Moore, Ontario (1851 census)

Moore was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,258. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262361. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.837°N, 82.352°W.

Population

In 1851, Moore had a population of 1,258: 669 male and 589 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, Moore shared boundaries with:

• Enniskillen
• Sarnia
• Sombra

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 153 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,258 total population, 669 males, Male members of the family who are present: 624, 589 females, Female members of the family who are present: 557, 462 single males, 377 single females, 200 families, 186 married females, 184 married males, Males present who are not members of the family: 45, Females present who are not members of the family: 32, 26 widowed females, 24 female births, 23 widowed males, 16 males attending school, 14 females attending school, 12 male births, Male members of the family who are present: 6, Female members of the family who are absent: 2. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 108 males aged 5 to 10, 90 females aged 5 to 10, 81 single females aged 10 to 15, 80 single males aged 10 to 15, 80 single males aged 20 to 30, 69 married females aged 20 to 30, 62 married males aged 30 to 40, 57 single females aged 15 to 20, 57 single males aged 15 to 20, 48 married males aged 40 to 50, 47 married females aged 30 to 40, 33 married females aged 40 to 50, 30 single females aged 20 to 30, 29 males aged 3 to 4, 28 married males aged 20 to 30, 27 males under age 1, 26 females under age 1, 26 married males aged 50 to 60, 22 females age 3 to 4, 22 males aged 1 to 2, 21 married females aged 50 to 60, 20 females aged 1 to 2, 19 females aged 2 to 3, 19 males aged 2 to 3, 17 females aged 4 to 5, 16 males aged 4 to 5, 9 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 8 married females aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 married males aged 60 to 70, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 females of unknown age, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 married females aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 601 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 180 persons originating in Ireland, 167 persons originating in Scotland, 149 persons originating in England or Wales, 61 persons originating in the United States, 48 French Canadians, 30 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 18 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Italy or Greece. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 persons originating in Jersey or other British islands — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 18,333 acres of land in farms, 15,635 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 14,268 pounds of homemade butter, 11,871 pounds of wool produced on farms, 10,045 bushels of oats, 4,570 bushels of wheat, 3,487 bushels of potatoes, 3,198 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,831 bushels of corn, 2,193 bushels of peas, 2,178 acres of farmland under crops, 1,442 pounds of maple sugar, 1,321 sheep, 1,282 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,141 bushels of turnips, 961 acres of farmland in pasture, 769 tons of hay, 620 swine, 503 acres of wheat, 453 calves and heifers, 382 acres of oats, 374 milk cows, 284 bulls, oxen, or steers, 251 barrels of beef, 213 horses, 212 barrels of pork, 186 occupants of farms, 135 acres of peas, 107 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 103 acres of corn, 102 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 84 bushels of buckwheat, 66 bushels of beans, 62 acres of potatoes, 59 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 55 bushels of carrots, 39 pounds of hops, 36 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 34 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 25 bushels of rye, 12 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 11 acres of turnips, 10 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 6 acres of buckwheat, 3 acres of rye, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $500 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 364 yards of fulled cloth, 295 yards of flannel, 2 saw mills, 2 saw mills powered by water, 2 saw mills reporting annual production, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills returning capital. 800,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 115 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 11 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 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: ON018006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON122006_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262361

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). "Moore, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/moore-on018006-1851/.