Euphrasia, Ontario (1851 census)

Euphrasia was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 603. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261421. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.434°N, 80.583°W.

Population

In 1851, Euphrasia had a population of 603: 313 male and 290 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, Euphrasia shared boundaries with:

• Artemesia
• Collingwood
• Holland
• St. Vincent

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 118 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 603 total population, 313 males, Male members of the family who are present: 306, 290 females, Female members of the family who are present: 288, 211 single males, 192 single females, 100 married males, 97 families, 90 married females, 19 male births, 18 females attending school, Male members of the family who are present: 10, 9 males attending school, 8 widowed females, Males present who are not members of the family: 7, Female members of the family who are absent: 4, 4 female births, Females present who are not members of the family: 2, 2 widowed males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 43 single males aged 10 to 15, 42 single females aged 10 to 15, 42 single males aged 15 to 20, 40 females aged 5 to 10, 36 males aged 5 to 10, 32 married males aged 20 to 30, 30 married females aged 20 to 30, 30 single females aged 15 to 20, 30 single males aged 20 to 30, 29 married males aged 40 to 50, 23 married males aged 30 to 40, 20 married females aged 30 to 40, 19 females aged 2 to 3, 19 married females aged 40 to 50, 15 females age 3 to 4, 15 males aged 2 to 3, 14 single females aged 20 to 30, 13 females aged 4 to 5, 13 males under age 1, 12 females aged 1 to 2, 12 males aged 1 to 2, 10 males aged 4 to 5, 9 males aged 3 to 4, 9 married females aged 15 to 20, 9 married males aged 50 to 60, 8 married females aged 50 to 60, 5 females under age 1, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 married males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 30 to 40, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 married females aged 10 to 15 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 282 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 260 persons originating in Ireland, 34 persons originating in England or Wales, 12 persons originating in the United States, 11 persons originating in Scotland, 4 persons originating in New Brunswick, 2 Indigenous persons. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 13,198 acres of land in farms, 11,357 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,511 pounds of homemade butter, 7,908 bushels of wheat, 7,370 bushels of potatoes, 5,759 bushels of turnips, 1,938 bushels of oats, 1,730 pounds of maple sugar, 1,541 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,074 acres of farmland under crops, 769 pounds of wool produced on farms, 762 acres of farmland in pasture, 548 acres of wheat, 376 swine, 322 sheep, 320 tons of hay, 315 bushels of peas, 258 bulls, oxen, or steers, 227 calves and heifers, 191 milk cows, 149 barrels of pork, 100 occupants of farms, 90 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 79 acres of potatoes, 74 acres of oats, 57 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 50 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 47 barrels of beef, 40 bushels of corn, 36 acres of turnips, 34 horses, 33 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 15 acres of peas, 8 bushels of barley, 6 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 5 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 2 acres of corn, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 acres of barley. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 723 yards of flannel, 104 yards of fulled cloth. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 2 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON011006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON114006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261421

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). "Euphrasia, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/euphrasia-on011006-1851/.