Oro, Ontario (1851 census)
Oro was a census subdivision in Simcoe County, 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 density was 12.5 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,027 |
| 1861 | 3,036 |
| 1871 | 4,364 |
| 1881 | 4,566 |
| 1891 | 4,357 |
| 1901 | 4,001 |
| 1911 | 3,485 |
| 1921 | 3,098 |
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:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 338 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 8 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (28 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C10 FAM NO | 263 |
| Female members of the family who are absent | 20 |
| Female members of the family who are present | 954 |
| Females present who are not members of the family | 38 |
| Male members of the family who are present | 1,015 |
| Male members of the family who are present | 17 |
| Males present who are not members of the family | 20 |
| Number of blind males | 1 |
| Number of deaf and dumb females | 1 |
| Number of deaf and dumb males | 2 |
| Number of families | 263 |
| Number of female births in the past year | 16 |
| Number of females | 992 |
| Number of females attending school | 70 |
| Number of male births in the past year | 22 |
| Number of males | 1,035 |
| Number of males attending school | 142 |
| Number of married females | 265 |
| Number of married males | 280 |
| Number of single females | 691 |
| Number of single males | 724 |
| Number of widowed females | 36 |
| Number of widowed males | 31 |
| POP | 2,027 |
| POP FX N.1 | 992 |
| POP MX N.1 | 1,035 |
| POP XX N.1 | 2,027 |
| Total population | 2,027 |
Age structure (54 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of females age 3 to 4 | 29 |
| Number of females aged 1 to 2 | 37 |
| Number of females aged 2 to 3 | 26 |
| Number of females aged 4 to 5 | 31 |
| Number of females aged 5 to 10 | 154 |
| Number of females under age 1 | 34 |
| Number of males aged 1 to 2 | 42 |
| Number of males aged 2 to 3 | 37 |
| Number of males aged 3 to 4 | 32 |
| Number of males aged 4 to 5 | 41 |
| Number of males aged 5 to 10 | 165 |
| Number of males under age 1 | 34 |
| Number of married females aged 15 to 20 | 6 |
| Number of married females aged 20 to 30 | 77 |
| Number of married females aged 30 to 40 | 76 |
| Number of married females aged 40 to 50 | 55 |
| Number of married females aged 50 to 60 | 34 |
| Number of married females aged 60 to 70 | 15 |
| Number of married females aged 70 to 80 | 2 |
| Number of married males aged 15 to 20 | 2 |
| Number of married males aged 20 to 30 | 45 |
| Number of married males aged 30 to 40 | 88 |
| Number of married males aged 40 to 50 | 64 |
| Number of married males aged 50 to 60 | 40 |
| Number of married males aged 60 to 70 | 33 |
| Number of married males aged 70 to 80 | 5 |
| Number of married males aged 80 to 90 | 3 |
| Number of single females aged 10 to 15 | 143 |
| Number of single females aged 15 to 20 | 182 |
| Number of single females aged 20 to 30 | 36 |
| Number of single females aged 30 to 40 | 7 |
| Number of single females aged 40 to 50 | 7 |
| Number of single females aged 50 to 60 | 3 |
| Number of single females aged 70 to 80 | 2 |
| Number of single males aged 10 to 15 | 144 |
| Number of single males aged 15 to 20 | 93 |
| Number of single males aged 20 to 30 | 101 |
| Number of single males aged 30 to 40 | 14 |
| Number of single males aged 40 to 50 | 14 |
| Number of single males aged 50 to 60 | 5 |
| Number of single males aged 60 to 70 | 2 |
| Number of widowed females aged 20 to 30 | 3 |
| Number of widowed females aged 30 to 40 | 7 |
| Number of widowed females aged 40 to 50 | 3 |
| Number of widowed females aged 50 to 60 | 10 |
| Number of widowed females aged 60 to 70 | 8 |
| Number of widowed females aged 70 to 80 | 5 |
| Number of widowed males aged 30 to 40 | 5 |
| Number of widowed males aged 40 to 50 | 7 |
| Number of widowed males aged 50 to 60 | 4 |
| Number of widowed males aged 60 to 70 | 9 |
| Number of widowed males aged 70 to 80 | 4 |
| Number of widowed males aged 80 to 90 | 1 |
| Number of widowed males over 100 | 1 |
Ethnic origin (9 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 1 |
| Number of negroes or coloured persons | 126 |
| Number of persons native to Canada, not of French origin | 1,048 |
