Georgina, Ontario (1851 census)

Georgina was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,005. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q483498. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.343°N, 79.288°W.

Population

In 1851, Georgina had a population of 1,005: 503 male and 502 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, Georgina shared boundaries with:

• Brock
• Gwillimbury N
• Orillia and Matchedash
• Oro
• Scott
• Thora

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 152 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,005 total population, 503 males, 502 females, Female members of the family who are present: 491, Male members of the family who are present: 465, 343 single males, 328 single females, 175 families, 159 married females, 150 married males, 53 females attending school, 43 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 38, 17 female births, 15 widowed females, 12 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 11, 10 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 2. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 82 females aged 5 to 10, 79 single females aged 10 to 15, 78 males aged 5 to 10, 63 married females aged 20 to 30, 54 single males aged 20 to 30, 53 single males aged 10 to 15, 49 single males aged 15 to 20, 44 married males aged 30 to 40, 42 single females aged 15 to 20, 41 married males aged 20 to 30, 33 married females aged 30 to 40, 29 married females aged 40 to 50, 27 married males aged 40 to 50, 25 males aged 2 to 3, 25 single females aged 20 to 30, 23 females aged 1 to 2, 23 married males aged 50 to 60, 22 females aged 2 to 3, 22 males aged 1 to 2, 21 females aged 4 to 5, 20 males aged 4 to 5, 19 married females aged 50 to 60, 17 females under age 1, 17 males aged 3 to 4, 14 females age 3 to 4, 13 married females aged 15 to 20, 13 married males aged 60 to 70, 12 males under age 1, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 married females aged 60 to 70, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 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 584 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 114 persons originating in Ireland, 96 French Canadians, 84 persons originating in England or Wales, 74 persons originating in Scotland, 27 persons originating in the United States, 20 persons originating in New Brunswick, 4 male negroes or coloured persons, 4 persons originating in France, 1 female negroes or coloured persons, 1 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 1 persons originating in the East Indies. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 19,588 bushels of wheat, 15,608 bushels of oats, 15,177 acres of land in farms, 14,055 bushels of turnips, 12,926 pounds of homemade butter, 10,708 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 10,090 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 7,414 bushels of peas, 5,585 bushels of potatoes, 5,102 pounds of maple sugar, 4,469 acres of farmland under cultivation, 3,103 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,248 acres of farmland under crops, 2,166 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,144 sheep, 1,017 acres of wheat, 747 swine, 701 bushels of corn, 661 barrels of pork, 545 acres of oats, 407 tons of hay, 366 milk cows, 328 calves and heifers, 294 acres of peas, 231 bulls, oxen, or steers, 190 horses, 145 occupants of farms, 141 barrels of beef, 124 bushels of buckwheat, 102 bushels of barley, 76 acres of potatoes, 60 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 55 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 43 acres of turnips, 40 gallons of cider, 35 acres of corn, 30 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 26 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 23 bushels of carrots, 21 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 17 bushels of beans, 12 bushels of rye, 11 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 8 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 7 acres of buckwheat, 6 acres of barley, 4 pounds of tobacco, 1 acres of rye. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 2,125 woollen factories returning capital, 1,873 yards of flannel, 580 yards of fulled cloth, $200 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 30 yards of linen, 3 employees in woollen factories, 3 saw mills, 3 saw mills powered by water, 2 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 2 woollen factories, 2 woollen factories reporting, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 saw mills reporting annual production, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries not reporting. 25,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 150 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. $150 value cloth produced in woollen factories in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 3 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON026010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON154002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q483498
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgina,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgina_(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). "Georgina, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/georgina-on026010-1851/.