Finch, Ontario (1851 census)
Finch was a census subdivision in Stormont County, Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,450. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.175°N, 75.124°W.
Population
In 1851, Finch had a population of 1,450: 754 male and 696 female residents. Population density was 16.7 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,450 |
| 1861 | 2,399 |
| 1871 | 2,729 |
| 1881 | 3,493 |
| 1891 | 3,509 |
| 1901 | 3,765 |
| 1911 | 3,227 |
| 1921 | 2,932 |
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, Finch shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 321 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (26 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C10 FAM NO | 185 |
| Female members of the family who are present | 696 |
| Male members of the family who are present | 748 |
| Males present who are not members of the family | 6 |
| Number of deaf and dumb females | 1 |
| Number of deaf and dumb males | 2 |
| Number of families | 185 |
| Number of female births in the past year | 17 |
| Number of females | 696 |
| Number of females attending school | 86 |
| Number of lunatic females | 3 |
| Number of lunatic males | 1 |
| Number of male births in the past year | 7 |
| Number of males | 754 |
| Number of males attending school | 90 |
| Number of married females | 193 |
| Number of married males | 192 |
| Number of single females | 487 |
| Number of single males | 546 |
| Number of widowed females | 16 |
| Number of widowed males | 16 |
| POP | 1,450 |
| POP FX N.1 | 696 |
| POP MX N.1 | 754 |
| POP XX N.1 | 1,450 |
| Total population | 1,450 |
Age structure (54 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of females age 3 to 4 | 23 |
| Number of females aged 1 to 2 | 30 |
| Number of females aged 2 to 3 | 23 |
| Number of females aged 4 to 5 | 26 |
| Number of females aged 5 to 10 | 113 |
| Number of females under age 1 | 44 |
| Number of males aged 1 to 2 | 28 |
| Number of males aged 2 to 3 | 22 |
| Number of males aged 3 to 4 | 24 |
| Number of males aged 4 to 5 | 29 |
| Number of males aged 5 to 10 | 91 |
| Number of males under age 1 | 25 |
| Number of married females aged 15 to 20 | 2 |
| Number of married females aged 20 to 30 | 56 |
| Number of married females aged 30 to 40 | 78 |
| Number of married females aged 40 to 50 | 34 |
| Number of married females aged 50 to 60 | 11 |
| Number of married females aged 60 to 70 | 7 |
| Number of married females aged 70 to 80 | 5 |
| Number of married males aged 15 to 20 | 1 |
| Number of married males aged 20 to 30 | 26 |
| Number of married males aged 30 to 40 | 66 |
| Number of married males aged 40 to 50 | 60 |
| Number of married males aged 50 to 60 | 23 |
| Number of married males aged 60 to 70 | 11 |
| Number of married males aged 70 to 80 | 4 |
| Number of married males aged 80 to 90 | 1 |
| Number of single females aged 10 to 15 | 85 |
| Number of single females aged 15 to 20 | 80 |
| Number of single females aged 20 to 30 | 41 |
| Number of single females aged 30 to 40 | 13 |
| Number of single females aged 40 to 50 | 4 |
| Number of single females aged 50 to 60 | 2 |
| Number of single females aged 60 to 70 | 1 |
| Number of single females aged 70 to 80 | 2 |
| Number of single males aged 10 to 15 | 95 |
| Number of single males aged 15 to 20 | 109 |
| Number of single males aged 20 to 30 | 82 |
| Number of single males aged 30 to 40 | 28 |
| Number of single males aged 40 to 50 | 4 |
| Number of single males aged 50 to 60 | 6 |
| Number of single males aged 60 to 70 | 2 |
| Number of widowed females aged 30 to 40 | 5 |
| Number of widowed females aged 40 to 50 | 2 |
| Number of widowed females aged 50 to 60 | 4 |
| Number of widowed females aged 60 to 70 | 2 |
| Number of widowed females aged 70 to 80 | 2 |
| Number of widowed females aged 80 to 90 | 1 |
| Number of widowed males aged 30 to 40 | 3 |
| Number of widowed males aged 40 to 50 | 3 |
| Number of widowed males aged 50 to 60 | 2 |
| Number of widowed males aged 60 to 70 | 6 |
| Number of widowed males aged 70 to 80 | 2 |
| Number of widowed males aged 80 to 90 | 1 |
