Galt, Town—Ville, Ontario (1851 census)

Galt, Town—Ville was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,248. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q15982096. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.359°N, 80.318°W.

Population

In 1851, Galt, Town—Ville had a population of 2,248: 1,171 male and 1,077 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, Galt, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

• Dumfries N

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 163 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,248 total population, 1,171 males, 1,077 females, Male members of the family who are present: 917, Female members of the family who are present: 898, 772 single males, 680 single females, 403 families, 371 married males, 351 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 254, 206 females attending school, 203 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 179, 55 male births, 50 female births, 46 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 31, 28 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 9, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 151 married females aged 20 to 30, 147 married males aged 30 to 40, 147 single males aged 20 to 30, 144 single females aged 10 to 15, 141 females aged 5 to 10, 136 males aged 5 to 10, 126 single males aged 10 to 15, 117 single males aged 15 to 20, 116 single females aged 15 to 20, 104 married females aged 30 to 40, 103 married males aged 20 to 30, 76 married males aged 40 to 50, 70 single females aged 20 to 30, 55 males under age 1, 53 females under age 1, 51 males aged 1 to 2, 50 married females aged 40 to 50, 40 females aged 2 to 3, 39 females aged 1 to 2, 38 females age 3 to 4, 35 males aged 2 to 3, 33 males aged 3 to 4, 30 males aged 4 to 5, 29 females aged 4 to 5, 28 married males aged 50 to 60, 27 single males aged 30 to 40, 20 married females aged 50 to 60, 18 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 17 married females aged 15 to 20, 12 married males aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 married females aged 60 to 70, 7 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 males of unknown age, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 951 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 648 persons originating in Scotland, 260 persons originating in Ireland, 213 persons originating in England or Wales, 114 persons originating in the United States, 29 French Canadians, 10 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 8 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 5 persons originating in the West Indies, 3 persons originating in New Brunswick, 2 persons originating in France, 2 persons whose origin is unknown, 1 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 2 persons originating in Russia, Prussia, or Poland — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 1,293 bushels of wheat, 1,280 bushels of potatoes, 929 acres of land in farms, 868 pounds of homemade butter, 655 bushels of oats, 563 acres of farmland under cultivation, 500 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 460 bushels of turnips, 394 acres of farmland in pasture, 366 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 345 bushels of peas, 233 swine, 161 acres of farmland under crops, 160 bushels of barley, 157 sheep, 133 bushels of corn, 90 barrels of pork, 80 acres of wheat, 62 tons of hay, 56 pounds of wool produced on farms, 28 acres of oats, 26 horses, 25 milk cows, 19 acres of peas, 14 calves and heifers, 12 acres of potatoes, 11 bulls, oxen, or steers, 8 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 8 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 6 acres of corn, 5 bushels of carrots, 4 acres of barley, 4 acres of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $5,000 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 1,200 foundries returning capital, $400 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 26 employees in foundries, 5 employees in grist mills, 5 employees in saw mills, 2 distilleries, 2 foundries, 2 foundries reporting, 1 breweries, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills returning capital. 12,000 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 2 distilleries not reporting — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 36 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 19, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 17, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 8, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 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 40 to 50: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 6 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: ON038006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON150006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q15982096
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galt,_Ontario

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). "Galt, Town—Ville, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/galt-town-ville-on038006-1851/.