Lobo, Ontario (1851 census)
Lobo was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,445. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262065. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.021°N, 81.476°W.
Population
In 1851, Lobo had a population of 2,445: 1,292 male and 1,153 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,445 |
| 1861 | 3,556 |
| 1871 | 3,474 |
| 1881 | 3,092 |
| 1891 | 2,989 |
| 1901 | 2,695 |
| 1911 | 2,327 |
| 1921 | 2,245 |
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, Lobo shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 178 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,445 total population, 1,292 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,207, 1,153 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,098, 917 single males, 779 single females, 354 families, 351 married males, 339 married females, 328 males attending school, 237 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 85, Females present who are not members of the family: 55, Male members of the family who are present: 45, 43 male births, 35 widowed females, 29 female births, Female members of the family who are absent: 24, 24 widowed males, 2 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 210 males aged 5 to 10, 188 females aged 5 to 10, 168 single males aged 15 to 20, 165 single females aged 10 to 15, 165 single males aged 10 to 15, 143 single females aged 15 to 20, 118 single males aged 20 to 30, 110 married females aged 20 to 30, 104 married females aged 30 to 40, 96 married males aged 30 to 40, 96 married males aged 40 to 50, 73 married females aged 40 to 50, 70 married males aged 20 to 30, 69 single females aged 20 to 30, 61 married males aged 50 to 60, 50 males aged 2 to 3, 50 males under age 1, 47 females aged 2 to 3, 46 females age 3 to 4, 44 males aged 1 to 2, 42 females aged 1 to 2, 42 males aged 4 to 5, 40 males aged 3 to 4, 37 females under age 1, 32 married females aged 50 to 60, 26 females aged 4 to 5, 25 married males aged 60 to 70, 16 single males aged 30 to 40, 12 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 10 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 9 married females aged 15 to 20, 9 married females aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 single females aged 30 to 40, 5 males of unknown age, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 females of unknown age, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,550 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 570 persons originating in Scotland, 174 persons originating in England or Wales, 71 persons originating in Ireland, 61 persons originating in the United States, 17 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 42,475 pounds of homemade butter, 42,353 bushels of wheat, 36,485 acres of land in farms, 30,884 bushels of oats, 25,811 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 24,439 pounds of maple sugar, 12,542 pounds of wool produced on farms, 10,674 acres of farmland under cultivation, 10,647 bushels of peas, 8,650 acres of farmland under crops, 8,020 bushels of turnips, 7,373 bushels of potatoes, 5,149 sheep, 2,784 acres of wheat, 2,737 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,569 tons of hay, 2,460 bushels of barley, 2,112 bushels of corn, 1,855 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,823 swine, 1,271 acres of oats, 1,176 barrels of pork, 1,128 calves and heifers, 1,118 milk cows, 1,026 bulls, oxen, or steers, 696 horses, 671 acres of peas, 385 bushels of buckwheat, 356 barrels of beef, 327 occupants of farms, 198 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 169 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 161 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 125 acres of barley, 114 acres of potatoes, 90 bushels of rye, 82 acres of corn, 54 acres of turnips, 53 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 41 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 22 acres of buckwheat, 17 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 14 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 8 acres of rye, 4 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 bushels of beans. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 5,934 yards of flannel, $2,700 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 1,753 yards of fulled cloth, $850 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 500 woollen factories returning capital, 500 yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills, $415 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 187 carding and fulling mills returning capital, 100 distilleries returning capital, 100 yards of linen, $50 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 6 saw mills, 6 saw mills powered by water, 5 employees in saw mills, 5 grist mills, 5 grist mills returning capital, 5 saw mills reporting annual production, 4 grist mills powered by water, 4 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 4 saw mills returning capital, 2 employees in carding and fulling mills, 2 employees in woollen factories, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 distilleries, 1 distilleries reporting, 1 employees in distilleries, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 woollen factories, 1 woollen factories reporting. 410,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. $50 value cloth produced in woollen factories in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 2,000 gallons of liquor produced in distilleries — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 18 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON023007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON128007— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q115262065
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). "Lobo, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/lobo-on023007-1851/.