Fullarton, Ontario (1851 census)

Fullarton was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,750. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261521. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.395°N, 81.201°W.

Population

In 1851, Fullarton had a population of 1,750: 912 male and 838 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, Fullarton shared boundaries with:

• Blanchard
• Downie, Downie & Gore
• Ellice
• Hibbert
• Logan
• Usborne

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 158 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,750 total population, 912 males, 838 females, Male members of the family who are present: 828, Female members of the family who are present: 774, 597 single males, 525 single females, 304 married males, 294 married females, 282 families, 110 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 84, Females present who are not members of the family: 64, 64 females attending school, 23 female births, 22 male births, 19 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 11, 11 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 6, 1 blind males, 1 lunatic males, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 137 females aged 5 to 10, 127 males aged 5 to 10, 106 single males aged 10 to 15, 99 married females aged 20 to 30, 97 married males aged 30 to 40, 87 single males aged 20 to 30, 82 single females aged 10 to 15, 80 married females aged 30 to 40, 75 married males aged 20 to 30, 75 single males aged 15 to 20, 68 married males aged 40 to 50, 66 single females aged 15 to 20, 50 married females aged 40 to 50, 49 males aged 1 to 2, 45 females aged 2 to 3, 44 females under age 1, 41 females aged 1 to 2, 40 married males aged 50 to 60, 39 married females aged 50 to 60, 38 males under age 1, 35 males aged 2 to 3, 35 single females aged 20 to 30, 33 females aged 4 to 5, 32 females age 3 to 4, 32 males aged 3 to 4, 27 males aged 4 to 5, 19 married males aged 60 to 70, 14 married females aged 60 to 70, 14 single males aged 30 to 40, 11 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 30 to 40, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 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 780 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 398 persons originating in England or Wales, 234 persons originating in Scotland, 157 persons originating in Ireland, 128 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 31 persons originating in the United States, 15 persons originating in all other places, 2 French Canadians, 2 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons whose origin is unknown. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 26,203 acres of land in farms, 23,977 bushels of oats, 21,174 bushels of wheat, 20,818 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 18,895 pounds of homemade butter, 14,792 pounds of maple sugar, 13,514 bushels of turnips, 6,582 bushels of potatoes, 5,385 acres of farmland under cultivation, 3,574 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,269 acres of farmland under crops, 3,018 bushels of peas, 2,095 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,671 acres of wheat, 1,410 sheep, 1,397 swine, 1,032 tons of hay, 955 acres of oats, 919 bulls, oxen, or steers, 881 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 686 calves and heifers, 548 milk cows, 500 pounds of flax or hemp, 460 barrels of pork, 294 occupants of farms, 291 acres of peas, 232 bushels of corn, 205 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 177 acres of potatoes, 139 barrels of beef, 125 horses, 109 acres of turnips, 100 bushels of rye, 71 bushels of barley, 45 acres of barley, 34 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 25 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 24 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 23 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 21 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 12 acres of corn, 8 bushels of buckwheat, 7 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 6 acres of rye, 2 acres of buckwheat, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 2,725 yards of flannel, $900 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $600 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 358 yards of fulled cloth, $175 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $100 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 27 yards of linen, 7 employees in saw mills, 3 saw mills, 3 saw mills powered by water, 3 saw mills returning capital, 2 employees in grist mills, 2 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 distilleries, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 tanneries. (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 5 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON029003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON137007_1891 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261521

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). "Fullarton, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/fullarton-on029003-1851/.