Louth, Ontario (1851 census)

Louth was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,848. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.147°N, 79.334°W.

Population

In 1851, Louth had a population of 1,848: 932 male and 916 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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, Louth shared boundaries with:

• Clinton
• Grantham
• Pelham
• Thorold

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 181 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,848 total population, 932 males, 916 females, Female members of the family who are present: 870, Male members of the family who are present: 866, 642 single males, 589 single females, 301 families, 286 married females, 278 married males, 190 males attending school, 149 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 66, Females present who are not members of the family: 46, 41 widowed females, 35 female births, 31 male births, 12 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 10, Female members of the family who are absent: 6, 2 deaf and dumb females, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 144 females aged 5 to 10, 126 single males aged 20 to 30, 117 single males aged 10 to 15, 112 single males aged 15 to 20, 111 single females aged 10 to 15, 106 married females aged 20 to 30, 102 males aged 5 to 10, 98 single females aged 15 to 20, 75 married males aged 30 to 40, 69 married males aged 20 to 30, 62 married females aged 30 to 40, 59 married females aged 40 to 50, 58 married males aged 40 to 50, 57 single females aged 20 to 30, 44 married males aged 50 to 60, 37 males aged 1 to 2, 36 females aged 2 to 3, 35 females under age 1, 34 males aged 4 to 5, 33 married females aged 50 to 60, 32 females aged 1 to 2, 30 males under age 1, 27 females age 3 to 4, 25 males aged 2 to 3, 25 married males aged 60 to 70, 22 females aged 4 to 5, 22 males aged 3 to 4, 22 single males aged 30 to 40, 15 married females aged 60 to 70, 13 single females aged 30 to 40, 13 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 10 married females aged 15 to 20, 9 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 7 married males aged 70 to 80, 7 single females aged 40 to 50, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 single females aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,418 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 172 persons originating in the United States, 88 persons originating in Ireland, 83 persons originating in England or Wales, 43 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 42 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 58,475 bushels of wheat, 45,153 pounds of homemade butter, 22,834 bushels of oats, 18,698 gallons of cider, 16,607 acres of land in farms, 14,895 bushels of corn, 9,282 acres of farmland under cultivation, 7,325 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,950 bushels of potatoes, 5,853 acres of farmland under crops, 5,525 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,208 bushels of buckwheat, 2,912 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,882 acres of wheat, 2,460 sheep, 1,940 tons of hay, 1,443 bushels of peas, 1,384 bushels of turnips, 1,249 swine, 1,247 bushels of barley, 1,180 pounds of maple sugar, 987 bushels of carrots, 707 milk cows, 633 horses, 567 acres of oats, 517 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 455 calves and heifers, 446 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 393 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 353 acres of corn, 353 barrels of pork, 345 bulls, oxen, or steers, 204 occupants of farms, 144 acres of buckwheat, 143 acres of peas, 122 barrels of beef, 120 bushels of rye, 93 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 78 acres of potatoes, 59 acres of barley, 50 pounds of flax or hemp, 39 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 31 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 26 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 23 bushels of beans, 21 pounds of tobacco, 14 acres of turnips, 10 acres of rye, 9 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 43,000 yards of cloth produced in woollen factories, 5,000 woollen factories returning capital, 2,496 yards of flannel, $2,000 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 1,308 yards of fulled cloth, 500 tanneries returning capital, $200 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 32 employees in woollen factories, 8 saw mills, 8 saw mills powered by water, 6 employees in saw mills, 6 saw mills not reporting, 4 employees in grist mills, 4 employees in tanneries, 2 employees in carding and fulling mills, 2 saw mills reporting annual production, 2 woollen factories, 2 woollen factories reporting, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by steam, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 saw mills returning capital, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries not reporting, 1 tanneries reporting. 300,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 8,000 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 10 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 16 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 3, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 90 to 100: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON022006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON126007 — 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). "Louth, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/louth-on022006-1851/.