Innisfil, Ontario (1851 census)

Innisfil was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,341. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3492080. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.304°N, 79.617°W.

Population

In 1851, Innisfil had a population of 2,341: 1,329 male and 1,012 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, Innisfil shared boundaries with:

• Barrie, Town of
• Essa
• Gwillimbury
• Gwillimbury N
• Oro
• Vespra

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 148 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,341 total population, 1,329 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,227, 1,012 females, Female members of the family who are present: 990, 944 single males, 627 single females, 385 families, 366 married males, 347 married females, 193 males attending school, 157 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 102, 45 male births, 40 female births, 38 widowed females, Females present who are not members of the family: 22, 19 widowed males, 3 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 209 males aged 5 to 10, 158 single males aged 10 to 15, 146 single males aged 15 to 20, 143 single females aged 10 to 15, 141 single males aged 20 to 30, 138 females aged 5 to 10, 120 married females aged 20 to 30, 102 married males aged 30 to 40, 98 single females aged 15 to 20, 97 married males aged 20 to 30, 89 married females aged 30 to 40, 74 married males aged 40 to 50, 62 married females aged 40 to 50, 60 males aged 1 to 2, 56 married males aged 50 to 60, 54 males under age 1, 53 males aged 2 to 3, 52 females under age 1, 46 females aged 4 to 5, 44 females aged 2 to 3, 44 males aged 4 to 5, 41 males aged 3 to 4, 37 females aged 1 to 2, 35 married females aged 50 to 60, 34 females age 3 to 4, 29 married males aged 60 to 70, 29 single females aged 20 to 30, 22 single males aged 30 to 40, 21 married females aged 15 to 20, 14 married females aged 60 to 70, 10 single males aged 40 to 50, 8 married males aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 8 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 single females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,260 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 723 persons originating in Ireland, 178 persons originating in England or Wales, 148 persons originating in Scotland, 29 persons originating in the United States, 2 French Canadians, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 43,076 pounds of homemade butter, 42,929 bushels of wheat, 30,349 acres of land in farms, 20,551 bushels of potatoes, 18,850 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 18,091 bushels of peas, 12,283 pounds of maple sugar, 11,499 acres of farmland under cultivation, 10,595 bushels of turnips, 7,848 acres of farmland under crops, 6,434 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,588 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,794 acres of wheat, 2,517 swine, 2,281 sheep, 1,526 tons of hay, 1,216 acres of oats, 1,192 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,177 barrels of pork, 1,010 acres of peas, 835 calves and heifers, 782 milk cows, 703 bulls, oxen, or steers, 414 horses, 347 bushels of barley, 318 occupants of farms, 268 acres of potatoes, 264 barrels of beef, 153 bushels of oats, 102 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 100 bushels of corn, 70 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 63 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 32 acres of turnips, 28 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 26 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 20 acres of barley, 15 bushels of carrots, 9 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 8 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 6 acres of corn, 2 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 6,517 yards of flannel, 6,000 feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, 1,901 yards of fulled cloth, $1,000 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $500 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 8 employees in saw mills, 4 saw mills, 4 saw mills powered by water, 4 saw mills returning capital, 3 employees in grist mills, 3 saw mills reporting daily production, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 saw mills not reporting. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

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 males aged 80 to 90: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 2, 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 70 to 80: 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. (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: ON035017 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON144005 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3492080
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innisfil
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innisfil

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). "Innisfil, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/innisfil-on035017-1851/.