Puslinch, Ontario (1851 census)

Puslinch was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,862. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q89596452. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.468°N, 80.177°W.

Population

In 1851, Puslinch had a population of 3,862: 2,017 male and 1,845 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, Puslinch shared boundaries with:

• Beverley
• Dumfries, North
• Eramosa
• Flamboro, East
• Flamboro, West
• Guelph
• Nassagaweya
• Waterloo

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 173 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,862 total population, 2,017 males, 1,845 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,802, Female members of the family who are present: 1,755, 1,433 single males, 1,238 single females, 621 families, 530 married males, 525 married females, 431 males attending school, 363 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 215, Females present who are not members of the family: 90, 82 widowed females, 64 female births, 57 male births, 54 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 6, Female members of the family who are absent: 4, 3 lunatic females, 2 lunatic males, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 283 males aged 5 to 10, 265 single males aged 10 to 15, 228 single females aged 10 to 15, 228 single males aged 20 to 30, 219 females aged 5 to 10, 206 single males aged 15 to 20, 196 single females aged 15 to 20, 177 married males aged 30 to 40, 176 single females aged 20 to 30, 167 married females aged 20 to 30, 167 married females aged 30 to 40, 136 married males aged 40 to 50, 101 married females aged 40 to 50, 92 males aged 1 to 2, 90 females under age 1, 87 married males aged 20 to 30, 82 males under age 1, 79 females aged 2 to 3, 79 married males aged 50 to 60, 73 females aged 1 to 2, 67 males aged 3 to 4, 66 males aged 2 to 3, 65 females aged 4 to 5, 61 married females aged 50 to 60, 60 females age 3 to 4, 51 males aged 4 to 5, 44 single males aged 30 to 40, 39 single females aged 30 to 40, 38 married males aged 60 to 70, 32 single males aged 40 to 50, 19 married females aged 60 to 70, 19 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 18 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 16 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 16 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 11 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 10 married males aged 70 to 80, 10 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 10 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 9 single males aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 7 single females aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 5 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 single males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 single males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,941 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 961 persons originating in Scotland, 449 persons originating in Ireland, 286 persons originating in England or Wales, 109 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 57 persons originating in the United States, 23 persons originating in all other places, 17 persons originating in France, 13 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 6 persons originating in New Brunswick. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 90,977 bushels of wheat, 86,694 bushels of oats, 66,328 pounds of homemade butter, 58,013 bushels of turnips, 53,333 acres of land in farms, 36,022 bushels of potatoes, 27,483 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 25,850 acres of farmland under cultivation, 17,018 bushels of peas, 16,822 pounds of wool produced on farms, 14,409 acres of farmland under crops, 12,398 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 11,154 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,929 sheep, 5,706 acres of wheat, 3,333 swine, 3,143 tons of hay, 2,953 bushels of rye, 2,914 acres of oats, 2,421 bushels of barley, 1,648 bushels of corn, 1,557 bulls, oxen, or steers, 1,471 barrels of pork, 1,444 milk cows, 1,387 calves and heifers, 924 horses, 774 acres of peas, 542 barrels of beef, 522 pounds of maple sugar, 512 occupants of farms, 483 acres of potatoes, 349 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 311 acres of turnips, 291 bushels of buckwheat, 287 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 230 gallons of cider, 205 acres of rye, 169 acres of barley, 144 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 82 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 64 acres of corn, 50 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 40 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 24 acres of buckwheat, 15 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 11 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 5 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 6,110 yards of flannel, 2,501 yards of fulled cloth, $886 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $56 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 21 employees in saw mills, 8 saw mills, 5 saw mills powered by water, 5 saw mills reporting annual production, 3 saw mills powered by steam, 2 saw mills not reporting, 2 saw mills returning capital, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent. 1,345,000 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 22 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 4, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 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 females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person 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: ON039002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON152012 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q89596452

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). "Puslinch, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/puslinch-on039002-1851/.