Guelph, Town of, Ontario (1851 census)
Guelph, Town of was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,860. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q504114. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.547°N, 80.250°W.
Population
In 1851, Guelph, Town of had a population of 1,860: 960 male and 900 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,860 |
| 1861 | 5,076 |
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, Town of shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 100 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,860 total population, 960 males, 900 females, Male members of the family who are present: 812, Female members of the family who are present: 765, 646 single males, 583 single females, 374 families, 304 married males, 283 married females, 155 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 148, Females present who are not members of the family: 135, 116 females attending school, 34 male births, 34 widowed females, 33 female births, 10 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 4, Female members of the family who are absent: 3, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 150 males aged 5 to 10, 139 females aged 5 to 10, 116 single males aged 10 to 15, 106 married males aged 30 to 40, 103 married females aged 20 to 30, 102 married females aged 30 to 40, 95 single females aged 15 to 20, 95 single males aged 15 to 20, 83 married males aged 20 to 30, 82 single females aged 20 to 30, 72 single males aged 20 to 30, 68 married males aged 40 to 50, 47 females aged 1 to 2, 47 females aged 2 to 3, 42 females under age 1, 42 males under age 1, 42 married females aged 40 to 50, 40 males aged 1 to 2, 39 females age 3 to 4, 32 males aged 3 to 4, 32 married males aged 50 to 60, 31 single males aged 30 to 40, 29 males aged 4 to 5, 23 males aged 2 to 3, 23 single females aged 10 to 15, 20 females aged 4 to 5, 20 single females aged 30 to 40, 18 married females aged 50 to 60, 16 single females aged 40 to 50, 12 married females aged 15 to 20, 11 married males aged 60 to 70, 10 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 10 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 single females aged 50 to 60, 6 single females aged 60 to 70, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 married females aged 60 to 70, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 722 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 507 persons originating in England or Wales, 392 persons originating in Ireland, 200 persons originating in Scotland, 34 persons originating in the United States, 2 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 2 persons originating in Sweden or Norway, 1 persons originating in France. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 1 breweries, 1 breweries not reporting, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting annual production. 5,000 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 21 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 15, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 9, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (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.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Heinrich Wilhelm Peterson | 1793–1859 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON039004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON103009— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q504114
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guelph
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guelph
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, Town of, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/guelph-town-of-on039004-1851/.