Niagara, Town of, Ontario (1851 census)

Niagara, Town of was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,340. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q448372. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.252°N, 79.073°W.

Population

In 1851, Niagara, Town of had a population of 3,340: 1,728 male and 1,612 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, Niagara, Town of shared boundaries with:

• Niagara

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 122 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,340 total population, 1,728 males, 1,612 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,563, Female members of the family who are present: 1,470, 1,158 single males, 971 single females, 571 families, 559 married females, 542 married males, 320 males attending school, 271 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 165, Females present who are not members of the family: 142, 82 widowed females, 69 male births, 59 female births, 28 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 11, Female members of the family who are absent: 5, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 239 females aged 5 to 10, 218 males aged 5 to 10, 199 married males aged 30 to 40, 191 married males aged 40 to 50, 184 married females aged 20 to 30, 184 single females aged 10 to 15, 181 married females aged 30 to 40, 180 single males aged 10 to 15, 152 single females aged 15 to 20, 133 single males aged 30 to 40, 128 single males aged 15 to 20, 119 single males aged 20 to 30, 113 married females aged 40 to 50, 87 single females aged 20 to 30, 77 single males aged 40 to 50, 76 males aged 1 to 2, 71 males under age 1, 61 married males aged 50 to 60, 59 females under age 1, 59 married males aged 20 to 30, 57 females age 3 to 4, 53 females aged 2 to 3, 52 females aged 1 to 2, 49 males aged 4 to 5, 47 males aged 3 to 4, 46 married females aged 50 to 60, 44 females aged 4 to 5, 40 males aged 2 to 3, 28 married males aged 60 to 70, 22 married females aged 15 to 20, 21 single females aged 30 to 40, 18 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 16 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 15 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 13 married females aged 60 to 70, 12 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 11 males of unknown age, 9 single females aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 7 females of unknown age, 7 single females aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 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 1,406 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 805 persons originating in Ireland, 435 persons originating in England or Wales, 271 persons originating in Scotland, 167 persons originating in the United States, 123 French Canadians, 71 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 20 persons originating in the West Indies, 18 persons originating in France, 14 persons originating in Spain or Portugal, 7 persons originating in Newfoundland, 3 persons originating in Germany or Holland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $1,000 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 1 employees in grist mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by steam, 1 grist mills returning capital. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 50 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 32, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 18, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 8, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 6, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 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 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 90 to 100: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 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 70 to 80: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 5 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: ON022008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON085008 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q448372
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niagara-on-the-Lake
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niagara-on-the-Lake

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). "Niagara, Town of, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/niagara-town-of-on022008-1851/.