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Year: 1851  |  Province: Ontario  |  Wikidata: Q6801880

McKillop, Ontario (1851 census)

McKillop was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 848. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q6801880. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.599°N, 81.310°W.

Population

In 1851, McKillop had a population of 848: 454 male and 394 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
1851848
18612,425
18713,808
18814,046
18913,086
19012,685
19112,239
19212,005

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, McKillop shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 128 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 848 total population, 454 males, Male members of the family who are present: 453, 394 females, Female members of the family who are present: 393, 318 single males, 263 single females, 148 families, 127 married females, 125 married males, 110 males attending school, 108 females attending school, 19 female births, 15 male births, 11 widowed males, 4 widowed females, Females present who are not members of the family: 1, Male members of the family who are present: 1, Males present who are not members of the family: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 71 females aged 5 to 10, 60 males aged 5 to 10, 59 single males aged 10 to 15, 59 single males aged 15 to 20, 53 married females aged 20 to 30, 53 single females aged 10 to 15, 52 single males aged 20 to 30, 46 married males aged 30 to 40, 42 single females aged 15 to 20, 33 married females aged 30 to 40, 28 married males aged 20 to 30, 25 married males aged 40 to 50, 22 males aged 1 to 2, 21 males aged 3 to 4, 20 married females aged 40 to 50, 19 females aged 1 to 2, 19 females under age 1, 19 married males aged 50 to 60, 17 females age 3 to 4, 16 males under age 1, 14 single females aged 20 to 30, 13 males aged 2 to 3, 11 married females aged 50 to 60, 10 males aged 4 to 5, 8 females aged 2 to 3, 8 females aged 4 to 5, 8 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 married males aged 60 to 70, 4 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 married females aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 30 to 40, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 319 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 259 persons originating in Ireland, 207 persons originating in Scotland, 25 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 22 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 13,841 acres of land in farms, 12,734 bushels of oats, 11,147 bushels of wheat, 11,144 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,650 pounds of maple sugar, 4,428 bushels of peas, 2,928 bushels of potatoes, 2,697 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,201 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,796 acres of farmland under crops, 870 bushels of turnips, 841 acres of farmland in pasture, 837 acres of wheat, 800 swine, 700 sheep, 629 tons of hay, 576 acres of oats, 530 pounds of homemade butter, 500 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 349 bulls, oxen, or steers, 347 barrels of pork, 322 calves and heifers, 299 milk cows, 254 acres of peas, 240 bushels of barley, 145 occupants of farms, 127 horses, 120 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 119 bushels of corn, 61 acres of potatoes, 60 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 19 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 14 acres of turnips, 12 acres of barley, 12 barrels of beef, 7 acres of corn, 4 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 1,091 yards of flannel, $750 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 663 yards of fulled cloth, 3 saw mills, 3 saw mills powered by water, 2 employees in grist mills, 2 saw mills reporting annual production, 1 foundries, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 tanneries reporting. 150,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

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

Identifiers

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). "McKillop, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/mckillop-on016007-1851/.