Prescott, Town—Ville, Ontario (1851 census)
Prescott, Town—Ville was a town in Grenville County, Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,156. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.719°N, 75.519°W.
Population
In 1851, Prescott, Town—Ville had a population of 2,156: 1,100 male and 1,056 female residents. Population density was 1225.6 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,156 |
| 1861 | 2,591 |
| 1871 | 2,617 |
| 1881 | 2,999 |
| 1891 | 2,919 |
| 1901 | 3,019 |
| 1911 | 2,801 |
| 1921 | 2,636 |
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, Prescott, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 243 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (26 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C10 FAM NO | 417 |
| Female members of the family who are absent | 7 |
| Female members of the family who are present | 868 |
| Females present who are not members of the family | 188 |
| Male members of the family who are present | 911 |
| Male members of the family who are present | 21 |
| Males present who are not members of the family | 189 |
| Number of families | 417 |
| Number of female births in the past year | 40 |
| Number of females | 1,056 |
| Number of females attending school | 155 |
| Number of male births in the past year | 49 |
| Number of males | 1,100 |
| Number of males attending school | 252 |
| Number of married females | 339 |
| Number of married males | 354 |
| Number of persons at sea | 2 |
| Number of single females | 660 |
| Number of single males | 712 |
| Number of widowed females | 57 |
| Number of widowed males | 34 |
| POP | 2,156 |
| POP FX N.1 | 1,056 |
| POP MX N.1 | 1,100 |
| POP XX N.1 | 2,156 |
| Total population | 2,156 |
Age structure (54 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of females age 3 to 4 | 28 |
| Number of females aged 1 to 2 | 35 |
| Number of females aged 2 to 3 | 35 |
| Number of females aged 4 to 5 | 30 |
| Number of females aged 5 to 10 | 128 |
| Number of females of unknown age | 6 |
| Number of females under age 1 | 39 |
| Number of males aged 1 to 2 | 35 |
| Number of males aged 2 to 3 | 37 |
| Number of males aged 3 to 4 | 33 |
| Number of males aged 4 to 5 | 40 |
| Number of males aged 5 to 10 | 163 |
| Number of males of unknown age | 2 |
| Number of males under age 1 | 49 |
| Number of married females aged 15 to 20 | 4 |
| Number of married females aged 20 to 30 | 122 |
| Number of married females aged 30 to 40 | 106 |
| Number of married females aged 40 to 50 | 76 |
| Number of married females aged 50 to 60 | 25 |
| Number of married females aged 60 to 70 | 4 |
| Number of married females aged 70 to 80 | 2 |
| Number of married males aged 15 to 20 | 1 |
| Number of married males aged 20 to 30 | 72 |
| Number of married males aged 30 to 40 | 110 |
| Number of married males aged 40 to 50 | 103 |
| Number of married males aged 50 to 60 | 55 |
| Number of married males aged 60 to 70 | 9 |
| Number of married males aged 70 to 80 | 4 |
| Number of single females aged 10 to 15 | 129 |
| Number of single females aged 15 to 20 | 131 |
| Number of single females aged 20 to 30 | 81 |
| Number of single females aged 30 to 40 | 14 |
| Number of single females aged 40 to 50 | 3 |
| Number of single females aged 60 to 70 | 1 |
| Number of single males aged 10 to 15 | 122 |
