Hamilton, St. George’s Ward, Ontario (1851 census)

Hamilton, St. George’s Ward was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,223. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.255°N, 79.884°W.

Population

In 1851, Hamilton, St. George’s Ward had a population of 2,223: 1,114 male and 1,109 female residents.

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Hamilton, St. George’s Ward shared boundaries with:

• Barton
• Gaol
• St. Andrews’ Ward
• St. Mary’s Ward
• St. Patricks’ Ward

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 104 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,223 total population, 1,114 males, 1,109 females, Female members of the family who are present: 906, Male members of the family who are present: 897, 809 single males, 797 single females, 383 families, 299 married males, 296 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 217, Females present who are not members of the family: 203, 105 males attending school, 78 females attending school, 41 male births, Male members of the family who are present: 27, Female members of the family who are absent: 26, 26 female births, 16 widowed females, 6 widowed males, 2 blind males, 2 persons at sea, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 169 single females aged 20 to 30, 159 single females aged 15 to 20, 158 single males aged 20 to 30, 145 single males aged 15 to 20, 139 males aged 5 to 10, 135 single males aged 10 to 15, 133 married females aged 20 to 30, 129 single females aged 10 to 15, 116 females aged 5 to 10, 110 married males aged 30 to 40, 84 married females aged 30 to 40, 81 married males aged 20 to 30, 67 married males aged 40 to 50, 45 married females aged 40 to 50, 44 females aged 2 to 3, 43 males under age 1, 41 females under age 1, 41 single males aged 30 to 40, 36 males aged 1 to 2, 35 males aged 2 to 3, 32 females aged 1 to 2, 31 females aged 4 to 5, 29 males aged 4 to 5, 27 males aged 3 to 4, 26 married males aged 50 to 60, 25 single females aged 30 to 40, 24 females age 3 to 4, 24 married females aged 50 to 60, 15 single females aged 40 to 50, 15 single males aged 40 to 50, 11 married males aged 60 to 70, 7 single females aged 50 to 60, 6 married females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 males of unknown age, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 females of unknown age, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 813 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 577 persons originating in Ireland, 390 persons originating in England or Wales, 315 persons originating in Scotland, 86 persons originating in the United States, 10 persons originating in New Brunswick, 8 persons originating in all other places, 6 persons originating in the East Indies, 3 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 3 persons originating in Sweden or Norway, 2 persons originating in France, 2 persons originating in the West Indies, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in Switzerland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 4 persons originating in Jersey or other British islands — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 23 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 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 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON044005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON044005 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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). "Hamilton, St. George’s Ward, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/hamilton-st-george-s-ward-on044005-1851/.