Pilkington, Ontario (1851 census)

Pilkington was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,990. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262592. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.647°N, 80.443°W.

Population

In 1851, Pilkington had a population of 1,990: 1,078 male and 912 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, Pilkington shared boundaries with:

• Guelph
• Nichol
• Peel
• Waterloo
• Woolwich

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 145 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,990 total population, 1,078 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,041, 912 females, Female members of the family who are present: 888, 757 single males, 583 single females, 311 married females, 311 married males, 278 families, 132 males attending school, 102 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 37, Females present who are not members of the family: 24, 18 widowed females, 13 male births, 10 widowed males, 5 female births, Male members of the family who are present: 3, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 154 males aged 5 to 10, 151 females aged 5 to 10, 141 single males aged 10 to 15, 114 married females aged 20 to 30, 108 single males aged 15 to 20, 105 married males aged 30 to 40, 105 single males aged 20 to 30, 100 single females aged 10 to 15, 90 married females aged 30 to 40, 89 single females aged 15 to 20, 79 married males aged 20 to 30, 68 married males aged 40 to 50, 57 females under age 1, 57 males under age 1, 49 married females aged 40 to 50, 48 females aged 1 to 2, 47 males aged 1 to 2, 38 females aged 2 to 3, 38 males aged 3 to 4, 38 males aged 4 to 5, 34 males aged 2 to 3, 34 single females aged 20 to 30, 32 married males aged 50 to 60, 28 females age 3 to 4, 25 females aged 4 to 5, 25 married females aged 50 to 60, 21 married males aged 60 to 70, 21 single males aged 30 to 40, 16 married females aged 15 to 20, 15 married females aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 males of unknown age, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 females of unknown age, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 708 persons originating in England or Wales, 523 persons originating in Scotland, 464 persons originating in Ireland, 169 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 108 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 7 persons originating in Switzerland, 5 persons originating in the United States, 2 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 3 persons originating in Jersey or other British islands — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 31,975 bushels of wheat, 24,045 bushels of oats, 23,050 acres of land in farms, 15,896 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 15,209 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 13,286 pounds of maple sugar, 11,420 bushels of turnips, 7,154 acres of farmland under cultivation, 6,666 bushels of potatoes, 6,210 bushels of peas, 5,663 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,405 acres of farmland under crops, 4,238 pounds of homemade butter, 3,741 bushels of barley, 2,749 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,025 acres of wheat, 1,729 sheep, 1,417 swine, 1,019 tons of hay, 889 acres of oats, 639 barrels of pork, 572 calves and heifers, 515 milk cows, 465 bulls, oxen, or steers, 441 acres of peas, 287 horses, 267 occupants of farms, 172 acres of barley, 139 barrels of beef, 136 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 114 acres of turnips, 107 acres of potatoes, 85 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 29 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 25 bushels of corn, 7 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 5 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of corn. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 447 yards of flannel, 272 yards of fulled cloth, 32 yards of linen, 7 employees in grist mills, 5 employees in woollen factories, 4 employees in distilleries, 1 distilleries, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 woollen factories, 1 woollen factories not reporting. 5,000 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 distilleries not reporting — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 7 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON039012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON152011 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262592

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). "Pilkington, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/pilkington-on039012-1851/.