Plympton, Ontario (1851 census)

Plympton was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,511. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262605. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.012°N, 82.107°W.

Population

In 1851, Plympton had a population of 1,511: 793 male and 718 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, Plympton shared boundaries with:

• Bosanquet
• Brooke
• Enniskillen
• Sarnia
• Warwick

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 143 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,511 total population, 793 males, 718 females, Male members of the family who are present: 700, Female members of the family who are present: 695, 547 single males, 458 single females, 236 married females, 229 married males, 180 families, 118 males attending school, 108 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 93, 25 female births, 24 widowed females, Females present who are not members of the family: 23, Male members of the family who are present: 17, 17 widowed males, 16 male births, Female members of the family who are absent: 13. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 123 females aged 5 to 10, 114 males aged 5 to 10, 96 single females aged 10 to 15, 85 married females aged 20 to 30, 84 single males aged 10 to 15, 83 single males aged 20 to 30, 75 single males aged 15 to 20, 64 married females aged 30 to 40, 64 single females aged 15 to 20, 60 married males aged 30 to 40, 56 married males aged 40 to 50, 55 married males aged 20 to 30, 41 males aged 4 to 5, 40 married females aged 40 to 50, 37 females aged 2 to 3, 36 males aged 1 to 2, 30 females aged 1 to 2, 30 married males aged 50 to 60, 28 females age 3 to 4, 28 males aged 2 to 3, 27 females under age 1, 25 females aged 4 to 5, 25 males under age 1, 23 married females aged 50 to 60, 22 single males aged 30 to 40, 21 married males aged 60 to 70, 20 males aged 3 to 4, 16 single females aged 20 to 30, 13 married females aged 60 to 70, 11 single males aged 40 to 50, 9 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 single females aged 30 to 40, 8 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 802 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 296 persons originating in Scotland, 220 persons originating in Ireland, 117 persons originating in England or Wales, 54 persons originating in the United States, 13 French Canadians, 4 persons originating in New Brunswick, 2 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 2 persons originating in the West Indies, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 33,872 acres of land in farms, 28,246 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 14,881 pounds of homemade butter, 12,797 bushels of wheat, 11,623 bushels of oats, 8,333 pounds of maple sugar, 7,861 bushels of potatoes, 5,626 acres of farmland under cultivation, 5,617 bushels of peas, 5,559 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,345 bushels of corn, 4,292 acres of farmland under crops, 1,962 sheep, 1,367 tons of hay, 1,267 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,073 bushels of turnips, 979 acres of wheat, 785 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 735 swine, 656 bulls, oxen, or steers, 551 calves and heifers, 550 milk cows, 507 acres of oats, 266 occupants of farms, 261 acres of peas, 224 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 198 horses, 181 acres of corn, 170 barrels of pork, 162 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 158 bushels of beans, 146 bushels of buckwheat, 110 barrels of beef, 102 acres of potatoes, 84 bushels of carrots, 67 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 62 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 45 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 43 pounds of hops, 26 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 15 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 13 acres of buckwheat, 12 acres of turnips, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 1,225 yards of flannel, 259 yards of fulled cloth, 2 employees in saw mills, 2 saw mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 saw mills powered by steam, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills reporting annual production. 1,900,000 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 4 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, 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 females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON018007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON122007 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262605

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). "Plympton, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/plympton-on018007-1851/.