| Number of persons originating in all other places | 1 |
| Number of persons originating in England or Wales | 324 |
| Number of persons originating in Ireland | 174 |
| Number of persons originating in Scotland | 453 |
| Number of persons originating in the United States | 24 |
| Number of persons whose origin is unknown | 2 |
Agriculture (71 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 71 |
| Acres of buckwheat | 27 |
| Acres of corn | 111 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 39 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 2,218 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 22,143 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 6,232 |
| Acres of farmland under cultivation | 8,489 |
| Acres of land in farms | 30,632 |
| Acres of oats | 1,169 |
| Acres of peas | 603 |
| Acres of potatoes | 246 |
| Acres of rye | 45 |
| Acres of turnips | 163 |
| Acres of wheat | 1,645 |
| BAR AC | 71 |
| BAR BU | 1,575 |
| Barrels of beef produced in the past year | 260 |
| Barrels of pork produced in the past year | 867 |
| BEEF BAR | 260 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 1,575 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 3 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 308 |
| Bushels of carrots produced in the past year | 44 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 27 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 1,602 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 26,172 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 8,927 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 19,919 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 405 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 33,141 |
| Bushels of wheat produced in the past year | 19,221 |
| BWT AC | 27 |
| BWT BU | 308 |
| CRN AC | 111 |
| CRN BU | 1,602 |
| Gallons of cider produced in the past year | 50 |
| HAY TONS | 3,287 |
| Number of bulls, oxen, or steers | 686 |
| Number of calves and heifers | 749 |
| Number of horses | 378 |
| Number of milk cows | 713 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 325 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres | 7 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres | 24 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres | 87 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres | 186 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 9 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 12 |
| Number of sheep | 2,031 |
| Number of swine | 1,914 |
| OAT AC | 1,169 |
| OAT BU | 26,172 |
| PEA AC | 603 |
| PEA BU | 8,927 |
| PORK BAR | 867 |
| POT AC | 246 |
| POT BU | 19,919 |
| Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year | 7,591 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 33,721 |
| Pounds of hops produced in the past year | 4 |
| Pounds of maple sugar produced in the past year | 15,815 |
| Pounds of tobacco produced in the past year | 60 |
| Pounds of wool produced on farms in the past year | 5,631 |
| RYE AC | 45 |
| RYE BU | 405 |
| TOB LBS | 60 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 3,287 |
| WHT AC | 1,645 |
| WHT BU | 19,221 |
| WOOL LBS | 5,631 |
Manufacturing & industry (20 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production | 3,000 |
| Feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production | 1,950,000 |
| Number of employees in saw mills | 7 |
| Number of grist mills | 1 |
| Number of grist mills powered by water | 1 |
| Number of grist mills reporting annual production | 1 |
| Number of grist mills returning capital | 1 |
| Number of saw mills | 10 |
| Number of saw mills not reporting | 2 |
| Number of saw mills powered by steam | 1 |
| Number of saw mills powered by water | 9 |
| Number of saw mills reporting annual production | 8 |
| Number of saw mills returning capital | 10 |
| Number of tanneries | 1 |
| Number of tanneries reporting | 1 |
| Number of tanneries returning capital | 150 |
| Value of capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling) | 500 |
| Value of capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling) | 3,125 |
| Yards of flannel produced in the past year | 2,442 |
| Yards of fulled cloth produced in the past year | 683 |
Fisheries (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Barrels of cured fish produced in the past year | 1 |
