McGillivray, Ontario (1851 census)

McGillivray was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,718. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262232. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.206°N, 81.596°W.

Population

In 1851, McGillivray had a population of 1,718: 891 male and 827 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, McGillivray shared boundaries with:

• Biddulph
• Bosanquet
• London
• Stephen
• Williams

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 141 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,718 total population, 891 males, Male members of the family who are present: 888, 827 females, Female members of the family who are present: 823, 636 single males, 556 single females, 260 families, 257 married females, 246 married males, 58 females attending school, 48 males attending school, 43 female births, 37 male births, 14 widowed females, 9 widowed males, Females present who are not members of the family: 4, Males present who are not members of the family: 3, Male members of the family who are present: 2, Female members of the family who are absent: 1, 1 blind females, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 156 males aged 5 to 10, 153 females aged 5 to 10, 108 single males aged 10 to 15, 99 single females aged 10 to 15, 97 married females aged 20 to 30, 96 single males aged 15 to 20, 85 married males aged 30 to 40, 82 single males aged 20 to 30, 72 single females aged 15 to 20, 71 married females aged 30 to 40, 63 married males aged 40 to 50, 57 married males aged 20 to 30, 53 females under age 1, 53 married females aged 40 to 50, 46 females aged 1 to 2, 40 females age 3 to 4, 40 males aged 2 to 3, 38 males aged 1 to 2, 38 males under age 1, 35 single females aged 20 to 30, 30 females aged 4 to 5, 29 males aged 3 to 4, 27 males aged 4 to 5, 26 married males aged 50 to 60, 23 females aged 2 to 3, 20 married females aged 50 to 60, 15 single males aged 30 to 40, 12 married males aged 60 to 70, 8 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 married females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 90 to 100, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 30 to 40, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 752 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 410 persons originating in Ireland, 259 persons originating in Scotland, 236 persons originating in England or Wales, 32 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 25 persons originating in the United States, 2 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 27,853 acres of land in farms, 24,061 bushels of turnips, 23,667 bushels of wheat, 22,457 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 19,902 bushels of oats, 16,246 pounds of homemade butter, 14,164 pounds of maple sugar, 8,210 bushels of potatoes, 6,295 pounds of wool produced on farms, 5,582 bushels of peas, 5,396 acres of farmland under cultivation, 4,677 bushels of barley, 3,904 acres of farmland under crops, 2,195 sheep, 2,088 bushels of rye, 1,676 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,517 acres of wheat, 1,489 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,435 bushels of corn, 1,434 tons of hay, 1,025 swine, 837 acres of oats, 650 milk cows, 573 calves and heifers, 541 bulls, oxen, or steers, 539 barrels of pork, 285 horses, 276 acres of peas, 275 occupants of farms, 255 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 201 acres of barley, 160 acres of turnips, 123 acres of potatoes, 109 barrels of beef, 101 acres of rye, 71 acres of corn, 56 pounds of flax or hemp, 33 bushels of buckwheat, 10 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 8 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 3 acres of buckwheat, 3 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 3 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 2,864 yards of flannel, 1,199 yards of fulled cloth, 4 employees in carding and fulling mills, 2 employees in grist mills, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills not reporting, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 1 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 4 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 2, 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: ON016003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON128009 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262232

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). "McGillivray, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/mcgillivray-on016003-1851/.