Osnabruck, Ontario (1851 census)
Osnabruck was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 4,699. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.051°N, 75.027°W.
Population
In 1851, Osnabruck had a population of 4,699: 2,659 male and 2,040 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 4,699 |
| 1861 | 5,639 |
| 1871 | 5,791 |
| 1881 | 5,796 |
| 1911 | 4,170 |
| 1921 | 3,764 |
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, Osnabruck shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 176 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 4,699 total population, 2,659 males, Male members of the family who are present: 2,596, 2,040 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,967, 1,918 single males, 1,286 single females, 703 married males, 680 married females, 304 families, 193 males attending school, 166 females attending school, 74 widowed females, Females present who are not members of the family: 73, Males present who are not members of the family: 63, 42 male births, 41 female births, Male members of the family who are present: 38, 38 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 6, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 350 males aged 5 to 10, 322 females aged 5 to 10, 318 single males aged 10 to 15, 273 single males aged 20 to 30, 260 single males aged 30 to 40, 250 single females aged 10 to 15, 248 married females aged 20 to 30, 206 single males aged 15 to 20, 192 married males aged 30 to 40, 171 married females aged 30 to 40, 159 married males aged 40 to 50, 154 married males aged 20 to 30, 148 single females aged 20 to 30, 137 married females aged 40 to 50, 110 married males aged 50 to 60, 110 single females aged 15 to 20, 95 males aged 2 to 3, 89 males under age 1, 88 females aged 2 to 3, 86 females under age 1, 85 males aged 1 to 2, 80 females age 3 to 4, 74 females aged 4 to 5, 74 males aged 4 to 5, 72 males aged 3 to 4, 72 married females aged 50 to 60, 70 females aged 1 to 2, 62 married males aged 60 to 70, 37 single males aged 40 to 50, 33 married females aged 60 to 70, 24 males of unknown age, 21 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 20 married males aged 70 to 80, 20 single females aged 30 to 40, 19 females of unknown age, 19 single males aged 50 to 60, 16 married females aged 15 to 20, 14 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 13 single males aged 60 to 70, 11 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 10 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 9 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 8 single females aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 married males aged 80 to 90, 6 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 6 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 single females aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 3,786 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 442 persons originating in Ireland, 168 French Canadians, 152 persons originating in the United States, 76 persons originating in Scotland, 70 persons originating in England or Wales, 3 persons originating in France, 2 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 112,965 pounds of homemade butter, 66,730 bushels of oats, 47,920 acres of land in farms, 38,998 bushels of wheat, 34,984 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 27,508 bushels of potatoes, 20,408 pounds of maple sugar, 15,933 bushels of peas, 14,526 pounds of wool produced on farms, 14,246 bushels of buckwheat, 12,936 acres of farmland under cultivation, 9,985 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 8,450 acres of farmland under crops, 7,776 bushels of corn, 5,356 sheep, 5,280 tons of hay, 4,229 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,625 acres of oats, 2,758 swine, 2,727 acres of wheat, 2,012 milk cows, 1,987 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,979 calves and heifers, 1,438 bushels of barley, 1,431 horses, 1,331 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 1,080 barrels of pork, 1,033 bushels of rye, 1,029 acres of peas, 888 bushels of carrots, 730 gallons of cider, 683 acres of buckwheat, 554 occupants of farms, 432 acres of potatoes, 408 bulls, oxen, or steers, 371 acres of corn, 333 bushels of turnips, 257 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 247 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 234 barrels of beef, 116 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 114 bushels of beans, 89 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 84 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 80 acres of barley, 66 acres of rye, 65 pounds of tobacco, 54 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 52 pounds of hops, 9 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 8 acres of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 6,786 yards of flannel, 5,000 distilleries returning capital, 3,361 yards of fulled cloth, $2,175 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 479 yards of linen, 46 employees in saw mills, 13 saw mills, 13 saw mills powered by water, 13 saw mills returning capital, $12 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 11 saw mills reporting annual production, 1 distilleries, 1 distilleries reporting, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent. 1,875,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 24 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 14, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 4, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 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 10 to 15: 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 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 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 38 people connected to this place who were alive in 1851, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Alexander McMartin | 1788–1853 | born here |
| Billa Flint | 1805–1894 | born here |
| Donald Alexander MacDonald | 1817–1896 | born here |
| George Copway | 1818–1869 | born here |
| Henry Pahtahquahong Chase | 1818–1900 | born here |
| Sir Oliver Mowat | 1820–1903 | born here |
| George Young | 1821–1910 | born here |
| Charles Sangster | 1822–1893 | born here |
| David Breakenridge Read | 1823–1904 | born here |
| Roderick Cameron | 1823–1900 | born here |
| Michael Urias Cook | 1824–1912 | died here |
| Albert Carman | 1833–1917 | born here |
| Alexander MacDonell | 1833–1905 | born here |
| Bennett Rosamond | 1833–1910 | born here |
| Pierre St. Jean | 1833–1900 | born here |
| Mary Cowans | 1836–1901 | born here |
| John Fannin | 1837–1904 | born here |
| Thomas Frood | 1837–1916 | born here |
| Charles Mair | 1838–1927 | born here |
| Cornelius O’Keefe | 1838–1919 | born here |
| Eliza Maria Harvey | 1838–1903 | born here |
| John Lorn McDougall | 1838–1909 | born here |
| Theodore F. Chamberlain | 1838–1927 | born here |
| Alexander McArthur | 1839–1895 | born here |
| Christopher Finlay Fraser | 1839–1894 | born here |
| Sir George Airey Kirkpatrick | 1841–1899 | born here |
| Whitney | 1842–1914 | born here |
| William Clyde Caldwell | 1843–1905 | born here |
| William Neilson | 1844–1915 | born here |
| Sir Donald Alexander MacDonald | 1845–1920 | born here |
| Hayter Reed | 1846–1936 | born here |
| Edward Elijah Horton | 1847–1916 | born here |
| Ovide-Arthur Rocque | 1847–1923 | born here |
| Thomas Wesley Mills | 1847–1915 | born here |
| Charles Arnold Barber | 1848–1915 | born here |
| John William McRae | 1848–1901 | born here |
| Macdonald | 1850–1929 | born here |
| Hiram Augustus Calvin | 1851–1932 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON036002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON145003— 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). "Osnabruck, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/osnabruck-on036002-1851/.