Kingston, Victoria Ward, Ontario (1851 census)

Kingston, Victoria Ward was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,519. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.226°N, 76.504°W.

Population

In 1851, Kingston, Victoria Ward had a population of 1,519: 720 male and 799 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 Victoria Ward, 1861 (69.6% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Kingston, Victoria Ward shared boundaries with:

• House of Indusiry
• Kingston
• Kingston, Rideau Ward
• Kingston, Sydenham Ward
• Queen’s College

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 92 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,519 total population, 799 females, Female members of the family who are present: 759, 720 males, Male members of the family who are present: 691, 552 single females, 474 single males, 266 families, 238 married males, 217 married females, 121 males attending school, 106 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 40, 30 widowed females, Males present who are not members of the family: 29, 24 female births, Female members of the family who are absent: 20, 17 male births, Male members of the family who are present: 16, 8 widowed males, 2 deaf and dumb males, 2 lunatic males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 128 females aged 5 to 10, 114 males aged 5 to 10, 106 single females aged 15 to 20, 105 single males aged 10 to 15, 85 single females aged 10 to 15, 81 married females aged 20 to 30, 72 married males aged 40 to 50, 70 married males aged 30 to 40, 69 single females aged 20 to 30, 68 married females aged 30 to 40, 67 single males aged 15 to 20, 61 married males aged 20 to 30, 50 single males aged 20 to 30, 39 married females aged 40 to 50, 37 females under age 1, 34 males aged 1 to 2, 30 males under age 1, 24 females age 3 to 4, 24 females aged 1 to 2, 21 females aged 2 to 3, 21 females aged 4 to 5, 21 males aged 3 to 4, 18 males aged 2 to 3, 18 married males aged 50 to 60, 17 single females aged 30 to 40, 14 males aged 4 to 5, 14 married females aged 50 to 60, 11 single females aged 40 to 50, 11 single males aged 30 to 40, 10 married males aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 8 married females aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 7 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 50 to 60, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 females of unknown age, 1 males of unknown age, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 624 persons originating in Ireland, 609 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 156 persons originating in England or Wales, 62 persons originating in Scotland, 41 persons originating in the United States, 13 French Canadians, 13 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 15 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 4, 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 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON045007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON045007 — 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, Victoria Ward, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/kingston-victoria-ward-on045007-1851/.