Haldimand, Ontario (1851 census)

Haldimand was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 4,634. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261662. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.068°N, 78.031°W.

Population

In 1851, Haldimand had a population of 4,634: 2,346 male and 2,288 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, Haldimand shared boundaries with:

• Alnwick
• Cramahe
• Hamilton
• Percy

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 211 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 4,634 total population, 2,346 males, 2,288 females, Male members of the family who are present: 2,129, Female members of the family who are present: 2,070, 1,523 single males, 1,448 single females, 795 families, 768 married males, 758 married females, 476 females attending school, 423 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 218, Males present who are not members of the family: 217, 101 female births, 94 male births, 82 widowed females, 55 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 25, Female members of the family who are absent: 23, 4 lunatic females, 3 lunatic males, 2 blind males, 1 blind females, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 316 females aged 5 to 10, 313 males aged 5 to 10, 287 married females aged 20 to 30, 276 single females aged 10 to 15, 262 single females aged 15 to 20, 260 single males aged 10 to 15, 237 married males aged 30 to 40, 232 single males aged 20 to 30, 222 single males aged 15 to 20, 193 married males aged 20 to 30, 185 married females aged 30 to 40, 160 married males aged 40 to 50, 124 married females aged 40 to 50, 114 single females aged 20 to 30, 109 females under age 1, 104 married males aged 50 to 60, 102 females aged 1 to 2, 91 males aged 1 to 2, 84 males aged 3 to 4, 81 females aged 4 to 5, 80 males under age 1, 77 males aged 2 to 3, 74 females aged 2 to 3, 74 married females aged 50 to 60, 70 females age 3 to 4, 69 males aged 4 to 5, 51 married males aged 60 to 70, 44 single males aged 30 to 40, 43 married females aged 15 to 20, 40 married females aged 60 to 70, 22 single males aged 40 to 50, 19 single females aged 30 to 40, 18 married males aged 70 to 80, 17 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 16 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 14 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 14 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 14 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 13 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 12 males of unknown age, 11 single females aged 40 to 50, 11 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 10 single males aged 50 to 60, 10 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 8 females of unknown age, 6 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 6 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males 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 2,687 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 858 persons originating in Ireland, 407 persons originating in England or Wales, 346 persons originating in Scotland, 289 persons originating in the United States, 30 French Canadians, 5 persons originating in France, 5 persons originating in New Brunswick, 3 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in the East Indies. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 persons originating in Jersey or other British islands — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 97,753 pounds of homemade butter, 80,805 bushels of wheat, 66,312 bushels of oats, 52,928 acres of land in farms, 43,196 bushels of turnips, 37,132 bushels of potatoes, 29,212 bushels of peas, 27,656 acres of farmland under cultivation, 25,272 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 18,374 pounds of wool produced on farms, 17,649 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 16,732 acres of farmland under crops, 13,803 bushels of corn, 12,425 pounds of maple sugar, 10,581 acres of farmland in pasture, 10,382 bushels of carrots, 8,446 bushels of barley, 6,383 bushels of rye, 6,266 gallons of cider, 5,672 sheep, 5,378 tons of hay, 5,179 acres of wheat, 4,140 bushels of buckwheat, 2,857 swine, 2,327 acres of oats, 1,943 barrels of pork, 1,728 acres of peas, 1,646 milk cows, 1,555 calves and heifers, 1,362 horses, 1,226 bulls, oxen, or steers, 646 acres of corn, 641 acres of potatoes, 593 acres of rye, 499 barrels of beef, 465 occupants of farms, 426 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 380 acres of buckwheat, 361 pounds of flax or hemp, 343 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 318 acres of barley, 252 pounds of hops, 217 bushels of beans, 201 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 193 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 161 acres of turnips, 127 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 106 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 39 pounds of tobacco, 24 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 12 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 8,376 yards of flannel, 6,000 gallons of beer produced in breweries, 3,045 yards of fulled cloth, $2,750 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $2,700 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 300 carding and fulling mills returning capital, 160 yards of linen, $50 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 27 employees in saw mills, 12 employees in distilleries, 11 saw mills, 11 saw mills powered by water, 11 saw mills returning capital, 5 employees in grist mills, 5 grist mills, 5 grist mills powered by water, 5 saw mills not reporting, 5 saw mills reporting annual production, 4 grist mills not reporting, 3 grist mills returning capital, 2 employees in carding and fulling mills, 1 breweries, 1 breweries reporting, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 distilleries, 1 distilleries reporting, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent. 950,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 2,000 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 8,900 gallons of liquor produced in distilleries — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 85 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 39 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 26, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 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 males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 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 2 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: ON024003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON132004 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261662

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). "Haldimand, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/haldimand-on024003-1851/.