Minto, Arthur & Luther, Ontario (1851 census)

Minto, Arthur & Luther was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,803. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.922°N, 80.635°W.

Population

In 1851, Minto, Arthur & Luther had a population of 1,803: 934 male and 869 female residents.

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 Minto, 1861 (31.4% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Arthur, 1861 (29.5% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Luther, 1861 (39.0% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Minto, Arthur & Luther shared boundaries with:

• Amaranth
• Carrick
• Egremont
• Garafraxa
• Howick
• Maryborough
• Melancthon & Proton
• Normanby
• Peel
• Wallace

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 159 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,803 total population, 934 males, Male members of the family who are present: 927, 869 females, Female members of the family who are present: 864, 643 single males, 569 single females, 355 families, 276 married females, 275 married males, 123 males attending school, 120 females attending school, 40 male births, 36 female births, 24 widowed females, 16 widowed males, Males present who are not members of the family: 7, Female members of the family who are absent: 5, Females present who are not members of the family: 5, Male members of the family who are present: 5, 1 blind females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 153 females aged 5 to 10, 134 males aged 5 to 10, 122 single males aged 10 to 15, 99 married females aged 20 to 30, 97 single females aged 10 to 15, 86 married males aged 40 to 50, 81 married males aged 30 to 40, 80 single females aged 15 to 20, 77 single males aged 15 to 20, 76 single males aged 20 to 30, 72 married females aged 30 to 40, 70 married males aged 20 to 30, 63 married females aged 40 to 50, 56 males under age 1, 44 single females aged 20 to 30, 43 females aged 1 to 2, 42 females under age 1, 39 females aged 2 to 3, 39 males aged 2 to 3, 36 single males aged 30 to 40, 35 females age 3 to 4, 34 males aged 4 to 5, 32 males aged 1 to 2, 29 males aged 3 to 4, 26 females aged 4 to 5, 20 married males aged 60 to 70, 17 married females aged 50 to 60, 15 married females aged 15 to 20, 14 married males aged 50 to 60, 8 married females aged 60 to 70, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 715 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 628 persons originating in Ireland, 342 persons originating in Scotland, 88 persons originating in England or Wales, 21 persons originating in the United States, 7 persons originating in New Brunswick, 2 persons originating in Switzerland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 29,029 acres of land in farms, 24,418 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 17,457 bushels of oats, 16,450 pounds of homemade butter, 14,314 bushels of potatoes, 10,517 bushels of wheat, 6,861 pounds of maple sugar, 5,585 bushels of turnips, 4,611 acres of farmland under cultivation, 3,693 acres of farmland under crops, 2,860 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,961 bushels of peas, 1,224 acres of wheat, 984 sheep, 912 acres of farmland in pasture, 882 acres of oats, 839 swine, 661 tons of hay, 650 barrels of pork, 564 bushels of barley, 464 bulls, oxen, or steers, 464 milk cows, 452 calves and heifers, 430 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 338 occupants of farms, 272 acres of potatoes, 228 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 214 barrels of beef, 212 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 142 acres of peas, 106 horses, 82 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 80 acres of turnips, 56 acres of barley, 48 bushels of buckwheat, 17 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 12 pounds of flax or hemp, 7 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 6 acres of buckwheat, 6 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 6 bushels of corn, 4 bushels of rye, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of corn, 1 acres of rye, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 10,000 feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, 2,080 yards of flannel, $750 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 500 woollen factories returning capital, 308 yards of fulled cloth, $250 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 12 employees in saw mills, 6 employees in woollen factories, 4 saw mills, 4 saw mills powered by water, 4 saw mills reporting daily production, 4 saw mills returning capital, 3 employees in grist mills, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 grist mills reporting daily production, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries not reporting, 1 woollen factories, 1 woollen factories reporting. $300 value cloth produced in woollen factories in the past year (pounds sterling). 77 barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 13 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 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 under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON039010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON039010 — 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). "Minto, Arthur & Luther, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/minto-arthur-luther-on039010-1851/.