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Year: 1851  |  Province: Ontario

London, St. Patrick’s Ward, Ontario (1851 census)

London, St. Patrick’s Ward was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,592. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.989°N, 81.252°W.

Population

In 1851, London, St. Patrick’s Ward had a population of 2,592: 1,366 male and 1,226 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, London, St. Patrick’s Ward shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 107 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,592 total population, 1,366 males, 1,226 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,013, Male members of the family who are present: 1,010, 942 single males, 793 single females, 402 married males, 381 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 356, 280 families, 233 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 213, 162 females attending school, 52 widowed females, 48 female births, 41 male births, Male members of the family who are present: 33, Female members of the family who are absent: 26, 22 widowed males, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic females, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 213 single males aged 20 to 30, 191 single males aged 15 to 20, 172 single females aged 15 to 20, 168 married males aged 30 to 40, 164 married females aged 20 to 30, 159 single females aged 10 to 15, 154 males aged 5 to 10, 126 single females aged 20 to 30, 125 females aged 5 to 10, 118 married females aged 30 to 40, 108 single males aged 10 to 15, 104 married males aged 20 to 30, 85 married males aged 40 to 50, 53 females under age 1, 52 married females aged 40 to 50, 47 males aged 1 to 2, 47 males under age 1, 44 single males aged 30 to 40, 43 males aged 3 to 4, 36 females aged 2 to 3, 34 females aged 4 to 5, 32 females aged 1 to 2, 32 males aged 2 to 3, 32 married males aged 50 to 60, 31 males aged 4 to 5, 29 females age 3 to 4, 25 married females aged 50 to 60, 20 married females aged 15 to 20, 16 single females aged 30 to 40, 13 single males aged 40 to 50, 12 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 11 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 11 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 10 married males aged 60 to 70, 9 single males aged 50 to 60, 9 single males aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 6 single females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 married females aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,031 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 655 persons originating in Ireland, 468 persons originating in England or Wales, 253 persons originating in Scotland, 147 persons originating in the United States, 20 persons whose origin is unknown, 9 male negroes or coloured persons, 8 female negroes or coloured persons, 7 persons originating in the West Indies, 5 persons originating in the East Indies, 3 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 2 persons originating in Jersey or other British islands — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 33 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 19, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 14, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 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). "London, St. Patrick’s Ward, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/london-st-patrick-s-ward-on047002-1851/.