Nichol, Ontario (1851 census)

Nichol was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,450. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262441. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.687°N, 80.389°W.

Population

In 1851, Nichol had a population of 2,450: 1,358 male and 1,092 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 contained Elora, VL, 1861 (2.1% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Fergus, VL, 1861 (2.1% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Nichol shared boundaries with:

• Eramosa
• Garafraxa
• Guelph
• Peel
• Pilkington

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 160 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,450 total population, 1,358 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,260, 1,092 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,015, 978 single males, 753 single females, 445 families, 351 married males, 327 married females, 209 males attending school, 189 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 98, Females present who are not members of the family: 77, 47 male births, 44 female births, 29 widowed males, 12 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 9, Female members of the family who are absent: 6, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 207 males aged 5 to 10, 179 single males aged 10 to 15, 176 females aged 5 to 10, 166 single females aged 10 to 15, 150 single males aged 20 to 30, 141 single males aged 15 to 20, 123 single females aged 15 to 20, 90 married males aged 30 to 40, 89 married females aged 30 to 40, 88 married females aged 20 to 30, 83 married males aged 40 to 50, 74 married males aged 20 to 30, 70 married females aged 40 to 50, 63 married males aged 50 to 60, 57 single females aged 20 to 30, 54 males aged 1 to 2, 50 males under age 1, 50 married females aged 50 to 60, 46 females under age 1, 45 males aged 2 to 3, 44 single males aged 30 to 40, 40 females age 3 to 4, 40 males aged 3 to 4, 37 females aged 4 to 5, 36 males aged 4 to 5, 35 females aged 1 to 2, 34 females aged 2 to 3, 34 married males aged 60 to 70, 21 single males aged 40 to 50, 20 single females aged 30 to 40, 14 married females aged 60 to 70, 8 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 married females aged 70 to 80, 8 single females aged 40 to 50, 7 single females aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 females of unknown age, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 males of unknown age, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 980 persons originating in Scotland, 912 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 304 persons originating in Ireland, 202 persons originating in England or Wales, 30 persons originating in the United States, 10 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 10 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 61,753 bushels of oats, 34,571 bushels of wheat, 25,630 pounds of homemade butter, 22,420 acres of land in farms, 12,600 bushels of turnips, 11,754 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 11,001 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 10,666 acres of farmland under cultivation, 8,476 bushels of potatoes, 7,557 pounds of maple sugar, 7,533 bushels of barley, 7,066 bushels of peas, 6,328 pounds of wool produced on farms, 5,469 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,195 acres of farmland under crops, 2,197 sheep, 2,145 acres of wheat, 1,810 swine, 1,653 acres of oats, 1,411 tons of hay, 887 barrels of pork, 762 bulls, oxen, or steers, 731 calves and heifers, 712 barrels of beef, 670 milk cows, 416 horses, 388 acres of peas, 331 acres of barley, 225 occupants of farms, 157 acres of potatoes, 116 acres of turnips, 92 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 75 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 48 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 3,000 feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, 1,843 yards of flannel, 1,500 tanneries returning capital, $1,100 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $1,000 value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling), 611 yards of fulled cloth, 500 foundries returning capital, $200 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 11 employees in tanneries, 6 employees in saw mills, 4 employees in foundries, 2 employees in distilleries, 2 saw mills, 2 saw mills powered by water, 2 saw mills returning capital, 2 tanneries, 2 tanneries reporting, 1 distilleries, 1 foundries, 1 foundries reporting, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 saw mills reporting daily production, 1 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent. $3,333 value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 distilleries not reporting — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 12 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON039005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON152009_1861 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262441

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). "Nichol, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/nichol-on039005-1851/.