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Year: 1851  |  Province: Ontario

Gwillimbury, Ontario (1851 census)

Gwillimbury was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,894. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.136°N, 79.609°W.

Population

In 1851, Gwillimbury had a population of 3,894: 2,077 male and 1,817 female residents.

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Gwillimbury shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 163 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,894 total population, 2,077 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,818, 1,817 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,640, 1,568 single males, 1,250 single females, 497 married females, 474 married males, 311 families, 302 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 259, 218 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 177, 70 widowed females, 63 male births, 59 female births, Male members of the family who are present: 43, 35 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 30, 5 lunatic females, 2 deaf and dumb males, 2 lunatic males, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 390 females aged 5 to 10, 299 males aged 5 to 10, 298 single males aged 10 to 15, 261 single males aged 20 to 30, 259 single males aged 15 to 20, 234 single females aged 10 to 15, 200 single females aged 15 to 20, 169 married females aged 20 to 30, 168 married females aged 30 to 40, 164 married males aged 30 to 40, 116 married males aged 20 to 30, 103 single females aged 20 to 30, 88 married females aged 40 to 50, 84 males aged 2 to 3, 78 married males aged 40 to 50, 76 married males aged 50 to 60, 74 males under age 1, 69 males aged 3 to 4, 66 females aged 1 to 2, 66 females under age 1, 65 males aged 1 to 2, 61 males aged 4 to 5, 57 females aged 4 to 5, 54 females aged 2 to 3, 51 single males aged 30 to 40, 50 females age 3 to 4, 50 married females aged 50 to 60, 35 married males aged 60 to 70, 20 single males aged 40 to 50, 19 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 14 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 13 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 12 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 11 married females aged 60 to 70, 10 single females aged 30 to 40, 10 single males aged 50 to 60, 10 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 9 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 single females aged 50 to 60, 8 single males aged 70 to 80, 7 single males aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 single females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 single males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,192 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1,147 persons originating in Ireland, 247 persons originating in Scotland, 229 persons originating in England or Wales, 65 persons originating in the United States, 10 French Canadians, 2 persons originating in all other places, 2 persons originating in Germany or Holland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 93,601 bushels of wheat, 68,534 bushels of oats, 66,913 pounds of homemade butter, 36,270 bushels of peas, 35,403 acres of land in farms, 29,451 bushels of turnips, 22,711 bushels of potatoes, 18,914 acres of farmland under cultivation, 16,489 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 13,765 acres of farmland under crops, 12,800 pounds of wool produced on farms, 12,324 pounds of maple sugar, 4,988 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,974 acres of wheat, 4,955 sheep, 4,917 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 3,714 swine, 2,288 tons of hay, 2,226 barrels of pork, 2,200 acres of oats, 2,011 acres of peas, 1,890 bushels of barley, 1,236 gallons of cider, 1,078 milk cows, 1,023 calves and heifers, 1,021 horses, 691 bushels of corn, 656 bulls, oxen, or steers, 360 acres of potatoes, 343 occupants of farms, 285 barrels of beef, 229 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 161 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 146 acres of turnips, 85 bushels of buckwheat, 82 acres of barley, 63 bushels of carrots, 52 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 48 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 40 bushels of rye, 28 acres of corn, 20 pounds of tobacco, 8 acres of buckwheat, 7 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 6 pounds of hops, 5 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 4 bushels of beans, 3 acres of rye, 3 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 6,805 yards of flannel, 3,000 feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, 2,665 yards of fulled cloth, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting daily production, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills reporting daily production. 70 barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 3 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 14 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 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). "Gwillimbury, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/gwillimbury-on035010-1851/.