 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 119 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 117 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 80 pounds of hops, 78 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 60 acres of rye, 59 acres of turnips, 45 bushels of beans, 44 acres of corn, 32 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 26 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 16 pounds of tobacco, 14 acres of buckwheat, 8 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 31,000 yards of cloth produced in woollen factories, 20,162 yards of fulled cloth, $14,930 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 6,200 gallons of beer produced in breweries, $4,225 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 1,900 tanneries returning capital, 1,600 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 1,590 yards of flannel, 1,500 woollen factories returning capital, $350 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 300 breweries returning capital, 300 foundries returning capital, $300 value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling), 36 employees in saw mills, 24 employees in grist mills, 23 saw mills, 22 employees in tanneries, 20 saw mills powered by water, 20 saw mills reporting annual production, 17 saw mills returning capital, 15 employees in woollen factories, 14 grist mills, 14 grist mills powered by water, 11 grist mills reporting annual production, 10 grist mills returning capital, 3 employees in foundries, 3 foundries, 3 saw mills not reporting, 3 saw mills powered by steam, 2 carding and fulling mills, 2 carding and fulling mills reporting, 2 employees in breweries, 2 grist mills not reporting, 2 woollen factories, 2 woollen factories reporting, 1 breweries, 1 breweries reporting, 1 employees in carding and fulling mills, 1 foundries reporting, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent. 5,499,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 80,000 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. $1,150 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 26 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 14, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 4, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, 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 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 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 50 to 60: 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: ON042001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON136001_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1020159
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etobicoke
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etobicoke

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). "Etobicoke, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/etobicoke-on042001-1851/.