| Number of single males aged 15 to 20 | 98 |
| Number of single males aged 20 to 30 | 96 |
| Number of single males aged 30 to 40 | 22 |
| Number of single males aged 40 to 50 | 11 |
| Number of single males aged 50 to 60 | 3 |
| Number of single males aged 60 to 70 | 1 |
| Number of widowed females aged 20 to 30 | 2 |
| Number of widowed females aged 30 to 40 | 13 |
| Number of widowed females aged 40 to 50 | 16 |
| Number of widowed females aged 50 to 60 | 14 |
| Number of widowed females aged 60 to 70 | 10 |
| Number of widowed females aged 70 to 80 | 2 |
| Number of widowed males aged 20 to 30 | 1 |
| Number of widowed males aged 30 to 40 | 11 |
| Number of widowed males aged 40 to 50 | 6 |
| Number of widowed males aged 50 to 60 | 8 |
| Number of widowed males aged 60 to 70 | 4 |
| Number of widowed males aged 70 to 80 | 3 |
| Number of widowed males aged 80 to 90 | 1 |
Ethnic origin (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 144 |
| Number of Indigenous females | 9 |
| Number of Indigenous males | 10 |
| Number of persons native to Canada, not of French origin | 994 |
| Number of persons originating in all other places | 6 |
| Number of persons originating in England or Wales | 119 |
| Number of persons originating in Ireland | 705 |
| Number of persons originating in Jersey or other British islands | 1 |
| Number of persons originating in New Brunswick | 1 |
| Number of persons originating in Scotland | 51 |
| Number of persons originating in the United States | 131 |
| Number of persons originating in the West Indies | 2 |
Manufacturing & industry (22 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Gallons of beer produced in breweries in the past year | 7,000 |
| Gallons of liquor produced in distilleries in the past year | 110,000 |
| Number of breweries | 1 |
| Number of breweries reporting | 1 |
| Number of breweries returning capital | 1,000 |
| Number of distilleries | 2 |
| Number of distilleries reporting | 2 |
| Number of distilleries returning capital | 1,000 |
| Number of employees in breweries | 4 |
| Number of employees in distilleries | 14 |
| Number of employees in grist mills | 4 |
| Number of employees in tanneries | 11 |
| Number of grist mills | 1 |
| Number of grist mills not reporting | 1 |
| Number of grist mills powered by steam | 1 |
| Number of grist mills returning capital | 1 |
| Number of tanneries | 2 |
| Number of tanneries not reporting | 1 |
| Number of tanneries reporting | 1 |
| Number of tanneries returning capital | 633 |
| Value of capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling) | 4,500 |
| Value of leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling) | 2,500 |
Deaths & mortality (8 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50 | 3 |
| Deaths in the past year among females of all ages | 5 |
| Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among females under age 1 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males of all ages | 2 |
| Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age | 1 |
| Total number of deaths in the past year | 7 |
Other recorded variables (121 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| AT SEA | 2 |
| C01 GM NO MILLS | 1 |
| C01 SEX MALE | 1,100 |
| C02 GM STEAM | 1 |
| C02 SEX FEM | 1,056 |
| C03 TOTAL | 2,156 |
| C04 MEM OF FAM M | 911 |
| C05 MEM OF FAM F | 868 |