Deaths & mortality (13 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| 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 of all ages | 5 |
| Deaths in the past year among females under age 1 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30 | 2 |
| 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 90 to 100 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males of all ages | 6 |
| Deaths in the past year among males under age 1 | 1 |
| Total number of deaths in the past year | 11 |
Other recorded variables (142 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| B LBS | 33,721 |
| BEN BU | 3 |
| BOV | 686 |
| C F BAR | 1 |
| C H | 749 |
| C LBS | 7,591 |
| C01 SEX MALE | 1,035 |
| C02 SEX FEM | 992 |
| C03 TOTAL | 2,027 |
| C04 MEM OF FAM M | 1,015 |
| C05 MEM OF FAM F | 954 |
| C06 NOT MEM OF FAM M | 20 |
| C07 NOT MEM OF FAM F | 38 |
| C08 MEM OF FAM ABSENT M | 17 |
| C09 MEM OF FAM ABSENT F | 20 |
| C100 BTWN 80 AND 90 M WID | 1 |
| C112 BTWN 90 AND 100 M DEATHS | 1 |
| C113 BTWN 90 AND 100 F DEATHS | 1 |
| C116 OVR 100 M WID | 1 |
| C12 BIRTHS M | 22 |
| C126 MD MALE | 280 |
| C127 S MALE | 724 |
| C128 WID MALE | 31 |
| C129 TOT MALE | 1,035 |
| C13 BIRTHS F | 16 |
| C130 MD FEM | 265 |
| C131 S FEM | 691 |
| C132 WID FEM | 36 |
| C133 TOT FEM | 992 |
| C134 GRAND TOT | 2,027 |
| C135 DEATHS M | 6 |
| C136 DEATHS F | 5 |
| C137 DEATHS TOT | 11 |
| C14 UNDER 1 M | 34 |
| C143 ATTND SCHOOL M | 142 |
| C144 ATTND SCHOOL F | 70 |
| C145 DEAF AND DUMB M | 2 |
| C146 DEAF AND DUMB F | 1 |
| C147 BLIND M | 1 |
| C15 UNDER 1 F | 34 |
| C16 DEATHS UNDER 1 M | 1 |
| C16 SM NO | 2 |
| C17 DEATHS UNDER 1 F | 1 |
| C18 SM WATER | 2 |
| C18 UNDER 2 M | 42 |
| C19 UNDER 2 F | 37 |
| C21 SM NO DAY | 2 |
| C22 SM FEET DAY | 30,000 |
| C22 UNDER 3 M | 37 |
| C23 UNDER 3 F | 26 |
| C26 UNDER 4 M | 32 |
| C27 UNDER 4 F | 29 |
| C28 SM RETURNS NO | 1 |
| C29 SM RETURNS P | 100 |
| C30 SM EMPLOYED | 2 |
| C30 UNDER 5 M | 41 |
| C31 UNDER 5 F | 31 |
| C34 BTWN 5 AND 10 M | 165 |
| C35 BTWN 5 AND 10 F | 154 |
| C36 DEATHS BTWN 5 AND 10 M | 1 |
| C37 DEATHS BTWN 5 AND 10 F | 1 |
| C39 BTWN 10 AND 15 M S | 144 |
| C41 BTWN 10 AND 15 F S | 143 |
| C44 BTWN 15 AND 20 M MD | 2 |
| C45 BTWN 15 AND 20 M S | 93 |
| C46 BTWN 15 AND 20 F MD | 6 |
| C47 BTWN 15 AND 20 F S | 182 |
| C49 BTWN 15 AND 20 F DEATHS | 1 |
| C50 BTWN 20 AND 30 M MD | 45 |
| C51 BTWN 20 AND 30 M S | 101 |
| C53 BTWN 20 AND 30 F MD | 77 |
| C54 BTWN 20 AND 30 F S | 36 |
| C55 BTWN 20 AND 30 F WID | 3 |
| C56 BTWN 20 AND 30 M DEATHS | 2 |
| C58 BTWN 30 AND 40 M MD | 88 |
| C59 BTWN 30 AND 40 M S | 14 |
| C60 BTWN 30 AND 40 M WID | 5 |
| C61 BTWN 30 AND 40 F MD | 76 |
| C62 BTWN 30 AND 40 F S | 7 |
| C63 BTWN 30 AND 40 F WID | 7 |
| C64 BTWN 30 AND 40 M DEATHS | 1 |
| C66 BTWN 40 AND 50 M MD | 64 |
| C67 BTWN 40 AND 50 M S | 14 |
| C68 BTWN 40 AND 50 M WID | 7 |
| C69 BTWN 40 AND 50 F MD | 55 |
| C70 BTWN 40 AND 50 F S | 7 |
| C71 BTWN 40 AND 50 F WID | 3 |
| C74 BTWN 50 AND 60 M MD | 40 |
| C75 BTWN 50 AND 60 M S | 5 |
| C76 BTWN 50 AND 60 M WID | 4 |
| C77 BTWN 50 AND 60 F MD | 34 |
| C78 BTWN 50 AND 60 F S | 3 |
| C79 BTWN 50 AND 60 F WID | 10 |
| C82 BTWN 60 AND 70 M MD | 33 |
| C83 BTWN 60 AND 70 M S | 2 |
| C84 BTWN 60 AND 70 M WID | 9 |
| C85 BTWN 60 AND 70 F MD | 15 |
| C87 BTWN 60 AND 70 F WID | 8 |
| C89 BTWN 60 AND 70 F DEATHS | 1 |
| C90 BTWN 70 AND 80 M MD | 5 |
| C92 BTWN 70 AND 80 M WID | 4 |
| C93 BTWN 70 AND 80 F MD | 2 |
| C94 BTWN 70 AND 80 F S | 2 |
| C95 BTWN 70 AND 80 F WID | 5 |
| C98 BTWN 80 AND 90 M MD | 3 |
| CAR BU | 44 |
| CD NAME | Simcoe |
| CID GAL | 50 |
| COL PERSONS | 126 |
| CROP | 6,232 |
| CULT | 8,489 |
| ENG WLS | 324 |
| FC YRDS | 683 |
| FLAN YRDS | 2,442 |
| FREN ORIG | 1 |
| GARDEN | 39 |
| GRA BU | 27 |
| HELD | 30,632 |
| HOP LBS | 4 |
| HORSE | 378 |
| IRE | 174 |
| LINE NO | 316 |
| M COWS | 713 |
| MPLS LBS | 15,815 |
| NOT FRN | 1,048 |
| NOT KNOWN | 2 |
| O 10 TO 20 | 7 |
| O 100 TO 200 | 24 |
| O 20 TO 50 | 87 |
| O 50 TO 100 | 186 |
| O OVR 200 | 9 |
| O UNDR 10 | 12 |
| OTHER PL | 1 |
| PASTURE | 2,218 |
| SCOT | 453 |
| SHEEP | 2,031 |
| SWINE | 1,914 |
| TOT O | 325 |
| TUR AC | 163 |
| TUR BU | 33,141 |
| US | 24 |
| WOOD | 22,143 |
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/.