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Year: 1851  |  Province: Ontario

Howard & Orford, Ontario (1851 census)

Howard & Orford was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 4,364. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.482°N, 81.862°W.

Population

In 1851, Howard & Orford had a population of 4,364: 2,231 male and 2,133 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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Howard & Orford shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 191 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 4,364 total population, 2,231 males, 2,133 females, Male members of the family who are present: 2,047, Female members of the family who are present: 2,015, 1,507 single males, 1,395 single females, 759 families, 672 married males, 667 married females, 459 males attending school, 424 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 184, Females present who are not members of the family: 118, 72 female births, 71 widowed females, 66 male births, 52 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 12, Female members of the family who are absent: 6, 5 lunatic males, 4 lunatic females, 3 deaf and dumb females, 1 blind females, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 332 females aged 5 to 10, 326 males aged 5 to 10, 317 single females aged 10 to 15, 272 single males aged 15 to 20, 266 single males aged 10 to 15, 232 single females aged 15 to 20, 229 married females aged 20 to 30, 227 single males aged 20 to 30, 194 married males aged 30 to 40, 184 married females aged 30 to 40, 155 married males aged 40 to 50, 135 married males aged 20 to 30, 127 married females aged 40 to 50, 117 married males aged 50 to 60, 110 single females aged 20 to 30, 87 females under age 1, 84 females age 3 to 4, 82 males aged 1 to 2, 76 males aged 3 to 4, 74 females aged 1 to 2, 73 males under age 1, 71 married females aged 50 to 60, 70 females aged 2 to 3, 70 females aged 4 to 5, 64 males aged 2 to 3, 55 males aged 4 to 5, 50 married males aged 60 to 70, 34 single males aged 30 to 40, 29 married females aged 15 to 20, 22 married females aged 60 to 70, 18 single males aged 40 to 50, 17 married males aged 70 to 80, 17 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 16 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 16 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 12 single females aged 30 to 40, 12 single males aged 50 to 60, 12 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 12 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 10 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 10 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,941 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 398 persons originating in Scotland, 366 persons originating in England or Wales, 306 persons originating in Ireland, 252 persons originating in the United States, 218 Indigenous persons, 79 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 24 negroes or coloured persons, 18 persons originating in New Brunswick, 4 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 Indigenous males, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 2 persons originating in Jersey or other British islands — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 212,280 pounds of tobacco, 88,287 bushels of corn, 82,887 bushels of wheat, 79,489 pounds of homemade butter, 67,405 acres of land in farms, 65,722 gallons of cider, 46,151 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 29,180 bushels of oats, 28,930 pounds of maple sugar, 27,922 pounds of wool produced on farms, 25,975 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 21,254 acres of farmland under cultivation, 12,223 bushels of potatoes, 11,131 acres of farmland under crops, 9,609 acres of farmland in pasture, 9,149 sheep, 6,448 bushels of peas, 4,989 bushels of turnips, 4,752 acres of wheat, 3,566 swine, 3,285 bushels of buckwheat, 2,959 tons of hay, 1,990 acres of corn, 1,881 bushels of rye, 1,820 barrels of pork, 1,664 milk cows, 1,597 calves and heifers, 1,539 bulls, oxen, or steers, 1,189 acres of oats, 1,091 horses, 709 bushels of barley, 655 barrels of beef, 565 occupants of farms, 514 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 438 acres of peas, 330 pounds of flax or hemp, 304 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 241 acres of potatoes, 195 acres of buckwheat, 163 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 145 acres of rye, 116 bushels of carrots, 71 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 66 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 61 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 34 acres of barley, 31 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 29 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 28 acres of turnips, 24 bushels of beans, 12 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 5 pounds of hops. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 13,213 yards of flannel, 3,163 yards of fulled cloth, $3,100 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $300 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 47 yards of linen, 16 employees in saw mills, 13 saw mills, 10 saw mills reporting annual production, 9 saw mills powered by water, 9 saw mills returning capital, 4 saw mills powered by steam, 3 grist mills, 3 grist mills powered by water, 3 saw mills not reporting, 2 employees in grist mills, 2 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 grist mills returning capital. 1,712,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 1,200 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 12 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 54 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 30, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 24, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 3, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 3, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 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. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

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). "Howard & Orford, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/howard-orford-on017005-1851/.