Glenelg, Ontario (1851 census)

Glenelg was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,250. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261586. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.242°N, 80.738°W.

Population

In 1851, Glenelg had a population of 1,250: 703 male and 547 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, Glenelg shared boundaries with:

• Artemesia
• Bentinck
• Egremont
• Holland

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 135 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,250 total population, 703 males, Male members of the family who are present: 697, 547 females, Female members of the family who are present: 541, 496 single males, 333 single females, 242 families, 193 married females, 191 married males, 35 males attending school, 27 females attending school, 21 widowed females, 19 female births, 19 male births, 16 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 13, Female members of the family who are absent: 12, Females present who are not members of the family: 6, Males present who are not members of the family: 6, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 99 males aged 5 to 10, 86 single males aged 10 to 15, 81 females aged 5 to 10, 76 single males aged 15 to 20, 73 married females aged 20 to 30, 71 single males aged 20 to 30, 67 married males aged 30 to 40, 56 married females aged 30 to 40, 54 married males aged 20 to 30, 45 single females aged 10 to 15, 41 males under age 1, 37 married males aged 40 to 50, 37 single females aged 15 to 20, 35 females under age 1, 35 single females aged 20 to 30, 31 females aged 1 to 2, 30 married females aged 40 to 50, 28 males aged 1 to 2, 25 single males aged 30 to 40, 21 females aged 2 to 3, 21 males aged 4 to 5, 19 married females aged 50 to 60, 18 males aged 2 to 3, 18 males aged 3 to 4, 17 females age 3 to 4, 17 married males aged 50 to 60, 14 females aged 4 to 5, 7 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 single females aged 40 to 50, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 married females aged 60 to 70, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 married males aged 60 to 70, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 630 persons originating in Scotland, 302 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 214 persons originating in Ireland, 63 persons originating in England or Wales, 40 persons originating in the United States, 37 negroes or coloured persons, 5 male negroes or coloured persons, 3 female negroes or coloured persons, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 22,410 acres of land in farms, 20,003 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 13,204 bushels of potatoes, 12,527 pounds of homemade butter, 10,619 bushels of wheat, 9,401 bushels of turnips, 5,071 bushels of oats, 3,271 pounds of maple sugar, 2,407 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,602 acres of farmland under crops, 1,008 bushels of peas, 805 acres of farmland in pasture, 776 acres of wheat, 742 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 615 pounds of wool produced on farms, 509 swine, 420 bulls, oxen, or steers, 346 milk cows, 326 occupants of farms, 325 sheep, 298 calves and heifers, 240 pounds of hops, 225 bushels of barley, 224 acres of potatoes, 219 acres of oats, 205 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 163 tons of hay, 121 barrels of pork, 119 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 117 bushels of corn, 101 acres of turnips, 80 barrels of beef, 58 acres of peas, 47 bushels of buckwheat, 27 horses, 14 acres of barley, 10 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 7 acres of buckwheat, 7 acres of corn, 4 bushels of rye, 1 acres of rye, 1 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 148 yards of flannel, 9 yards of fulled cloth. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 9 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 4, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: .. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person 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: ON011007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON114007_1891 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261586

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). "Glenelg, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/glenelg-on011007-1851/.