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Year: 1851  |  Province: Ontario  |  Wikidata: Q115261919

Kincardine, Ontario (1851 census)

Kincardine was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,149. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261919. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.187°N, 81.526°W.

Population

In 1851, Kincardine had a population of 1,149: 644 male and 505 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, Kincardine shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 122 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,149 total population, 644 males, Male members of the family who are present: 638, 505 females, Female members of the family who are present: 503, 434 single males, 311 single females, 198 married males, 190 families, 181 married females, 21 female births, 19 male births, 13 widowed females, 12 widowed males, Males present who are not members of the family: 6, Females present who are not members of the family: 2. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 87 single males aged 20 to 30, 85 males aged 5 to 10, 79 females aged 5 to 10, 75 married females aged 20 to 30, 74 single males aged 10 to 15, 66 married males aged 20 to 30, 64 single males aged 15 to 20, 62 single females aged 10 to 15, 55 married males aged 30 to 40, 53 single females aged 15 to 20, 46 married females aged 30 to 40, 41 married males aged 40 to 50, 38 males aged 1 to 2, 35 married females aged 40 to 50, 29 married males aged 50 to 60, 27 males aged 3 to 4, 21 females aged 4 to 5, 20 females under age 1, 19 females aged 2 to 3, 18 females age 3 to 4, 18 males under age 1, 18 married females aged 50 to 60, 18 single females aged 20 to 30, 17 males aged 2 to 3, 16 females aged 1 to 2, 15 males aged 4 to 5, 7 married females aged 15 to 20, 7 single males aged 30 to 40, 6 married males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 447 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 361 persons originating in Scotland, 149 persons originating in Ireland, 89 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 84 persons originating in England or Wales, 9 persons originating in the United States, 5 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 5 persons originating in New Brunswick. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 22,040 pounds of homemade butter, 15,660 acres of land in farms, 14,434 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 14,136 bushels of potatoes, 10,045 bushels of turnips, 6,494 bushels of wheat, 2,160 pounds of maple sugar, 1,800 bushels of oats, 1,226 acres of farmland under cultivation, 668 acres of farmland under crops, 607 bushels of corn, 556 acres of farmland in pasture, 321 acres of wheat, 228 bulls, oxen, or steers, 226 milk cows, 212 occupants of farms, 195 swine, 151 acres of potatoes, 140 bushels of buckwheat, 138 calves and heifers, 127 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 106 bushels of barley, 87 acres of turnips, 72 acres of oats, 61 barrels of beef, 49 acres of corn, 45 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 34 tons of hay, 21 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 16 barrels of pork, 15 sheep, 13 horses, 13 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 6 acres of buckwheat, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 acres of barley, 2 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $1,200 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 10 employees in saw mills, 5 saw mills, 5 saw mills not reporting, 5 saw mills powered by water, 5 saw mills returning capital, 1 breweries, 1 breweries not reporting. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 13 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 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). "Kincardine, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/kincardine-on003009-1851/.