Flamboro, West, Ontario (1851 census)

Flamboro, West was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,533. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.323°N, 79.998°W.

Population

In 1851, Flamboro, West had a population of 3,533: 1,894 male and 1,639 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, Flamboro, West shared boundaries with:

• Ancaster
• Beverley
• Dundas, Town of
• Flamboro, East
• Puslinch

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 177 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,533 total population, 1,894 males, 1,639 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,564, Female members of the family who are present: 1,502, 1,316 single males, 1,044 single females, 587 families, 547 married males, 542 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 330, 229 males attending school, 196 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 137, 53 widowed females, 51 male births, 43 female births, 31 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 11, 4 persons at sea, Female members of the family who are absent: 3, 3 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 255 males aged 5 to 10, 242 females aged 5 to 10, 224 single males aged 20 to 30, 222 single males aged 15 to 20, 218 single males aged 10 to 15, 216 single females aged 15 to 20, 215 single females aged 10 to 15, 187 married females aged 20 to 30, 180 married males aged 30 to 40, 178 married females aged 30 to 40, 145 married males aged 20 to 30, 127 married males aged 40 to 50, 99 married females aged 40 to 50, 79 single females aged 20 to 30, 75 males under age 1, 71 males aged 1 to 2, 65 females aged 1 to 2, 61 males aged 2 to 3, 60 females aged 2 to 3, 60 married males aged 50 to 60, 57 single males aged 30 to 40, 56 males aged 4 to 5, 53 males aged 3 to 4, 47 females age 3 to 4, 46 females under age 1, 45 females aged 4 to 5, 40 married females aged 50 to 60, 26 married males aged 60 to 70, 22 married females aged 15 to 20, 18 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 17 single males aged 40 to 50, 14 married females aged 60 to 70, 14 single females aged 30 to 40, 14 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 8 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 7 single females aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 males of unknown age, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,632 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 980 persons originating in Ireland, 382 persons originating in Scotland, 314 persons originating in England or Wales, 137 persons originating in the United States, 51 French Canadians, 13 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 9 persons originating in New Brunswick, 5 male negroes or coloured persons, 5 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 4 female negroes or coloured persons, 2 persons whose origin is unknown, 1 persons originating in Switzerland, 1 persons originating in the East Indies, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 persons originating in Jersey or other British islands — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 166,117 bushels of oats, 96,429 pounds of homemade butter, 87,453 bushels of wheat, 42,642 acres of land in farms, 26,061 gallons of cider, 24,064 acres of farmland under cultivation, 18,578 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 15,671 pounds of wool produced on farms, 15,500 acres of farmland under crops, 15,382 bushels of turnips, 14,473 bushels of buckwheat, 13,168 bushels of potatoes, 11,023 bushels of barley, 10,937 bushels of corn, 7,969 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,378 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 6,081 tons of hay, 5,654 sheep, 5,325 pounds of maple sugar, 5,279 acres of wheat, 3,352 acres of oats, 3,010 bushels of peas, 2,942 swine, 1,600 barrels of pork, 1,543 milk cows, 1,378 horses, 1,229 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 1,051 calves and heifers, 687 bulls, oxen, or steers, 666 acres of buckwheat, 595 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 477 acres of corn, 437 occupants of farms, 419 barrels of beef, 418 acres of barley, 276 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 249 acres of peas, 218 bushels of carrots, 170 bushels of rye, 165 acres of potatoes, 157 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 121 bushels of beans, 103 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 98 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 46 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 32 acres of turnips, 18 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 15 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 10 pounds of hops, 8 acres of rye. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $5,850 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 5,772 yards of flannel, 1,572 yards of fulled cloth, $1,500 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 50 employees in saw mills, 20 saw mills, 16 saw mills powered by water, 16 saw mills reporting annual production, 15 saw mills returning capital, 4 saw mills not reporting, 4 saw mills powered by steam, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 grist mills returning capital, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills reporting daily production. 5,469,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 69 barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 29 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 16, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 5, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 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.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON041003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON104007 — 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). "Flamboro, West, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/flamboro-west-on041003-1851/.