Marlborough, Ontario (1851 census)

Marlborough was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,053. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.066°N, 75.807°W.

Population

In 1851, Marlborough had a population of 2,053: 1,084 male and 969 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, Marlborough shared boundaries with:

• Beckwith
• Goulburn
• Gower N
• Montague
• Oxford
• Wolfred

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 145 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,053 total population, 1,602 males attending school, 1,084 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,040, 969 females, Female members of the family who are present: 935, 746 single males, 633 single females, 323 families, 318 married males, 316 married females, 104 females attending school, 48 female births, Males present who are not members of the family: 44, 44 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 34, 20 widowed females, 20 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 2, 2 deaf and dumb males, 2 lunatic males, 1 blind males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 170 males aged 5 to 10, 143 females aged 5 to 10, 134 single females aged 10 to 15, 126 single males aged 10 to 15, 122 single males aged 15 to 20, 117 married females aged 20 to 30, 110 single females aged 15 to 20, 101 married males aged 30 to 40, 100 single males aged 20 to 30, 89 married females aged 30 to 40, 70 married males aged 20 to 30, 63 married males aged 40 to 50, 56 married males aged 50 to 60, 50 males aged 1 to 2, 49 married females aged 40 to 50, 47 females under age 1, 43 males aged 2 to 3, 43 single females aged 20 to 30, 42 females aged 1 to 2, 42 males under age 1, 40 married females aged 50 to 60, 39 males aged 3 to 4, 38 females age 3 to 4, 37 males aged 4 to 5, 34 females aged 4 to 5, 30 females aged 2 to 3, 21 married males aged 60 to 70, 12 single males aged 30 to 40, 10 married females aged 15 to 20, 10 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 9 married females aged 60 to 70, 8 single females aged 30 to 40, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,116 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 836 persons originating in Ireland, 38 persons originating in England or Wales, 26 persons originating in the United States, 21 French Canadians, 16 persons originating in Scotland, 8 Indigenous persons, 4 Indigenous females, 4 Indigenous males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 41,691 pounds of homemade butter, 29,092 bushels of oats, 27,274 acres of land in farms, 22,653 bushels of potatoes, 20,418 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 16,418 bushels of wheat, 6,856 acres of farmland under cultivation, 4,352 bushels of buckwheat, 3,735 acres of farmland under crops, 3,477 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,121 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,585 bushels of corn, 2,040 bushels of peas, 1,927 sheep, 1,600 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,520 tons of hay, 1,244 swine, 1,233 acres of wheat, 1,123 acres of oats, 718 milk cows, 693 barrels of pork, 663 bulls, oxen, or steers, 548 calves and heifers, 468 acres of potatoes, 400 bushels of turnips, 394 horses, 318 acres of buckwheat, 286 occupants of farms, 181 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 170 acres of peas, 128 acres of corn, 113 barrels of beef, 65 bushels of rye, 60 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 53 bushels of beans, 52 pounds of tobacco, 50 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 35 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 7 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 6 acres of rye, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 3 bushels of carrots, 2 acres of turnips, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 pounds of hops. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 1,550 yards of fulled cloth, $550 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 500 carding and fulling mills returning capital, $220 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 3 employees in saw mills, 3 saw mills, 3 saw mills powered by water, 3 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 3 saw mills returning capital, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 5 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON004007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON105007 — 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). "Marlborough, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/marlborough-on004007-1851/.