Ethnic origin (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of persons native to Canada, not of French origin | 874 |
| Number of persons originating in England or Wales | 11 |
| Number of persons originating in Ireland | 333 |
| Number of persons originating in Scotland | 223 |
| Number of persons originating in the United States | 9 |
Agriculture (71 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 46 |
| Acres of buckwheat | 116 |
| Acres of corn | 165 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 19 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 1,195 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 20,127 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 3,518 |
| Acres of farmland under cultivation | 4,732 |
| Acres of land in farms | 24,859 |
| Acres of oats | 794 |
| Acres of peas | 381 |
| Acres of potatoes | 233 |
| Acres of rye | 21 |
| Acres of turnips | 10 |
| Acres of wheat | 725 |
| BAR AC | 46 |
| BAR BU | 631 |
| Barrels of beef produced in the past year | 213 |
| Barrels of pork produced in the past year | 434 |
| BEEF BAR | 213 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 631 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 43 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 1,405 |
| Bushels of carrots produced in the past year | 16 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 5 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 960 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 18,556 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 5,192 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 22,640 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 228 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 531 |
| Bushels of wheat produced in the past year | 11,274 |
| BWT AC | 116 |
| BWT BU | 1,405 |
| CRN AC | 165 |
| CRN BU | 960 |
| Gallons of cider produced in the past year | 6 |
| HAY TONS | 1,146 |
| Number of bulls, oxen, or steers | 193 |
| Number of calves and heifers | 444 |
| Number of horses | 443 |
| Number of milk cows | 648 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 211 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres | 49 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres | 25 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres | 122 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 14 |
| Number of sheep | 1,734 |
| Number of swine | 1,131 |
| OAT AC | 794 |
| OAT BU | 18,556 |
| PEA AC | 381 |
| PEA BU | 5,192 |
| PORK BAR | 434 |
| POT AC | 233 |
| POT BU | 22,640 |
| Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year | 1,408 |
| Pounds of flax or hemp produced in the past year | 166 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 22,984 |
| Pounds of hops produced in the past year | 25 |
| Pounds of maple sugar produced in the past year | 5,097 |
| Pounds of tobacco produced in the past year | 4 |
| Pounds of wool produced on farms in the past year | 4,093 |
| RYE AC | 21 |
| RYE BU | 228 |
| TOB LBS | 4 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,146 |
| WHT AC | 725 |
| WHT BU | 11,274 |
| WOOL LBS | 4,093 |
Manufacturing & industry (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production | 300 |
| Feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production | 6,000 |
| Number of employees in saw mills | 2 |
| Number of foundries returning capital | 100 |
| Number of grist mills | 1 |
| Number of grist mills powered by water | 1 |
| Number of grist mills reporting daily production | 1 |
| Number of grist mills returning capital | 1 |
| Number of saw mills | 3 |
| Number of saw mills not reporting | 2 |
| Number of saw mills powered by water | 3 |
| Number of saw mills reporting daily production | 1 |
| Number of saw mills returning capital | 1 |
| Value of capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling) | 3,000 |
| Value of capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling) | 600 |
| Yards of flannel produced in the past year | 1,258 |
| Yards of fulled cloth produced in the past year | 1,314 |
| Yards of linen produced in the past year | 220 |
Deaths & mortality (8 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among females of all ages | 3 |
| Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age | 2 |
| Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males of all ages | 3 |
| Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males under age 1 | 1 |
| Total number of deaths in the past year | 6 |
Other recorded variables (139 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| B LBS | 22,984 |
| BEN BU | 43 |
| BOV | 193 |
| C H | 444 |
| C LBS | 1,408 |
| C01 GM NO MILLS | 1 |
| C01 SEX MALE | 754 |
| C02 SEX FEM | 696 |
| C03 GM WATER | 1 |
| C03 TOTAL | 1,450 |
| C04 MEM OF FAM M | 748 |
| C05 MEM OF FAM F | 696 |
| C06 NOT MEM OF FAM M | 6 |
| C08 GM NO DAY | 1 |
| C09 GM BARRELS DAY | 300 |
| C100 BTWN 80 AND 90 M WID | 1 |
| C103 BTWN 80 AND 90 F WID | 1 |
| C12 BIRTHS M | 7 |
| C12 GM CAP NO | 1 |
| C124 DEATHS AGES NOT GIVEN M | 1 |
| C125 DEATHS AGES NOT GIVEN F | 2 |
| C126 MD MALE | 192 |
| C127 S MALE | 546 |
| C128 WID MALE | 16 |
| C129 TOT MALE | 754 |
| C13 BIRTHS F | 17 |
| C13 GM CAP P | 3,000 |
| C130 MD FEM | 193 |
| C131 S FEM | 487 |
| C132 WID FEM | 16 |
| C133 TOT FEM | 696 |
| C134 GRAND TOT | 1,450 |
| C135 DEATHS M | 3 |
| C136 DEATHS F | 3 |
| C137 DEATHS TOT | 6 |
| C14 UNDER 1 M | 25 |
| C143 ATTND SCHOOL M | 90 |
| C144 ATTND SCHOOL F | 86 |
| C145 DEAF AND DUMB M | 2 |
| C146 DEAF AND DUMB F | 1 |
| C149 LUNATICS M | 1 |
| C15 UNDER 1 F | 44 |
| C150 LUNATICS F | 3 |
| C16 DEATHS UNDER 1 M | 1 |
| C16 SM NO | 3 |
| C18 SM WATER | 3 |
| C18 UNDER 2 M | 28 |
| C19 UNDER 2 F | 30 |
| C21 SM NO DAY | 1 |
| C22 SM FEET DAY | 6,000 |
| C22 UNDER 3 M | 22 |
| C23 UNDER 3 F | 23 |
| C26 UNDER 4 M | 24 |
| C27 UNDER 4 F | 23 |
| C28 SM RETURNS NO | 1 |
| C29 SM RETURNS P | 600 |
| C30 SM EMPLOYED | 2 |
| C30 UNDER 5 M | 29 |
| C31 SM NO RETURNS | 2 |
| C31 UNDER 5 F | 26 |
| C34 BTWN 5 AND 10 M | 91 |
| C35 BTWN 5 AND 10 F | 113 |
| C39 BTWN 10 AND 15 M S | 95 |
| C41 BTWN 10 AND 15 F S | 85 |
| C44 BTWN 15 AND 20 M MD | 1 |
| C45 BTWN 15 AND 20 M S | 109 |
| C46 BTWN 15 AND 20 F MD | 2 |
| C47 BTWN 15 AND 20 F S | 80 |
| C50 BTWN 20 AND 30 M MD | 26 |
| C51 BTWN 20 AND 30 M S | 82 |
| C53 BTWN 20 AND 30 F MD | 56 |
| C54 BTWN 20 AND 30 F S | 41 |
| C58 BTWN 30 AND 40 M MD | 66 |
| C59 BTWN 30 AND 40 M S | 28 |
| C60 BTWN 30 AND 40 M WID | 3 |
| C60 F CAPITAL | 100 |
| C61 BTWN 30 AND 40 F MD | 78 |
| C62 BTWN 30 AND 40 F S | 13 |
| C63 BTWN 30 AND 40 F WID | 5 |
| C66 BTWN 40 AND 50 M MD | 60 |
| C67 BTWN 40 AND 50 M S | 4 |
| C68 BTWN 40 AND 50 M WID | 3 |
| C69 BTWN 40 AND 50 F MD | 34 |
| C70 BTWN 40 AND 50 F S | 4 |
| C71 BTWN 40 AND 50 F WID | 2 |
| C72 BTWN 40 AND 50 M DEATHS | 1 |
| C73 BTWN 40 AND 50 F DEATHS | 1 |
| C74 BTWN 50 AND 60 M MD | 23 |
| C75 BTWN 50 AND 60 M S | 6 |
| C76 BTWN 50 AND 60 M WID | 2 |
| C77 BTWN 50 AND 60 F MD | 11 |
| C78 BTWN 50 AND 60 F S | 2 |
| C79 BTWN 50 AND 60 F WID | 4 |
| C82 BTWN 60 AND 70 M MD | 11 |
| C83 BTWN 60 AND 70 M S | 2 |
| C84 BTWN 60 AND 70 M WID | 6 |
| C85 BTWN 60 AND 70 F MD | 7 |
| C86 BTWN 60 AND 70 F S | 1 |
| C87 BTWN 60 AND 70 F WID | 2 |
| C90 BTWN 70 AND 80 M MD | 4 |
| C92 BTWN 70 AND 80 M WID | 2 |
| C93 BTWN 70 AND 80 F MD | 5 |
| C94 BTWN 70 AND 80 F S | 2 |
| C95 BTWN 70 AND 80 F WID | 2 |
| C98 BTWN 80 AND 90 M MD | 1 |
| CAR BU | 16 |
| CD NAME | Stormont |
| CID GAL | 6 |
| CROP | 3,518 |
| CULT | 4,732 |
| ENG WLS | 11 |
| FC YRDS | 1,314 |
| FLAN YRDS | 1,258 |
| FLX LBS | 166 |
| GARDEN | 19 |
| GRA BU | 5 |
| HELD | 24,859 |
| HOP LBS | 25 |
| HORSE | 443 |
| IRE | 333 |
| LIN YRDS | 220 |
| LINE NO | 332 |
| M COWS | 648 |
| MPLS LBS | 5,097 |
| NOT FRN | 874 |
| O 100 TO 200 | 49 |
| O 20 TO 50 | 25 |
| O 50 TO 100 | 122 |
| O OVR 200 | 1 |
| O UNDR 10 | 14 |
| PASTURE | 1,195 |
| SCOT | 223 |
| SHEEP | 1,734 |
| SWINE | 1,131 |
| TOT O | 211 |
| TUR AC | 10 |
| TUR BU | 531 |
| US | 9 |
| WOOD | 20,127 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON036003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON145002— 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). "Finch, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/finch-on036003-1851/.