General Dispensary and & Lying-in-Hospital, Ontario (1851 census)
General Dispensary and & Lying-in-Hospital was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 12. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.651°N, 79.378°W.
Population
In 1851, General Dispensary and & Lying-in-Hospital had a population of 12: 4 male and 8 female residents.
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of St. James’ Ward, 1861 (1.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851
In the 1851 census, General Dispensary and & Lying-in-Hospital shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 21 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 12 total population, Females present who are not members of the family: 8, 8 females, 7 single females, Males present who are not members of the family: 4, 4 males, 3 single males, 1 married females, 1 married males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 2 single females aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 20 to 30, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 females aged 5 to 10, 1 males aged 2 to 3, 1 males aged 5 to 10, 1 married females aged 40 to 50, 1 married males aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 10 to 15. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 7 persons originating in Ireland, 4 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON043007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON043007— 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). "General Dispensary and & Lying-in-Hospital, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/general-dispensary-and-lying-in-hospital-on043007-1851/.