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Year: 1851  |  Province: Ontario  |  Wikidata: Q115261587

Goderich, Ontario (1851 census)

Goderich was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,715. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261587. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.643°N, 81.635°W.

Population

In 1851, Goderich had a population of 2,715: 1,451 male and 1,264 female residents.

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Goderich shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 187 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,715 total population, 1,451 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,373, 1,264 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,208, 1,043 single males, 847 single females, 389 families, 388 married males, 382 married females, 289 males attending school, 241 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 78, 60 female births, Females present who are not members of the family: 56, Male members of the family who are present: 54, 42 male births, 35 widowed females, Female members of the family who are absent: 32, 20 widowed males, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic males, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 255 males aged 5 to 10, 209 females aged 5 to 10, 197 single females aged 10 to 15, 188 single males aged 10 to 15, 157 single males aged 15 to 20, 140 single males aged 20 to 30, 130 married females aged 20 to 30, 129 married males aged 30 to 40, 127 single females aged 15 to 20, 114 married females aged 30 to 40, 105 married males aged 40 to 50, 80 married females aged 40 to 50, 64 married males aged 20 to 30, 63 married males aged 50 to 60, 61 males aged 3 to 4, 58 females under age 1, 56 males aged 2 to 3, 51 females aged 1 to 2, 51 males aged 1 to 2, 50 females aged 2 to 3, 47 females age 3 to 4, 46 males aged 4 to 5, 43 females aged 4 to 5, 43 single females aged 20 to 30, 38 married females aged 50 to 60, 35 males under age 1, 30 single males aged 30 to 40, 19 married males aged 60 to 70, 10 married females aged 60 to 70, 10 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 8 married females aged 15 to 20, 7 single females aged 40 to 50, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 single males aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 single females aged 30 to 40, 5 single females aged 50 to 60, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 males of unknown age, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,290 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 785 persons originating in Ireland, 283 persons originating in England or Wales, 240 persons originating in Scotland, 52 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 25 French Canadians, 25 persons originating in the United States, 8 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 2 persons originating in France, 2 persons whose origin is unknown, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in the East Indies. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 49,060 pounds of homemade butter, 43,620 bushels of wheat, 40,215 bushels of oats, 38,677 acres of land in farms, 26,917 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 21,382 pounds of maple sugar, 11,760 acres of farmland under cultivation, 10,908 bushels of potatoes, 9,917 bushels of turnips, 8,620 bushels of peas, 8,289 pounds of wool produced on farms, 7,629 acres of farmland under crops, 4,025 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,810 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,879 swine, 2,850 acres of wheat, 2,787 sheep, 1,740 tons of hay, 1,597 bushels of barley, 1,546 bushels of rye, 1,486 acres of oats, 1,338 bushels of corn, 1,060 milk cows, 1,019 calves and heifers, 987 barrels of pork, 964 bulls, oxen, or steers, 588 horses, 556 acres of peas, 440 occupants of farms, 310 acres of potatoes, 292 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 265 bushels of buckwheat, 261 barrels of beef, 253 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 111 acres of rye, 109 bushels of carrots, 106 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 90 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 76 acres of corn, 72 acres of barley, 70 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 58 acres of turnips, 52 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 28 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 13 acres of buckwheat, 12 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 4,933 yards of flannel, $3,000 value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling), 2,700 carding and fulling mills returning capital, 1,644 yards of fulled cloth, 800 yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills, $670 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $600 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 9 employees in carding and fulling mills, 7 foundries not reporting, 5 employees in saw mills, 5 saw mills, 5 saw mills powered by water, 5 saw mills reporting annual production, 4 saw mills returning capital, 2 foundries, 2 foundries reporting, 2 tanneries reporting, 1 breweries, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 distilleries, 1 foundries returning capital, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by steam, 1 grist mills returning capital. 650,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 distilleries not reporting — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 1,300 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 21 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 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 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

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). "Goderich, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/goderich-on016015-1851/.