Flos, Ontario (1851 census)

Flos was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 545. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261483. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.538°N, 79.878°W.

Population

In 1851, Flos had a population of 545: 273 male and 272 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, Flos shared boundaries with:

• Medonte
• Sunnidale
• Tiny
• Vespra

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 133 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 545 total population, 273 males, 272 females, Male members of the family who are present: 258, Female members of the family who are present: 257, 193 single males, 186 single females, 75 families, 74 married females, 74 married males, 38 males attending school, 27 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 15, Males present who are not members of the family: 15, 13 female births, 12 male births, 12 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 8, 6 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 5, 3 deaf and dumb males, 2 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 56 single males aged 10 to 15, 43 females aged 5 to 10, 41 single females aged 10 to 15, 40 males aged 5 to 10, 32 married females aged 20 to 30, 31 single males aged 15 to 20, 25 single females aged 15 to 20, 21 married males aged 30 to 40, 21 single males aged 20 to 30, 19 married males aged 20 to 30, 17 married females aged 30 to 40, 17 married females aged 40 to 50, 16 females aged 1 to 2, 16 females aged 2 to 3, 15 females under age 1, 14 married males aged 50 to 60, 11 males under age 1, 10 females age 3 to 4, 10 married males aged 40 to 50, 9 females aged 4 to 5, 9 males aged 3 to 4, 9 males aged 4 to 5, 9 single females aged 20 to 30, 8 married males aged 60 to 70, 7 males aged 1 to 2, 6 males aged 2 to 3, 6 married females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 married females aged 60 to 70, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 30 to 40, 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 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 269 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 175 persons originating in Ireland, 59 persons originating in Scotland, 28 persons originating in England or Wales, 12 persons originating in the United States, 1 French Canadians, 1 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 7,801 acres of land in farms, 6,315 bushels of wheat, 6,139 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,083 bushels of turnips, 5,476 pounds of homemade butter, 5,390 bushels of oats, 4,819 bushels of potatoes, 4,534 pounds of maple sugar, 1,972 bushels of peas, 1,662 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,075 acres of farmland under crops, 995 pounds of wool produced on farms, 600 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 584 acres of farmland in pasture, 496 acres of wheat, 426 swine, 347 sheep, 260 tons of hay, 254 acres of oats, 248 bushels of corn, 173 calves and heifers, 168 barrels of pork, 156 bulls, oxen, or steers, 155 milk cows, 148 acres of peas, 128 bushels of barley, 84 occupants of farms, 80 acres of potatoes, 60 horses, 54 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 41 acres of turnips, 30 barrels of beef, 27 acres of corn, 17 bushels of rye, 15 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 11 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 6 acres of barley, 5 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 3 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of rye. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 773 yards of flannel, 300 carding and fulling mills returning capital, 160 yards of fulled cloth, 2 employees in carding and fulling mills, 2 employees in grist mills, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 distilleries, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills reporting annual production. 100,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 distilleries not reporting — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 2, 2 total number of deaths. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON035006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON144003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261483

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). "Flos, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/flos-on035006-1851/.