Paris, Village, Ontario (1851 census)

Paris, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,890. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3305306. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.195°N, 80.387°W.

Population

In 1851, Paris, Village had a population of 1,890: 983 male and 907 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, Paris, Village shared boundaries with:

• Dumfries, South

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 125 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,890 total population, 983 males, 907 females, Female members of the family who are present: 811, Male members of the family who are present: 795, 674 single males, 579 single females, 307 families, 293 married females, 293 married males, Males present who are not members of the family: 188, 162 males attending school, 131 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 96, 36 male births, 35 widowed females, 34 female births, 16 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 7, Male members of the family who are present: 1, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 160 single females aged 15 to 20, 139 single males aged 20 to 30, 130 married females aged 20 to 30, 122 females aged 5 to 10, 120 males aged 5 to 10, 113 single males aged 15 to 20, 102 married males aged 30 to 40, 98 single males aged 10 to 15, 88 married females aged 30 to 40, 77 married males aged 20 to 30, 76 single females aged 10 to 15, 69 married males aged 40 to 50, 54 married females aged 40 to 50, 47 females aged 2 to 3, 44 single females aged 20 to 30, 42 males aged 4 to 5, 39 males aged 3 to 4, 38 males aged 1 to 2, 37 males under age 1, 36 married males aged 50 to 60, 35 females aged 1 to 2, 31 females under age 1, 29 females age 3 to 4, 29 single males aged 30 to 40, 23 females aged 4 to 5, 22 males aged 2 to 3, 13 married females aged 50 to 60, 8 married females aged 60 to 70, 8 married males aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 7 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded . single females aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 710 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 369 persons originating in England or Wales, 355 persons originating in Ireland, 262 persons originating in Scotland, 135 persons originating in the United States, 20 persons originating in New Brunswick, 11 French Canadians, 11 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 6 male negroes or coloured persons, 6 negroes or coloured persons, 5 persons originating in all other places, 4 female negroes or coloured persons, 3 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 3 persons originating in Switzerland, 2 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Spain or Portugal, 1 persons originating in the East Indies, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 persons originating in Austria or Hungary — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 5,600 yards of cloth produced in woollen factories, 1,500 woollen factories returning capital, 10 employees in foundries, 9 employees in woollen factories, 3 saw mills, 2 foundries, 2 foundries not reporting, 2 saw mills powered by water, 2 saw mills reporting annual production, 1 distilleries, 1 distilleries reporting, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 saw mills powered by steam, 1 woollen factories, 1 woollen factories not reporting, 1 woollen factories reporting. 24,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 72,000 gallons of liquor produced in distilleries, 1 distilleries not reporting — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 29 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 20, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 10, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 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: ON002007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON065007 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3305306
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_(Ontario)

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). "Paris, Village, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/paris-village-on002007-1851/.