Oneida, Ontario (1851 census)

Oneida was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,817. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262501. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.006°N, 79.973°W.

Population

In 1851, Oneida had a population of 2,817: 1,575 male and 1,242 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, Oneida shared boundaries with:

• Cayuga, North
• Seneca
• Tuscarora
• Walpole

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 179 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,817 total population, 1,575 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,375, 1,242 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,182, 1,105 single males, 768 single females, 477 families, 441 married males, 422 married females, 263 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 200, 191 females attending school, 62 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 60, 59 female births, 52 widowed females, 29 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 19, Female members of the family who are absent: 10. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 224 single males aged 20 to 30, 208 males aged 5 to 10, 189 single males aged 10 to 15, 180 married females aged 20 to 30, 179 females aged 5 to 10, 172 single males aged 15 to 20, 143 married males aged 30 to 40, 138 single females aged 10 to 15, 133 married males aged 20 to 30, 132 single females aged 15 to 20, 108 married females aged 30 to 40, 90 married males aged 40 to 50, 65 males under age 1, 63 males aged 2 to 3, 63 married females aged 40 to 50, 60 females under age 1, 56 females aged 1 to 2, 53 males aged 3 to 4, 53 married males aged 50 to 60, 53 single females aged 20 to 30, 46 females age 3 to 4, 45 males aged 1 to 2, 42 females aged 2 to 3, 40 females aged 4 to 5, 34 males aged 4 to 5, 31 married females aged 15 to 20, 29 married females aged 50 to 60, 29 single males aged 30 to 40, 17 married males aged 60 to 70, 15 single males aged 40 to 50, 15 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 12 single females aged 30 to 40, 11 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 10 married females aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 7 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 6 single females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 males of unknown age, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,575 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 571 persons originating in Ireland, 329 persons originating in Scotland, 226 Indigenous persons, 181 persons originating in England or Wales, 117 Indigenous females, 116 persons originating in the United States, 108 Indigenous males, 20 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 19 French Canadians, 9 negroes or coloured persons, 8 male negroes or coloured persons, 4 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 2 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 female negroes or coloured persons. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 86,103 bushels of wheat, 52,000 pounds of homemade butter, 37,296 bushels of oats, 33,216 acres of land in farms, 20,572 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 20,321 bushels of potatoes, 12,664 acres of farmland under cultivation, 11,064 acres of farmland under crops, 9,685 pounds of maple sugar, 6,271 bushels of corn, 5,131 pounds of wool produced on farms, 5,127 bushels of turnips, 4,471 bushels of peas, 4,449 acres of wheat, 3,325 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,126 bushels of buckwheat, 2,084 bushels of barley, 1,939 swine, 1,846 sheep, 1,470 tons of hay, 1,402 acres of farmland in pasture, 958 acres of oats, 931 barrels of pork, 885 bulls, oxen, or steers, 765 milk cows, 674 calves and heifers, 499 horses, 390 acres of potatoes, 358 occupants of farms, 302 barrels of beef, 242 bushels of beans, 236 bushels of carrots, 233 acres of corn, 214 acres of peas, 196 bushels of rye, 185 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 178 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 122 acres of buckwheat, 85 acres of barley, 69 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 68 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 47 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 41 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 32 acres of turnips, 28 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 20 pounds of hops, 16 acres of rye, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 7 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $4,700 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 2,008 yards of flannel, $1,200 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 752 yards of fulled cloth, 11 employees in saw mills, 10 saw mills, 10 saw mills reporting annual production, 10 saw mills returning capital, 7 saw mills powered by water, 3 employees in grist mills, 3 saw mills powered by steam, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 grist mills returning capital. 5,610,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 1,000 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 1 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 39 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 24, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 15, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 8, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 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 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 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. (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: ON013006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON115006_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262501

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). "Oneida, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/oneida-on013006-1851/.