Kingston, Ontario Ward, Ontario (1851 census)
Kingston, Ontario Ward was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,520. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.230°N, 76.485°W.
Population
In 1851, Kingston, Ontario Ward had a population of 1,520: 770 male and 750 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 Ontario Ward, 1861 (91.3% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851
In the 1851 census, Kingston, Ontario Ward shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 98 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,520 total population, 770 males, 750 females, Male members of the family who are present: 598, Female members of the family who are present: 576, 526 single males, 502 single females, 265 families, 229 married males, 207 married females, Females present who are not members of the family: 174, Males present who are not members of the family: 172, 117 males attending school, 106 females attending school, 41 widowed females, Female members of the family who are absent: 29, 23 male births, 15 widowed males, 13 female births, Male members of the family who are present: 12. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 114 single females aged 15 to 20, 109 females aged 5 to 10, 99 single males aged 15 to 20, 93 males aged 5 to 10, 93 married males aged 30 to 40, 93 single males aged 20 to 30, 91 single females aged 20 to 30, 90 married females aged 20 to 30, 84 single males aged 10 to 15, 78 single females aged 10 to 15, 64 married females aged 30 to 40, 54 married males aged 20 to 30, 43 married males aged 40 to 50, 30 single males aged 30 to 40, 29 males aged 4 to 5, 27 males aged 1 to 2, 26 married males aged 50 to 60, 25 males aged 2 to 3, 25 married females aged 40 to 50, 22 females aged 2 to 3, 20 females aged 4 to 5, 20 males under age 1, 18 females aged 1 to 2, 18 females under age 1, 18 married females aged 50 to 60, 17 females age 3 to 4, 17 males aged 3 to 4, 13 married males aged 60 to 70, 11 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 11 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 10 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 married females aged 60 to 70, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 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 642 persons originating in Ireland, 538 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 160 persons originating in England or Wales, 69 persons originating in the United States, 46 persons originating in Scotland, 45 French Canadians, 20 persons originating in all other places, 14 female negroes or coloured persons, 10 male negroes or coloured persons. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 34 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 21, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 4, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 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 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 23 people connected to this place who were alive in 1851, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas Rogers | 1778–1853 | died here |
| Henry Gildersleeve | 1785–1851 | died here |
| George Herchmer Markland | 1790–1862 | born here |
| James Richardson | 1791–1875 | born here |
| John Macaulay | 1792–1857 | born here |
| Edward William Thomson | 1794–1865 | born here |
| William Macaulay | 1794–1874 | born here |
| William Benjamin Robinson | 1797–1873 | born here |
| J. Bell (James Bell) Forsyth | 1802–1869 | born here |
| William Gamble | 1805–1881 | born here |
| Thomas Brock Fuller | 1810–1884 | born here |
| Henry Starnes | 1816–1896 | born here |
| John Stoughton Dennis | 1820–1885 | born here |
| J. B. (John Bower) Mowat | 1825–1900 | born here |
| Overton Smith Gildersleeve | 1825–1864 | born here |
| Margaret Brennan | 1831–1887 | born here |
| Barnabas W. Day | 1833–1907 | born here |
| Richard Cartwright | 1835–1912 | born here |
| Agnes Maule Machar | 1837–1927 | born here |
| John Gaskin | 1840–1908 | born here |
| R. (Robert) Bickerdike | 1843–1928 | born here |
| Robert Mathison | 1843–1924 | born here |
| John Alexander MacDonell | 1851–1930 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON045005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON045005— 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). "Kingston, Ontario Ward, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/kingston-ontario-ward-on045005-1851/.