Oro, Ontario (1851 census)

Oro was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,027. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262509. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.498°N, 79.549°W.

Population

In 1851, Oro had a population of 2,027: 1,035 male and 992 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, Oro shared boundaries with:

• Barrie, Town of
• Georgina
• Gwillimbury N
• Innisfil
• Medonte
• Orillia and Matchedash
• Vespra

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 170 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,027 total population, 1,035 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,015, 992 females, Female members of the family who are present: 954, 724 single males, 691 single females, 280 married males, 265 married females, 263 families, 142 males attending school, 70 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 38, 36 widowed females, 31 widowed males, 22 male births, Female members of the family who are absent: 20, Males present who are not members of the family: 20, Male members of the family who are present: 17, 16 female births, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 182 single females aged 15 to 20, 165 males aged 5 to 10, 154 females aged 5 to 10, 144 single males aged 10 to 15, 143 single females aged 10 to 15, 101 single males aged 20 to 30, 93 single males aged 15 to 20, 88 married males aged 30 to 40, 77 married females aged 20 to 30, 76 married females aged 30 to 40, 64 married males aged 40 to 50, 55 married females aged 40 to 50, 45 married males aged 20 to 30, 42 males aged 1 to 2, 41 males aged 4 to 5, 40 married males aged 50 to 60, 37 females aged 1 to 2, 37 males aged 2 to 3, 36 single females aged 20 to 30, 34 females under age 1, 34 males under age 1, 34 married females aged 50 to 60, 33 married males aged 60 to 70, 32 males aged 3 to 4, 31 females aged 4 to 5, 29 females age 3 to 4, 26 females aged 2 to 3, 15 married females aged 60 to 70, 14 single males aged 30 to 40, 14 single males aged 40 to 50, 10 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 7 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 single females aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 widowed males over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,048 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 453 persons originating in Scotland, 324 persons originating in England or Wales, 174 persons originating in Ireland, 126 negroes or coloured persons, 24 persons originating in the United States, 2 persons whose origin is unknown, 1 French Canadians, 1 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 33,721 pounds of homemade butter, 33,141 bushels of turnips, 30,632 acres of land in farms, 26,172 bushels of oats, 22,143 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 19,919 bushels of potatoes, 19,221 bushels of wheat, 15,815 pounds of maple sugar, 8,927 bushels of peas, 8,489 acres of farmland under cultivation, 7,591 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 6,232 acres of farmland under crops, 5,631 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,287 tons of hay, 2,218 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,031 sheep, 1,914 swine, 1,645 acres of wheat, 1,602 bushels of corn, 1,575 bushels of barley, 1,169 acres of oats, 867 barrels of pork, 749 calves and heifers, 713 milk cows, 686 bulls, oxen, or steers, 603 acres of peas, 405 bushels of rye, 378 horses, 325 occupants of farms, 308 bushels of buckwheat, 260 barrels of beef, 246 acres of potatoes, 186 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 163 acres of turnips, 111 acres of corn, 87 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 71 acres of barley, 60 pounds of tobacco, 50 gallons of cider, 45 acres of rye, 44 bushels of carrots, 39 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 27 acres of buckwheat, 27 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 24 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 12 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 7 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 4 pounds of hops, 3 bushels of beans. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $3,125 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 2,442 yards of flannel, 683 yards of fulled cloth, $500 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 150 tanneries returning capital, 10 saw mills, 10 saw mills returning capital, 9 saw mills powered by water, 8 saw mills reporting annual production, 7 employees in saw mills, 2 saw mills not reporting, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 saw mills powered by steam, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries reporting. 1,950,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 3,000 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 11 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 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 aged 90 to 100: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 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 under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among males aged 90 to 100: 1 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

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: ON035004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON144010 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262509

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). "Oro, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/oro-on035004-1851/.