Holland, Ontario (1851 census)

Holland was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 954. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261768. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.405°N, 80.782°W.

Population

In 1851, Holland had a population of 954: 561 male and 393 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, Holland shared boundaries with:

• Artemesia
• Euphrasia
• Glenelg
• Sullivan
• Sydenham

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 123 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 954 total population, 561 males, Male members of the family who are present: 536, 393 females, Female members of the family who are present: 383, 377 single males, 237 single females, 196 families, 174 married males, 148 married females, 40 males attending school, 32 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 25, 24 male births, 17 female births, Females present who are not members of the family: 10, 10 widowed males, 8 widowed females, Female members of the family who are absent: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 69 married females aged 20 to 30, 65 single males aged 20 to 30, 61 females aged 5 to 10, 61 males aged 5 to 10, 53 married males aged 20 to 30, 52 single males aged 15 to 20, 43 married males aged 30 to 40, 37 married males aged 40 to 50, 37 single males aged 10 to 15, 35 single females aged 15 to 20, 33 single females aged 10 to 15, 31 males under age 1, 29 males aged 1 to 2, 25 males aged 2 to 3, 24 married females aged 40 to 50, 23 married males aged 50 to 60, 21 females under age 1, 21 males aged 3 to 4, 20 females aged 1 to 2, 20 married females aged 30 to 40, 19 females age 3 to 4, 19 females aged 2 to 3, 19 males aged 4 to 5, 17 females aged 4 to 5, 17 married females aged 50 to 60, 14 single males aged 30 to 40, 10 married females aged 60 to 70, 8 single females aged 20 to 30, 7 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 married males aged 60 to 70, 4 single females aged 30 to 40, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 393 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 366 persons originating in Ireland, 89 persons originating in England or Wales, 67 persons originating in Scotland, 37 persons originating in the United States, 33 negroes or coloured persons, 17 male negroes or coloured persons, 12 female negroes or coloured persons, 2 persons originating in New Brunswick. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 20,996 acres of land in farms, 18,236 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 11,362 bushels of wheat, 9,260 pounds of homemade butter, 8,832 bushels of potatoes, 7,050 bushels of oats, 3,924 bushels of turnips, 2,760 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,390 acres of farmland under crops, 1,712 bushels of peas, 1,710 pounds of maple sugar, 859 acres of wheat, 773 bushels of barley, 683 pounds of wool produced on farms, 421 milk cows, 412 sheep, 408 bulls, oxen, or steers, 391 swine, 377 acres of farmland in pasture, 327 tons of hay, 290 acres of oats, 253 calves and heifers, 252 occupants of farms, 250 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 182 acres of potatoes, 173 acres of peas, 140 barrels of pork, 137 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 107 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 85 bushels of rye, 49 acres of barley, 48 acres of turnips, 37 horses, 29 bushels of corn, 14 barrels of beef, 12 bushels of buckwheat, 7 acres of rye, 7 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 6 acres of corn, 3 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 3 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 acres of buckwheat, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 537 yards of flannel, 134 yards of fulled cloth. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 4, 4 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON011008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON114008 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261768

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). "Holland, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/holland-on011008-1851/.