Onondag, Ontario (1851 census)

Onondag was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,858. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.119°N, 80.099°W.

Population

In 1851, Onondag had a population of 1,858: 1,031 male and 827 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, Onondag shared boundaries with:

• Ancaster
• Brantford
• Seneca
• Tuscarora

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 157 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,858 total population, 1,031 males, Male members of the family who are present: 843, 827 females, Female members of the family who are present: 758, 698 single males, 506 single females, 312 married males, 310 families, 295 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 188, 146 males attending school, 130 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 69, Male members of the family who are present: 33, 31 male births, 30 female births, 26 widowed females, Female members of the family who are absent: 25, 21 widowed males, 1 blind females, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 143 single males aged 20 to 30, 135 females aged 5 to 10, 134 males aged 5 to 10, 124 single males aged 10 to 15, 124 single males aged 15 to 20, 109 single females aged 10 to 15, 103 married females aged 20 to 30, 95 married males aged 30 to 40, 87 single females aged 15 to 20, 84 married males aged 20 to 30, 73 married females aged 30 to 40, 69 married males aged 40 to 50, 52 married females aged 40 to 50, 44 married males aged 50 to 60, 36 females aged 1 to 2, 36 married females aged 50 to 60, 35 males under age 1, 32 males aged 3 to 4, 30 males aged 1 to 2, 29 females aged 2 to 3, 29 single females aged 20 to 30, 28 males aged 2 to 3, 27 females age 3 to 4, 23 females under age 1, 22 males aged 4 to 5, 22 married females aged 15 to 20, 21 females aged 4 to 5, 16 married males aged 60 to 70, 14 single males aged 30 to 40, 8 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 6 married females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (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 994 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 280 persons originating in Ireland, 232 persons originating in England or Wales, 214 persons originating in Scotland, 127 Indigenous persons, 107 persons originating in the United States, 71 Indigenous males, 69 Indigenous females, 19 negroes or coloured persons, 15 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 11 male negroes or coloured persons, 10 persons originating in New Brunswick, 6 female negroes or coloured persons, 3 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in Newfoundland, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 35,895 bushels of wheat, 28,405 bushels of oats, 25,264 pounds of homemade butter, 13,086 acres of land in farms, 7,908 bushels of potatoes, 6,727 acres of farmland under cultivation, 6,359 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,613 acres of farmland under crops, 5,427 pounds of maple sugar, 4,703 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,623 bushels of turnips, 3,900 bushels of peas, 2,461 bushels of barley, 2,372 bushels of corn, 1,736 acres of wheat, 1,383 tons of hay, 1,346 sheep, 1,283 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,091 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,069 swine, 766 acres of oats, 715 bushels of buckwheat, 537 barrels of pork, 439 bulls, oxen, or steers, 411 milk cows, 406 calves and heifers, 302 horses, 251 occupants of farms, 219 acres of peas, 187 barrels of beef, 140 bushels of beans, 111 acres of corn, 105 acres of potatoes, 105 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 99 bushels of carrots, 88 acres of barley, 76 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 66 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 56 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 36 acres of buckwheat, 35 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 27 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 26 acres of turnips, 23 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 12 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 2,113 yards of flannel, 608 yards of fulled cloth. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 23 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 17, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 6, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON002006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON065006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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). "Onondag, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/onondag-on002006-1851/.