Horton, Ontario (1851 census)

Horton was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,142. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q9293943. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.503°N, 76.655°W.

Population

In 1851, Horton had a population of 1,142: 616 male and 526 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).

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

• In a later year, this CSD contained Renfrew, T-V, 1861 (1.9% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Horton shared boundaries with:

• Admaston
• Blithfield
• McNab
• Ross

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 133 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,142 total population, 616 males, Male members of the family who are present: 539, 526 females, Female members of the family who are present: 480, 449 single males, 346 single females, 162 families, 161 married males, 160 married females, 98 males attending school, 82 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 77, Females present who are not members of the family: 46, 33 male births, 20 female births, 20 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 15, 6 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 4, 1 blind males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 92 males aged 5 to 10, 80 single males aged 10 to 15, 78 females aged 5 to 10, 71 single females aged 10 to 15, 67 married males aged 30 to 40, 67 single males aged 20 to 30, 56 married females aged 30 to 40, 55 single females aged 15 to 20, 55 single males aged 15 to 20, 53 married females aged 20 to 30, 34 married males aged 40 to 50, 32 males under age 1, 29 females aged 1 to 2, 29 single females aged 20 to 30, 27 married males aged 20 to 30, 25 males aged 2 to 3, 24 married females aged 40 to 50, 23 males aged 3 to 4, 22 females aged 2 to 3, 22 females under age 1, 21 males aged 4 to 5, 20 males aged 1 to 2, 20 married males aged 50 to 60, 19 single males aged 30 to 40, 17 females aged 4 to 5, 15 females age 3 to 4, 14 married females aged 50 to 60, 10 married males aged 60 to 70, 10 single males aged 40 to 50, 8 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 single females aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 married females aged 60 to 70, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 males of unknown age, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 633 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 212 persons originating in Ireland, 163 persons originating in Scotland, 76 French Canadians, 33 persons originating in England or Wales, 18 persons originating in the United States, 5 persons whose origin is unknown, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 17,820 pounds of homemade butter, 17,712 bushels of oats, 16,035 acres of land in farms, 14,261 bushels of potatoes, 11,312 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,885 bushels of wheat, 4,723 acres of farmland under cultivation, 3,241 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,177 bushels of peas, 3,151 acres of farmland under crops, 2,652 bushels of turnips, 1,949 pounds of maple sugar, 1,547 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,198 sheep, 1,181 tons of hay, 870 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 655 acres of oats, 622 acres of wheat, 561 swine, 520 bushels of corn, 425 barrels of pork, 361 bushels of rye, 351 milk cows, 336 calves and heifers, 331 bushels of barley, 301 bulls, oxen, or steers, 235 acres of peas, 221 horses, 204 bushels of buckwheat, 160 barrels of beef, 146 acres of potatoes, 124 occupants of farms, 60 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 56 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 36 acres of rye, 30 acres of corn, 25 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 22 acres of barley, 15 acres of turnips, 13 acres of buckwheat, 4 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 4 pounds of hops, 3 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 1,876 yards of flannel, 439 yards of fulled cloth. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 6 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 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.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON033005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON142017 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q9293943
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horton,_Ontario

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). "Horton, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/horton-on033005-1851/.