Medonte, Ontario (1851 census)

Medonte was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,116. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262292. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.632°N, 79.667°W.

Population

In 1851, Medonte had a population of 1,116: 571 male and 545 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, Medonte shared boundaries with:

• Flos
• Orillia and Matchedash
• Oro
• Tay

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 138 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,116 total population, 571 males, Male members of the family who are present: 560, 545 females, Female members of the family who are present: 538, 389 single males, 359 single females, 179 families, 174 married females, 170 married males, 70 males attending school, 63 females attending school, 21 female births, 15 male births, 12 widowed females, 12 widowed males, Males present who are not members of the family: 11, Females present who are not members of the family: 7, 1 blind females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 102 females aged 5 to 10, 84 males aged 5 to 10, 73 single males aged 10 to 15, 70 single females aged 10 to 15, 54 single females aged 15 to 20, 53 single males aged 20 to 30, 52 married males aged 40 to 50, 49 married females aged 20 to 30, 49 single males aged 15 to 20, 46 married females aged 30 to 40, 41 married males aged 30 to 40, 34 married females aged 40 to 50, 29 males aged 3 to 4, 27 married males aged 60 to 70, 26 females aged 2 to 3, 25 males under age 1, 23 married males aged 50 to 60, 22 females age 3 to 4, 22 married females aged 50 to 60, 22 married males aged 20 to 30, 21 females under age 1, 21 males aged 1 to 2, 21 single females aged 20 to 30, 19 females aged 4 to 5, 18 males aged 2 to 3, 18 married females aged 60 to 70, 17 females aged 1 to 2, 16 males aged 4 to 5, 7 single males aged 30 to 40, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 males of unknown age, 5 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 females of unknown age, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 622 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 196 persons originating in Ireland, 153 persons originating in Scotland, 130 persons originating in England or Wales, 13 persons originating in the United States, 1 French Canadians, 1 persons whose origin is unknown. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 20,879 pounds of homemade butter, 17,811 acres of land in farms, 13,485 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 11,594 bushels of potatoes, 11,023 bushels of oats, 10,849 bushels of wheat, 9,781 bushels of turnips, 6,708 pounds of maple sugar, 4,326 acres of farmland under cultivation, 3,799 bushels of peas, 3,561 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,220 acres of farmland under crops, 1,383 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,347 sheep, 1,069 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,035 swine, 1,010 bushels of corn, 921 acres of wheat, 909 tons of hay, 832 barrels of pork, 494 acres of oats, 420 calves and heifers, 407 milk cows, 404 bulls, oxen, or steers, 281 acres of peas, 190 bushels of barley, 178 occupants of farms, 171 barrels of beef, 162 acres of potatoes, 154 horses, 86 bushels of rye, 85 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 75 acres of corn, 67 acres of turnips, 66 bushels of buckwheat, 47 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 40 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 37 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 32 bushels of carrots, 26 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 25 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 12 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 11 acres of barley, 8 acres of rye, 8 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 acres of buckwheat, 2 pounds of hops. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 1,882 yards of flannel, 567 yards of fulled cloth. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 74 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 13 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 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 under age 1: 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: ON035003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON144007_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262292

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). "Medonte, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/medonte-on035003-1851/.