| C06 NOT MEM OF FAM M | 189 |
| C07 NOT MEM OF FAM F | 188 |
| C08 MEM OF FAM ABSENT M | 21 |
| C09 MEM OF FAM ABSENT F | 7 |
| C100 BTWN 80 AND 90 M WID | 1 |
| C12 BIRTHS M | 49 |
| C12 GM CAP NO | 1 |
| C122 AGES NOT GIVEN M | 2 |
| C123 AGES NOT GIVEN F | 6 |
| C124 DEATHS AGES NOT GIVEN M | 1 |
| C125 DEATHS AGES NOT GIVEN F | 1 |
| C126 MD MALE | 354 |
| C127 S MALE | 712 |
| C128 WID MALE | 34 |
| C129 TOT MALE | 1,100 |
| C13 BIRTHS F | 40 |
| C13 GM CAP P | 4,500 |
| C130 MD FEM | 339 |
| C131 S FEM | 660 |
| C132 WID FEM | 57 |
| C133 TOT FEM | 1,056 |
| C134 GRAND TOT | 2,156 |
| C135 DEATHS M | 2 |
| C136 DEATHS F | 5 |
| C137 DEATHS TOT | 7 |
| C139 INDIANS M | 10 |
| C14 GM HANDS | 4 |
| C14 UNDER 1 M | 49 |
| C140 INDIANS F | 9 |
| C143 ATTND SCHOOL M | 252 |
| C144 ATTND SCHOOL F | 155 |
| C15 GM NO RETURNS | 1 |
| C15 UNDER 1 F | 39 |
| C17 DEATHS UNDER 1 F | 1 |
| C18 UNDER 2 M | 35 |
| C19 UNDER 2 F | 35 |
| C22 UNDER 3 M | 37 |
| C23 UNDER 3 F | 35 |
| C26 UNDER 4 M | 33 |
| C27 UNDER 4 F | 28 |
| C30 UNDER 5 M | 40 |
| C31 UNDER 5 F | 30 |
| C34 BTWN 5 AND 10 M | 163 |
| C35 BTWN 5 AND 10 F | 128 |
| C39 BTWN 10 AND 15 M S | 122 |
| C41 BTWN 10 AND 15 F S | 129 |
| C44 BTWN 15 AND 20 M MD | 1 |
| C45 BTWN 15 AND 20 M S | 98 |
| C46 BTWN 15 AND 20 F MD | 4 |
| C46 DIST NO | 2 |
| C47 BTWN 15 AND 20 F S | 131 |
| C47 DIST RETURNS | 2 |
| C48 BTWN 15 AND 20 M DEATHS | 1 |
| C48 DIST CAPITAL | 1,000 |
| C49 DIST PRODUCE | 110,000 |
| C50 BTWN 20 AND 30 M MD | 72 |
| C50 DIST HANDS | 14 |
| C51 BTWN 20 AND 30 M S | 96 |
| C52 BTWN 20 AND 30 M WID | 1 |
| C52 TAN NO | 2 |
| C53 BTWN 20 AND 30 F MD | 122 |
| C53 TAN RETURNS | 1 |
| C54 BTWN 20 AND 30 F S | 81 |
| C54 TAN CAPITAL | 633 |
| C55 BTWN 20 AND 30 F WID | 2 |
| C55 TAN PRODUCE | 2,500 |
| C56 TAN HANDS | 11 |
| C57 TAN NO RETURNS | 1 |
| C58 BTWN 30 AND 40 M MD | 110 |
| C59 BTWN 30 AND 40 M S | 22 |
| C60 BTWN 30 AND 40 M WID | 11 |
| C61 BTWN 30 AND 40 F MD | 106 |
| C62 BTWN 30 AND 40 F S | 14 |
| C63 BTWN 30 AND 40 F WID | 13 |
| C64 BREW NO | 1 |
| C65 BREW RETURNS | 1 |
| C66 BREW CAPITAL | 1,000 |
| C66 BTWN 40 AND 50 M MD | 103 |
| C67 BREW PRODUCE | 7,000 |
| C67 BTWN 40 AND 50 M S | 11 |
| C68 BREW HANDS | 4 |
| C68 BTWN 40 AND 50 M WID | 6 |
| C69 BTWN 40 AND 50 F MD | 76 |
| C70 BTWN 40 AND 50 F S | 3 |
| C71 BTWN 40 AND 50 F WID | 16 |
| C73 BTWN 40 AND 50 F DEATHS | 3 |
| C74 BTWN 50 AND 60 M MD | 55 |
| C75 BTWN 50 AND 60 M S | 3 |
| C76 BTWN 50 AND 60 M WID | 8 |
| C77 BTWN 50 AND 60 F MD | 25 |
| C79 BTWN 50 AND 60 F WID | 14 |
| C82 BTWN 60 AND 70 M MD | 9 |
| C83 BTWN 60 AND 70 M S | 1 |
| C84 BTWN 60 AND 70 M WID | 4 |
| C85 BTWN 60 AND 70 F MD | 4 |
| C86 BTWN 60 AND 70 F S | 1 |
| C87 BTWN 60 AND 70 F WID | 10 |
| C90 BTWN 70 AND 80 M MD | 4 |
| C92 BTWN 70 AND 80 M WID | 3 |
| C93 BTWN 70 AND 80 F MD | 2 |
| C95 BTWN 70 AND 80 F WID | 2 |
| CD NAME | Grenville |
| ENG WLS | 119 |
| FREN ORIG | 144 |
| IRE | 705 |
| JE AND OTHR BI | 1 |
| LINE NO | 103 |
| NB | 1 |
| NOT FRN | 994 |
| OTHER PL | 6 |
| SCOT | 51 |
| US | 131 |
| WST IN | 2 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON012006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON113006— 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). "Prescott, Town—Ville, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/prescott-town-ville-on012006-1851/.