Malden, Ontario (1851 census)

Malden was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,315. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262135. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.071°N, 83.042°W.

Population

In 1851, Malden had a population of 1,315: 683 male and 632 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, Malden shared boundaries with:

• Amherstburg, T-V
• Anderdon
• Colchester

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 167 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,315 total population, 683 males, 632 females, Male members of the family who are present: 588, Female members of the family who are present: 586, 477 single males, 419 single females, 192 married females, 190 married males, 178 families, Males present who are not members of the family: 95, 68 males attending school, 58 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 46, 35 male births, 30 female births, 21 widowed females, 16 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 6, Female members of the family who are absent: 4, 3 lunatic females, 2 persons at sea, 1 blind males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 110 females aged 5 to 10, 87 single males aged 10 to 15, 86 males aged 5 to 10, 81 single males aged 20 to 30, 74 single females aged 10 to 15, 72 single males aged 15 to 20, 67 married females aged 20 to 30, 64 married males aged 40 to 50, 64 single females aged 15 to 20, 54 married females aged 30 to 40, 49 single females aged 20 to 30, 47 married males aged 30 to 40, 38 married females aged 40 to 50, 31 married males aged 20 to 30, 31 married males aged 50 to 60, 30 males under age 1, 28 females under age 1, 24 females aged 1 to 2, 24 males aged 1 to 2, 23 females aged 2 to 3, 23 males aged 2 to 3, 22 males aged 4 to 5, 21 males aged 3 to 4, 20 females aged 4 to 5, 17 females age 3 to 4, 17 married females aged 50 to 60, 13 single males aged 30 to 40, 12 married males aged 60 to 70, 11 married females aged 15 to 20, 10 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 9 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 single males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 married females aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 married females aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males 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 475 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 463 French Canadians, 243 persons originating in the United States, 142 male negroes or coloured persons, 137 female negroes or coloured persons, 48 persons originating in Ireland, 41 persons originating in England or Wales, 35 persons originating in Scotland, 3 Indigenous females, 3 persons originating in New Brunswick, 2 persons originating in all other places, 2 persons originating in the West Indies, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 20,917 bushels of wheat, 16,450 pounds of homemade butter, 13,511 pounds of tobacco, 12,410 acres of land in farms, 11,872 bushels of oats, 11,266 bushels of corn, 8,283 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,166 bushels of potatoes, 4,127 acres of farmland under cultivation, 3,163 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,102 acres of farmland under crops, 1,416 gallons of cider, 1,396 acres of wheat, 1,314 swine, 1,190 sheep, 1,048 bushels of peas, 984 tons of hay, 880 acres of farmland in pasture, 863 bushels of barley, 753 acres of corn, 667 barrels of pork, 515 bushels of turnips, 504 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 494 horses, 469 milk cows, 443 acres of oats, 417 bushels of buckwheat, 360 calves and heifers, 250 pounds of maple sugar, 244 bushels of carrots, 231 barrels of beef, 174 bulls, oxen, or steers, 172 occupants of farms, 149 bushels of rye, 145 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 126 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 72 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 66 acres of peas, 61 acres of potatoes, 48 acres of barley, 46 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 26 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 20 acres of buckwheat, 20 pounds of flax or hemp, 16 bushels of beans, 13 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 13 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 9 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 8 acres of rye, 7 acres of turnips, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 2,000 feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, 1,945 yards of flannel, 238 yards of fulled cloth, $200 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 1 employees in saw mills, 1 foundries, 1 foundries not reporting, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills reporting daily production, 1 saw mills returning capital. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 400 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

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 males under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 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 80 to 90: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1851, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON008006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON110007_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262135

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). "Malden, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/malden-on008006-1851/.