Oakland, Ontario (1851 census)

Oakland was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 840. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262485. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.045°N, 80.338°W.

Population

In 1851, Oakland had a population of 840: 443 male and 397 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, Oakland shared boundaries with:

• Brantford
• Burford
• Townsend

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 155 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 840 total population, 443 males, 397 females, Male members of the family who are present: 374, Female members of the family who are present: 322, 306 single males, 246 single females, 151 families, 136 married females, 132 married males, 100 males attending school, 79 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 75, Males present who are not members of the family: 69, 15 male births, 15 widowed females, 11 female births, Male members of the family who are present: 10, 5 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 2, 1 blind males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 62 females aged 5 to 10, 55 males aged 5 to 10, 52 single males aged 10 to 15, 50 single males aged 15 to 20, 49 married females aged 20 to 30, 48 single males aged 20 to 30, 47 single females aged 10 to 15, 46 single females aged 15 to 20, 39 married females aged 30 to 40, 38 married males aged 30 to 40, 36 married males aged 20 to 30, 26 married males aged 40 to 50, 21 single females aged 20 to 30, 18 males aged 1 to 2, 18 males aged 3 to 4, 18 married males aged 50 to 60, 17 married females aged 40 to 50, 16 females aged 2 to 3, 16 males under age 1, 15 males aged 4 to 5, 14 males aged 2 to 3, 13 females age 3 to 4, 13 females aged 4 to 5, 13 females under age 1, 13 married females aged 50 to 60, 12 females aged 1 to 2, 11 married males aged 60 to 70, 9 married females aged 60 to 70, 9 single males aged 30 to 40, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 married females aged 10 to 15 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 600 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 76 persons originating in the United States, 67 persons originating in England or Wales, 60 persons originating in Ireland, 22 persons originating in Scotland, 11 persons originating in New Brunswick, 3 persons whose origin is unknown, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 33,574 bushels of wheat, 26,280 pounds of homemade butter, 14,075 bushels of corn, 11,153 bushels of oats, 9,058 acres of land in farms, 7,795 bushels of potatoes, 6,171 acres of farmland under cultivation, 4,006 bushels of barley, 3,576 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,440 bushels of turnips, 3,132 acres of farmland under crops, 2,887 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,881 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,890 pounds of maple sugar, 1,808 bushels of buckwheat, 1,778 acres of wheat, 1,320 sheep, 1,315 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,170 gallons of cider, 810 bushels of peas, 808 bushels of rye, 781 tons of hay, 542 swine, 497 acres of corn, 430 barrels of pork, 413 acres of oats, 319 milk cows, 302 horses, 267 calves and heifers, 163 bulls, oxen, or steers, 160 barrels of beef, 158 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 156 acres of barley, 128 occupants of farms, 83 acres of buckwheat, 77 acres of potatoes, 76 acres of rye, 72 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 71 acres of turnips, 44 bushels of beans, 44 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 33 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 31 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 30 bushels of carrots, 28 acres of peas, 12 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 7 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 $1,250 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 1,023 yards of flannel, $750 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 445 yards of fulled cloth, 150 tanneries returning capital, 8 employees in saw mills, 3 employees in tanneries, 3 saw mills, 3 saw mills powered by water, 3 saw mills reporting annual production, 3 saw mills returning capital, 2 employees in grist mills, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 grist mills reporting annual production, 2 grist mills returning capital, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries reporting. 500,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 3,500 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. $500 value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 5 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person 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: ON002005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON103004 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262485

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). "Oakland, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/oakland-on002005-1851/.