Monaghan, South, Ontario (1851 census)

Monaghan, South was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,051. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.167°N, 78.304°W.

Population

In 1851, Monaghan, South had a population of 1,051: 527 male and 524 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, Monaghan, South shared boundaries with:

• Cavan
• Hamilton
• Monaghan
• Otonabee

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 1,051 total population, 527 males, 524 females, Female members of the family who are present: 505, Male members of the family who are present: 497, 353 single males, 340 single females, 193 families, 167 married males, 166 married females, 126 females attending school, 124 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 30, 21 female births, 21 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 19, 18 widowed females, 7 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 3, 2 deaf and dumb males, Female members of the family who are absent: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 79 females aged 5 to 10, 75 single females aged 10 to 15, 74 males aged 5 to 10, 69 single females aged 15 to 20, 63 single males aged 10 to 15, 61 single males aged 15 to 20, 57 married females aged 20 to 30, 52 single males aged 20 to 30, 43 married males aged 30 to 40, 42 married males aged 20 to 30, 39 married females aged 30 to 40, 33 married males aged 40 to 50, 32 married females aged 40 to 50, 27 married males aged 50 to 60, 25 males aged 4 to 5, 24 females aged 1 to 2, 22 females under age 1, 21 males under age 1, 19 males aged 3 to 4, 18 married females aged 50 to 60, 17 females aged 2 to 3, 16 females aged 4 to 5, 16 males aged 1 to 2, 16 married males aged 60 to 70, 16 single females aged 20 to 30, 15 females age 3 to 4, 15 males aged 2 to 3, 10 married females aged 60 to 70, 8 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 females of unknown age, 1 males of unknown age, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 539 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 253 persons originating in Ireland, 183 persons originating in England or Wales, 65 persons originating in Scotland, 8 persons originating in the United States, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in Spain or Portugal. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 persons originating in Guernsey — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 63,936 pounds of homemade butter, 50,146 acres of land in farms, 40,182 bushels of wheat, 35,448 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 18,572 bushels of peas, 17,928 bushels of oats, 15,004 bushels of potatoes, 14,698 acres of farmland under cultivation, 11,497 pounds of maple sugar, 9,566 pounds of wool produced on farms, 8,827 acres of farmland under crops, 7,616 bushels of buckwheat, 5,460 bushels of rye, 5,069 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,764 sheep, 3,384 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 3,290 bushels of corn, 2,508 acres of wheat, 2,132 swine, 1,899 tons of hay, 1,418 bushels of turnips, 1,404 barrels of pork, 1,217 milk cows, 1,106 acres of peas, 951 bulls, oxen, or steers, 881 horses, 839 acres of oats, 802 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 782 calves and heifers, 438 acres of rye, 436 acres of buckwheat, 421 bushels of barley, 350 occupants of farms, 237 acres of potatoes, 231 barrels of beef, 169 acres of corn, 144 bushels of beans, 136 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 105 bushels of carrots, 82 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 76 pounds of hops, 70 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 58 gallons of cider, 58 pounds of flax or hemp, 31 acres of barley, 27 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 25 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 21 acres of turnips, 20 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 19 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 10 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 4 pounds of tobacco. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 4,950 yards of flannel, 2,184 yards of fulled cloth, $400 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 462 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 7 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON024008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON088009 — 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). "Monaghan, South, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/monaghan-south-on024008-1851/.