Mariposa, Ontario (1851 census)

Mariposa was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,895. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.337°N, 78.909°W.

Population

In 1851, Mariposa had a population of 3,895: 2,071 male and 1,824 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, Mariposa shared boundaries with:

• Brock
• Cartwright
• Eldon
• Fenelon
• Ops

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 172 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,895 total population, 2,071 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,923, 1,824 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,727, 1,421 single males, 1,212 single females, 619 families, 607 married males, 558 married females, 364 males attending school, 279 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 148, Females present who are not members of the family: 97, 58 male births, 54 widowed females, 50 female births, 43 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 32, Female members of the family who are absent: 27, 5 deaf and dumb males, 5 lunatic males, 2 persons at sea. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 301 males aged 5 to 10, 293 females aged 5 to 10, 255 single males aged 10 to 15, 254 single females aged 10 to 15, 245 married females aged 20 to 30, 223 single males aged 20 to 30, 215 single males aged 15 to 20, 192 married males aged 30 to 40, 181 single females aged 15 to 20, 165 married males aged 20 to 30, 161 married females aged 30 to 40, 132 married males aged 40 to 50, 97 married females aged 40 to 50, 88 females aged 2 to 3, 87 females under age 1, 87 males aged 1 to 2, 83 married males aged 50 to 60, 80 males under age 1, 79 females aged 1 to 2, 77 males aged 3 to 4, 76 females age 3 to 4, 72 males aged 4 to 5, 69 single females aged 20 to 30, 64 females aged 4 to 5, 60 males aged 2 to 3, 35 single males aged 30 to 40, 27 married females aged 15 to 20, 24 married males aged 60 to 70, 15 married females aged 50 to 60, 15 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 13 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 12 single females aged 30 to 40, 12 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 11 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 10 single males aged 40 to 50, 9 married females aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,215 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 831 persons originating in Scotland, 442 persons originating in England or Wales, 263 persons originating in Ireland, 132 persons originating in the United States, 4 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 3 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in Spain or Portugal. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 persons originating in Russia, Prussia, or Poland — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 102,756 bushels of wheat, 76,779 bushels of oats, 55,223 pounds of homemade butter, 49,319 acres of land in farms, 30,525 bushels of turnips, 28,673 pounds of maple sugar, 28,546 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 27,740 bushels of potatoes, 22,835 bushels of peas, 20,773 acres of farmland under cultivation, 13,682 pounds of wool produced on farms, 11,355 acres of farmland under crops, 9,366 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,400 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 6,709 acres of wheat, 4,839 sheep, 3,305 swine, 2,690 acres of oats, 2,181 tons of hay, 1,440 milk cows, 1,432 calves and heifers, 1,289 acres of peas, 1,113 bushels of barley, 1,095 bulls, oxen, or steers, 1,082 bushels of corn, 953 horses, 883 barrels of pork, 541 occupants of farms, 388 acres of potatoes, 308 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 275 bushels of buckwheat, 202 barrels of beef, 188 bushels of carrots, 176 acres of turnips, 169 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 152 bushels of rye, 95 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 70 pounds of flax or hemp, 68 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 59 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 57 acres of barley, 52 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 39 bushels of beans, 36 acres of corn, 23 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 19 acres of buckwheat, 9 acres of rye, 9 pounds of hops, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 8,893 yards of flannel, 4,712 yards of fulled cloth, $600 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 125 tanneries returning capital, 85 yards of linen, 2 employees in saw mills, 2 tanneries, 1 distilleries reporting, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills reporting annual production, 1 saw mills returning capital, 1 tanneries not reporting, 1 tanneries reporting, 1 woollen factories. 300,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. $150 value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 24 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 15, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, 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 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 90 to 100: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON037001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON149009 — 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). "Mariposa, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/mariposa-on037001-1851/.