Matilda, Ontario (1851 census)

Matilda was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 4,198. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.916°N, 75.348°W.

Population

In 1851, Matilda had a population of 4,198: 2,153 male and 2,045 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).

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

• In a later year, this CSD contained Iroquois, Village, 1861 (0.9% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Matilda shared boundaries with:

• Edwardsburg
• Mountain
• Williamsburg

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 196 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 4,198 total population, 2,153 males, 2,045 females, Male members of the family who are present: 2,014, Female members of the family who are present: 1,919, 1,457 single males, 1,338 single females, 665 married males, 651 married females, 541 families, 410 males attending school, 389 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 139, Females present who are not members of the family: 126, 97 male births, 88 female births, 56 widowed females, 31 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 21, Female members of the family who are absent: 10, 2 lunatic females, 2 persons at sea, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 348 single males aged 10 to 15, 299 females aged 5 to 10, 255 single males aged 15 to 20, 250 single females aged 10 to 15, 249 married females aged 20 to 30, 246 single females aged 15 to 20, 223 males aged 5 to 10, 186 married males aged 30 to 40, 177 single males aged 20 to 30, 165 married males aged 20 to 30, 157 married females aged 30 to 40, 136 married males aged 40 to 50, 119 married females aged 40 to 50, 110 married males aged 50 to 60, 106 females aged 1 to 2, 98 single females aged 20 to 30, 96 males aged 1 to 2, 93 males under age 1, 87 females under age 1, 77 females aged 2 to 3, 68 males aged 3 to 4, 68 married females aged 50 to 60, 67 males aged 2 to 3, 66 females age 3 to 4, 64 males aged 4 to 5, 61 females aged 4 to 5, 49 married males aged 60 to 70, 28 married females aged 60 to 70, 26 single males aged 30 to 40, 25 married females aged 15 to 20, 15 single males aged 40 to 50, 14 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 13 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 12 males of unknown age, 11 married males aged 15 to 20, 11 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 10 females of unknown age, 10 single females aged 30 to 40, 10 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 8 single females aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 single males aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 single males aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 3,076 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 730 persons originating in Ireland, 157 persons originating in the United States, 98 persons originating in England or Wales, 93 French Canadians, 54 Indigenous persons, 40 Indigenous males, 36 persons originating in Scotland, 14 Indigenous females, 3 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 persons originating in Russia, Prussia, or Poland, 1 persons originating in Guernsey — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 116,165 pounds of homemade butter, 43,483 bushels of oats, 42,751 acres of land in farms, 30,304 bushels of wheat, 30,170 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 27,237 bushels of potatoes, 22,262 pounds of wool produced on farms, 13,540 bushels of barley, 12,581 acres of farmland under cultivation, 9,247 bushels of peas, 7,989 acres of farmland under crops, 5,415 pounds of maple sugar, 5,205 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 5,132 sheep, 4,794 bushels of corn, 4,620 tons of hay, 3,904 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,701 bushels of buckwheat, 2,598 bushels of rye, 2,069 acres of oats, 1,993 swine, 1,852 acres of wheat, 1,773 milk cows, 1,460 calves and heifers, 1,427 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 1,421 barrels of pork, 1,325 bushels of carrots, 1,239 gallons of cider, 1,229 horses, 718 barrels of beef, 688 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 539 acres of peas, 527 acres of barley, 478 bulls, oxen, or steers, 471 occupants of farms, 437 acres of potatoes, 227 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 212 acres of corn, 192 acres of buckwheat, 180 bushels of turnips, 143 acres of rye, 112 bushels of beans, 103 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 78 pounds of flax or hemp, 75 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 36 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 31 pounds of hops, 21 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 3 acres of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 6,729 yards of flannel, 3,063 yards of fulled cloth, $2,850 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $2,000 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 450 carding and fulling mills returning capital, 300 tanneries returning capital, 115 yards of linen, 14 employees in saw mills, 5 saw mills, 5 saw mills powered by water, 4 saw mills returning capital, 3 saw mills not reporting, 2 carding and fulling mills, 2 employees in carding and fulling mills, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 saw mills reporting annual production, 1 carding and fulling mills not reporting, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 foundries, 1 foundries not reporting, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries reporting. 1,300,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 3,000 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 27 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 17, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 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 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people 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: ON005001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON107001 — 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). "Matilda, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/matilda-on005001-1851/.