Gloucester, Ontario (1851 census)

Gloucester was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,005. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5572083. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.365°N, 75.588°W.

Population

In 1851, Gloucester had a population of 3,005: 1,614 male and 1,391 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, Gloucester shared boundaries with:

• Bytown, East Ward
• Cumberland
• Nepean
• Osgoode

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 167 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,005 total population, 1,614 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,510, 1,391 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,344, 1,138 single males, 940 single females, 450 married males, 413 married females, 401 families, 285 males attending school, 252 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 104, 57 female births, 55 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 47, 38 widowed females, 26 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 14, Female members of the family who are absent: 7, 2 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 260 females aged 5 to 10, 243 males aged 5 to 10, 201 single males aged 10 to 15, 193 single males aged 15 to 20, 169 single males aged 20 to 30, 164 single females aged 10 to 15, 147 single females aged 15 to 20, 139 married females aged 20 to 30, 137 married males aged 30 to 40, 128 married females aged 30 to 40, 107 married males aged 20 to 30, 93 married males aged 40 to 50, 75 single females aged 20 to 30, 68 married males aged 50 to 60, 67 married females aged 40 to 50, 62 females aged 1 to 2, 58 females aged 4 to 5, 58 males aged 1 to 2, 57 females under age 1, 54 males aged 4 to 5, 52 females age 3 to 4, 52 males under age 1, 50 males aged 3 to 4, 48 males aged 2 to 3, 45 females aged 2 to 3, 45 married females aged 50 to 60, 43 single males aged 30 to 40, 28 married males aged 60 to 70, 17 married females aged 60 to 70, 14 married females aged 15 to 20, 12 single males aged 40 to 50, 11 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 9 single males aged 50 to 60, 8 married males aged 70 to 80, 8 single females aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 married males aged 15 to 20, 6 single females aged 30 to 40, 5 single males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,349 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 901 persons originating in Ireland, 401 French Canadians, 217 persons originating in Scotland, 109 persons originating in England or Wales, 19 persons originating in the United States, 5 persons originating in New Brunswick, 2 persons originating in Spain or Portugal, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 76,089 pounds of homemade butter, 37,642 acres of land in farms, 31,682 bushels of potatoes, 30,395 bushels of oats, 27,130 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 20,788 bushels of wheat, 10,512 acres of farmland under cultivation, 6,081 bushels of peas, 5,438 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,027 acres of farmland under crops, 4,499 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,374 tons of hay, 2,555 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,536 bushels of rye, 2,430 bushels of turnips, 2,074 bushels of corn, 1,497 barrels of pork, 1,474 sheep, 1,402 acres of wheat, 1,355 acres of oats, 1,217 swine, 1,206 milk cows, 994 calves and heifers, 707 horses, 515 pounds of maple sugar, 401 acres of peas, 389 bushels of buckwheat, 363 barrels of beef, 354 occupants of farms, 333 bulls, oxen, or steers, 311 acres of potatoes, 190 acres of rye, 167 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 100 bushels of barley, 96 acres of corn, 64 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 64 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 47 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 39 acres of buckwheat, 30 pounds of tobacco, 28 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 22 acres of turnips, 21 bushels of carrots, 19 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 18 bushels of beans, 12 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 9 pounds of hops, 8 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 5 acres of barley, 1 bushels of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 35,000 yards of cloth produced in woollen factories, 20,000 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 654 yards of fulled cloth, $250 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 22 employees in woollen factories, 9 employees in grist mills, 2 employees in carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills reporting annual production, 1 saw mills returning capital, 1 woollen factories, 1 woollen factories reporting. 150,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 3,000 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 7, 7 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 3 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: ON004002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON118004_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q5572083
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloucester_Township,_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). "Gloucester, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/gloucester-on004002-1851/.