Moulton, Ontario (1851 census)

Moulton was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,984. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262388. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.919°N, 79.542°W.

Population

In 1851, Moulton had a population of 1,984: 1,072 male and 912 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).

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 became part of Moulton and Sherbrooke, 1861 (81.0% share).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Dunnville, T-V, 1861 (2.0% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Moulton shared boundaries with:

• Canboro
• Dunn
• Sherbrooke
• Wainfleet.

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 186 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,984 total population, 1,072 males, 912 females, Male members of the family who are present: 896, Female members of the family who are present: 791, 744 single males, 572 single females, 349 families, 312 married males, 304 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 176, Females present who are not members of the family: 121, 113 females attending school, 112 males attending school, 41 female births, 38 male births, 36 widowed females, 16 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 6, Female members of the family who are absent: 4. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 158 males aged 5 to 10, 134 single males aged 15 to 20, 124 single females aged 10 to 15, 122 single males aged 20 to 30, 115 married females aged 20 to 30, 109 females aged 4 to 5, 108 married males aged 30 to 40, 99 single males aged 10 to 15, 93 single females aged 15 to 20, 90 married females aged 30 to 40, 89 married males aged 20 to 30, 66 married males aged 40 to 50, 56 females age 3 to 4, 51 married females aged 40 to 50, 49 females aged 5 to 10, 44 males aged 1 to 2, 40 males under age 1, 39 females under age 1, 36 single males aged 30 to 40, 34 females aged 1 to 2, 34 males aged 3 to 4, 34 married males aged 50 to 60, 30 males aged 2 to 3, 28 males aged 4 to 5, 27 females aged 2 to 3, 23 married females aged 15 to 20, 22 single females aged 20 to 30, 20 married females aged 50 to 60, 13 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 12 single males aged 40 to 50, 10 married males aged 60 to 70, 8 single females aged 30 to 40, 5 married females aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 females of unknown age, 2 males of unknown age, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,154 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 271 persons originating in Ireland, 193 persons originating in the United States, 177 persons originating in England or Wales, 137 persons originating in Scotland, 65 negroes or coloured persons, 33 male negroes or coloured persons, 30 female negroes or coloured persons, 25 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 12 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 7 French Canadians, 5 persons originating in New Brunswick, 2 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 26,093 acres of land in farms, 22,771 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 11,419 pounds of homemade butter, 9,197 bushels of oats, 6,918 bushels of wheat, 4,489 bushels of corn, 3,322 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,354 bushels of turnips, 2,285 bushels of potatoes, 1,897 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,881 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,517 bushels of buckwheat, 1,387 acres of farmland under crops, 845 tons of hay, 814 sheep, 675 swine, 522 acres of wheat, 490 bushels of peas, 402 milk cows, 359 barrels of pork, 347 acres of oats, 257 bushels of barley, 249 calves and heifers, 247 bulls, oxen, or steers, 218 horses, 208 occupants of farms, 207 acres of corn, 186 gallons of cider, 170 bushels of rye, 140 bushels of carrots, 116 acres of buckwheat, 113 barrels of beef, 91 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 85 acres of potatoes, 67 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 63 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 54 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 49 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 44 acres of peas, 30 pounds of hops, 26 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 21 acres of rye, 12 acres of barley, 11 acres of turnips, 11 bushels of beans, 4 pounds of tobacco, 3 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 6,000 yards of cloth produced in woollen factories, $3,100 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $2,000 value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling), 1,000 foundries returning capital, 1,000 woollen factories returning capital, $600 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $550 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 403 yards of flannel, 250 tanneries returning capital, 164 yards of fulled cloth, 18 employees in saw mills, 8 employees in foundries, 7 employees in grist mills, 7 employees in woollen factories, 2 employees in tanneries, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 grist mills returning capital, 1 foundries, 1 foundries reporting, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills reporting annual production, 1 saw mills returning capital, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries reporting, 1 woollen factories, 1 woollen factories reporting. 3,500,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. $375 value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). 350 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 17 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 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. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among females over 100: 1 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON013005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON115005 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262388

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). "Moulton, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/moulton-on013005-1851/.