Present, town of, Ontario (1851 census)
Present, town of was a census subdivision in 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, Present, town of had a population of 2,156: 1,100 male and 1,056 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,156 |
| 1861 | 2,591 |
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, Present, town of shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 117 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,156 total population, 1,100 males, 1,056 females, Male members of the family who are present: 911, Female members of the family who are present: 868, 712 single males, 660 single females, 417 families, 354 married males, 339 married females, 252 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 189, Females present who are not members of the family: 188, 155 females attending school, 57 widowed females, 49 male births, 40 female births, 34 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 21, Female members of the family who are absent: 7, 2 persons at sea. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 163 males aged 5 to 10, 131 single females aged 15 to 20, 129 single females aged 10 to 15, 128 females aged 5 to 10, 122 married females aged 20 to 30, 122 single males aged 10 to 15, 110 married males aged 30 to 40, 106 married females aged 30 to 40, 103 married males aged 40 to 50, 98 single males aged 15 to 20, 96 single males aged 20 to 30, 81 single females aged 20 to 30, 76 married females aged 40 to 50, 72 married males aged 20 to 30, 55 married males aged 50 to 60, 49 males under age 1, 40 males aged 4 to 5, 39 females under age 1, 37 males aged 2 to 3, 35 females aged 1 to 2, 35 females aged 2 to 3, 35 males aged 1 to 2, 33 males aged 3 to 4, 30 females aged 4 to 5, 28 females age 3 to 4, 25 married females aged 50 to 60, 22 single males aged 30 to 40, 16 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 14 single females aged 30 to 40, 14 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 13 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 11 single males aged 40 to 50, 11 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 10 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 9 married males aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 females of unknown age, 6 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 married females aged 60 to 70, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 males of unknown age, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 994 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 705 persons originating in Ireland, 144 French Canadians, 131 persons originating in the United States, 119 persons originating in England or Wales, 51 persons originating in Scotland, 10 Indigenous males, 9 Indigenous females, 6 persons originating in all other places, 2 persons originating in the West Indies, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 persons originating in Jersey or other British islands — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 7,000 gallons of beer produced in breweries, $4,500 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 1,000 breweries returning capital, 1,000 distilleries returning capital, 633 tanneries returning capital, 14 employees in distilleries, 11 employees in tanneries, 4 employees in breweries, 4 employees in grist mills, 2 distilleries, 2 distilleries reporting, 2 tanneries, 1 breweries, 1 breweries reporting, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by steam, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 tanneries not reporting, 1 tanneries reporting. $2,500 value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 110,000 gallons of liquor produced in distilleries — 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 females of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 3, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 2, 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 unknown age: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 3 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Samuel Crane | 1794–1858 | died here |
| Sir Richard William Scott | 1825–1913 | born here |
| James Morrow Walsh | 1840–1905 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON012006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON074007— 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). "Present, town of, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/present-town-of-on012006-1851/.