Ingersoll, Town—Ville, Ontario (1851 census)

Ingersoll, Town—Ville was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,190. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q594706. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.041°N, 80.887°W.

Population

In 1851, Ingersoll, Town—Ville had a population of 1,190: 621 male and 569 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, Ingersoll, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

• Oxford N
• Oxford W-O

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 158 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,190 total population, 621 males, 569 females, Female members of the family who are present: 498, Male members of the family who are present: 476, 437 single males, 376 single females, 197 families, 176 married females, 172 married males, Males present who are not members of the family: 145, 91 females attending school, 84 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 71, 27 female births, 24 male births, 17 widowed females, 12 widowed males, 1 lunatic females, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 90 males aged 5 to 10, 87 single males aged 20 to 30, 80 married females aged 20 to 30, 75 females aged 5 to 10, 74 married males aged 30 to 40, 71 single females aged 15 to 20, 71 single males aged 15 to 20, 68 single males aged 10 to 15, 58 single females aged 10 to 15, 53 married females aged 30 to 40, 45 married males aged 20 to 30, 42 single females aged 20 to 30, 31 married males aged 40 to 50, 28 females aged 1 to 2, 26 males aged 1 to 2, 25 females age 3 to 4, 24 females aged 2 to 3, 24 females under age 1, 22 married females aged 40 to 50, 21 males under age 1, 18 males aged 3 to 4, 18 single males aged 30 to 40, 17 females aged 4 to 5, 16 males aged 2 to 3, 16 males aged 4 to 5, 13 married males aged 50 to 60, 10 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 married females aged 50 to 60, 5 married males aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 married females aged 60 to 70, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 519 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 220 persons originating in Scotland, 191 persons originating in England or Wales, 153 persons originating in Ireland, 98 persons originating in the United States, 6 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 10,597 pounds of homemade butter, 7,625 bushels of peas, 4,475 bushels of oats, 4,140 bushels of wheat, 3,330 bushels of turnips, 2,243 acres of land in farms, 2,141 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,919 bushels of potatoes, 1,700 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,464 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,000 pounds of maple sugar, 967 sheep, 800 acres of farmland under crops, 789 bushels of corn, 779 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 594 acres of farmland in pasture, 363 milk cows, 347 swine, 343 horses, 262 tons of hay, 230 bushels of rye, 203 acres of wheat, 170 barrels of pork, 165 bushels of barley, 133 acres of oats, 114 occupants of farms, 113 barrels of beef, 111 calves and heifers, 98 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 90 acres of peas, 70 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 48 bulls, oxen, or steers, 35 acres of potatoes, 30 acres of corn, 20 acres of turnips, 14 bushels of carrots, 10 acres of rye, 10 bushels of buckwheat, 10 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 8 acres of barley, 6 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 5 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of buckwheat, 1 bushels of beans. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 6,000 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 2,000 foundries returning capital, 500 carding and fulling mills returning capital, $400 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 179 yards of flannel, 15 yards of fulled cloth, 14 employees in foundries, 4 employees in saw mills, 3 employees in carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 distilleries, 1 foundries, 1 foundries reporting, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills reporting annual production, 1 saw mills returning capital, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries not reporting. 300,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 20 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 5, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 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, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 4 people 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: ON027012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON134013 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q594706
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingersoll,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingersoll_(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). "Ingersoll, Town—Ville, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/ingersoll-town-ville-on027012-1851/.