Oshawa, T-V, Ontario (1851 census)

Oshawa, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,142. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q211867. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.898°N, 78.861°W.

Population

In 1851, Oshawa, T-V had a population of 1,142: 592 male and 550 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, Oshawa, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Whitby

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 159 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,142 total population, 592 males, 550 females, Female members of the family who are present: 471, Male members of the family who are present: 468, 416 single males, 357 single females, 204 families, 171 married females, 164 married males, 141 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 124, 114 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 79, 22 widowed females, 14 female births, 13 male births, 12 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 5, Female members of the family who are absent: 2, 1 blind males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 79 single males aged 20 to 30, 71 males aged 5 to 10, 70 married females aged 20 to 30, 67 single females aged 15 to 20, 67 single males aged 15 to 20, 65 females aged 5 to 10, 61 single females aged 10 to 15, 61 single males aged 10 to 15, 59 married males aged 30 to 40, 55 married females aged 30 to 40, 49 married males aged 20 to 30, 41 single females aged 20 to 30, 30 married males aged 40 to 50, 27 females aged 1 to 2, 25 females aged 2 to 3, 24 married females aged 40 to 50, 23 males aged 1 to 2, 23 single males aged 30 to 40, 22 males aged 4 to 5, 20 males under age 1, 19 females under age 1, 18 females age 3 to 4, 18 females aged 4 to 5, 18 males aged 3 to 4, 16 married males aged 50 to 60, 15 males aged 2 to 3, 10 married females aged 50 to 60, 10 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 8 males of unknown age, 7 married males aged 60 to 70, 7 single females aged 30 to 40, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 married females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 females of unknown age, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 574 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 202 persons originating in Ireland, 188 persons originating in England or Wales, 84 persons originating in Scotland, 71 persons originating in the United States, 13 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 8 female negroes or coloured persons, 5 persons whose origin is unknown, 3 French Canadians, 3 male negroes or coloured persons, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 6,035 pounds of homemade butter, 5,530 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 4,630 bushels of turnips, 4,524 bushels of wheat, 3,150 bushels of oats, 1,533 acres of land in farms, 1,060 acres of farmland under cultivation, 889 pounds of wool produced on farms, 880 gallons of cider, 708 barrels of beef, 704 acres of farmland under crops, 650 bushels of carrots, 599 bushels of potatoes, 520 bushels of corn, 509 swine, 473 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 440 bushels of peas, 322 acres of farmland in pasture, 272 acres of wheat, 243 tons of hay, 212 sheep, 200 pounds of maple sugar, 175 horses, 164 milk cows, 162 barrels of pork, 130 bushels of barley, 114 bulls, oxen, or steers, 94 occupants of farms, 87 acres of oats, 79 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 61 calves and heifers, 34 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 27 acres of peas, 19 acres of corn, 15 acres of potatoes, 10 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 6 acres of turnips, 5 bushels of beans, 5 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 5 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 4 acres of barley, 3 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $8,800 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $1,600 value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling), 1,000 foundries returning capital, 376 yards of flannel, 175 tanneries returning capital, 103 yards of fulled cloth, 9 employees in foundries, 9 employees in grist mills, 6 grist mills, 6 grist mills powered by water, 5 grist mills reporting annual production, 3 grist mills returning capital, 2 employees in distilleries, 1 distilleries, 1 distilleries reporting, 1 foundries, 1 foundries not reporting, 1 foundries reporting, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries reporting. 29,400 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 11 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 3 people 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: ON026011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON133012 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q211867
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oshawa
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oshawa

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). "Oshawa, T-V, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/oshawa-t-v-on026011-1851/.