House of Industry, Ontario (1851 census)

Name: House of Industry (1851)
Address: Ontario, CA

House of Industry was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 58. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.656°N, 79.386°W.

Population

In 1851, House of Industry had a population of 58: 33 male and 25 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

In a later year, this CSD became part of St. Johns’ Ward, 1861 (0.5% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, House of Industry shared boundaries with:

Toronto, City

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 55 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 58 total population, Males present who are not members of the family: 33, 33 males, Females present who are not members of the family: 25, 25 females, 25 single males, 16 single females, 13 males attending school, 9 married females, 8 married males, 5 females attending school, 4 blind males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 9 males aged 5 to 10, 7 married females aged 50 to 60, 4 married males aged 50 to 60, 3 single females aged 15 to 20, 3 single males aged 30 to 40, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 females aged 4 to 5, 2 females aged 5 to 10, 2 males aged 3 to 4, 2 married females aged 60 to 70, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 20 to 30, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 10 to 15, 1 females aged 1 to 2, 1 males aged 2 to 3, 1 males aged 4 to 5, 1 males under age 1, 1 married males aged 20 to 30, 1 married males aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 10 to 15, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 20 to 30, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 25 persons originating in Ireland, 16 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 7 persons originating in England or Wales, 5 persons originating in all other places, 3 persons originating in the United States, 2 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 10 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females 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 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON043005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON043005 — 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). "House of Industry, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/house-of-industry-on043005-1851/.