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Year: 1851  |  Province: Ontario  |  Wikidata: Q504114

Guelph, Ontario (1851 census)

Guelph was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,879. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q504114. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.559°N, 80.285°W.

Population

In 1851, Guelph had a population of 2,879: 1,508 male and 1,371 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18512,879
18613,088
18712,955
18812,793

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, Guelph shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 179 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,879 total population, 1,508 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,390, 1,371 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,231, 1,042 single males, 986 single females, 482 families, 444 married males, 342 married females, 239 males attending school, 194 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 140, Males present who are not members of the family: 118, 101 male births, 43 widowed females, 34 female births, 22 widowed males, 2 lunatic males, 1 blind females, 1 blind males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 215 males aged 5 to 10, 211 females aged 5 to 10, 192 single females aged 10 to 15, 191 single males aged 10 to 15, 165 single males aged 15 to 20, 156 single females aged 15 to 20, 143 single males aged 20 to 30, 121 married males aged 30 to 40, 121 single females aged 20 to 30, 108 married males aged 40 to 50, 98 married females aged 30 to 40, 92 married males aged 20 to 30, 85 married females aged 20 to 30, 78 married females aged 40 to 50, 69 married males aged 50 to 60, 63 females aged 1 to 2, 59 males aged 1 to 2, 53 males under age 1, 51 married females aged 50 to 60, 48 females aged 2 to 3, 44 males aged 2 to 3, 42 females age 3 to 4, 42 males aged 3 to 4, 41 females aged 4 to 5, 39 males aged 4 to 5, 38 single males aged 30 to 40, 36 females under age 1, 36 married males aged 60 to 70, 30 single females aged 30 to 40, 23 single females aged 40 to 50, 22 single males aged 50 to 60, 18 married females aged 60 to 70, 16 single males aged 40 to 50, 15 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 13 single females aged 50 to 60, 12 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 11 married males aged 70 to 80, 11 single males aged 60 to 70, 8 married females aged 15 to 20, 7 married males aged 15 to 20, 7 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 single females aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 single females aged 70 to 80, 4 single males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,306 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 559 persons originating in Ireland, 537 persons originating in England or Wales, 402 persons originating in Scotland, 35 persons originating in the United States, 32 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 4 persons originating in the West Indies, 2 persons originating in France, 2 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 81,327 bushels of oats, 73,967 bushels of wheat, 72,154 bushels of turnips, 61,687 pounds of homemade butter, 34,617 acres of land in farms, 25,735 bushels of peas, 24,302 pounds of maple sugar, 23,203 bushels of potatoes, 18,456 acres of farmland under cultivation, 16,894 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 16,161 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 14,222 pounds of wool produced on farms, 9,721 acres of farmland under crops, 8,564 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,814 sheep, 4,166 bushels of barley, 3,751 acres of wheat, 2,662 swine, 2,542 tons of hay, 2,325 acres of oats, 1,736 barrels of pork, 1,292 bushels of corn, 1,229 calves and heifers, 1,155 milk cows, 1,141 bulls, oxen, or steers, 1,134 acres of peas, 523 barrels of beef, 371 occupants of farms, 358 acres of turnips, 316 acres of potatoes, 208 acres of barley, 171 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 159 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 157 bushels of buckwheat, 134 bushels of rye, 115 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 91 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 77 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 68 pounds of hops, 67 horses, 63 bushels of carrots, 35 acres of corn, 21 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 16 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 9 acres of buckwheat, 9 bushels of beans, 7 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 6 acres of rye, 6 bushels of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 3,000 feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, 2,695 yards of flannel, 2,000 tanneries returning capital, 1,500 yards of cloth produced in woollen factories, 960 yards of fulled cloth, 400 woollen factories returning capital, $150 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 12 employees in foundries, 7 employees in grist mills, 4 employees in distilleries, 4 employees in woollen factories, 2 employees in saw mills, 2 saw mills, 2 saw mills powered by water, 1 distilleries, 1 distilleries reporting, 1 foundries, 1 foundries not reporting, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 saw mills reporting daily production, 1 saw mills returning capital, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries reporting, 1 woollen factories, 1 woollen factories reporting. 20,000 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1,406 gallons of liquor produced in distilleries — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 12 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 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). "Guelph, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/guelph-on039003-1851/.