Euphemia, Ontario (1851 census)

Euphemia was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,457. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.719°N, 81.919°W.

Population

In 1851, Euphemia had a population of 1,457: 791 male and 666 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, Euphemia shared boundaries with:

• Brooke
• Camden & Zone
• Dawn
• Mosa

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 154 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,457 total population, 791 males, Male members of the family who are present: 760, 666 females, Female members of the family who are present: 647, 581 single males, 454 single females, 219 families, 198 married males, 196 males attending school, 195 married females, 154 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 31, 28 female births, 20 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 19, 17 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 14, 12 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 11, 2 blind females, 1 blind males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 138 single males aged 10 to 15, 126 females aged 5 to 10, 126 males aged 5 to 10, 105 single females aged 10 to 15, 80 single males aged 15 to 20, 78 single males aged 20 to 30, 67 married males aged 30 to 40, 63 married females aged 30 to 40, 61 single females aged 15 to 20, 54 married females aged 20 to 30, 53 married males aged 40 to 50, 40 married females aged 40 to 50, 39 single females aged 20 to 30, 37 males under age 1, 32 males aged 3 to 4, 30 married males aged 20 to 30, 30 married males aged 50 to 60, 27 females under age 1, 26 females aged 1 to 2, 25 females age 3 to 4, 25 males aged 2 to 3, 25 males aged 4 to 5, 22 married females aged 50 to 60, 20 males aged 1 to 2, 18 females aged 2 to 3, 15 females aged 4 to 5, 13 married males aged 60 to 70, 10 single females aged 30 to 40, 8 married females aged 15 to 20, 7 single males aged 30 to 40, 6 married females aged 60 to 70, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 914 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 225 persons originating in Ireland, 107 persons originating in Scotland, 102 persons originating in England or Wales, 80 persons originating in the United States, 20 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 5 persons originating in New Brunswick, 3 French Canadians, 1 persons originating in Italy or Greece. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 25,749 pounds of homemade butter, 24,466 acres of land in farms, 17,370 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 15,556 bushels of wheat, 14,440 bushels of oats, 9,357 pounds of maple sugar, 9,015 bushels of corn, 7,431 pounds of wool produced on farms, 7,176 acres of farmland under cultivation, 6,641 bushels of potatoes, 4,657 bushels of peas, 4,625 acres of farmland under crops, 2,878 bushels of buckwheat, 2,349 sheep, 2,322 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,938 bushels of rye, 1,652 swine, 1,555 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,196 tons of hay, 1,154 bushels of turnips, 1,045 acres of wheat, 865 bulls, oxen, or steers, 736 pounds of flax or hemp, 694 milk cows, 662 acres of oats, 556 barrels of pork, 456 calves and heifers, 456 pounds of tobacco, 446 acres of corn, 441 horses, 414 acres of peas, 400 barrels of beef, 222 occupants of farms, 214 acres of buckwheat, 150 acres of rye, 149 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 142 acres of potatoes, 137 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 100 gallons of cider, 61 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 50 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 40 bushels of beans, 17 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 16 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 14 acres of turnips, 9 bushels of barley, 9 bushels of carrots, 6 pounds of hops, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of barley. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 4,750 yards of flannel, 1,184 yards of fulled cloth, 58 yards of linen, 1 carding and fulling mills not reporting, 1 employees in saw mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 saw mills powered by water. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

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 females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON018005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON122005_1891 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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). "Euphemia, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/euphemia-on018005-1851/.