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Year: 1851  |  Province: Ontario

Richmond, Ontario (1851 census)

Richmond was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 4,071. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.308°N, 77.033°W.

Population

In 1851, Richmond had a population of 4,071: 2,103 male and 1,968 female residents.

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Richmond shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 188 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 4,071 total population, 2,103 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,983, 1,968 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,878, 1,437 single males, 1,260 single females, 643 married females, 643 married males, 448 families, 351 males attending school, 306 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 120, Females present who are not members of the family: 90, Male members of the family who are present: 72, 65 widowed females, 56 female births, 44 male births, Female members of the family who are absent: 34, 23 widowed males, 3 lunatic males, 2 deaf and dumb females, 2 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 312 females aged 5 to 10, 309 males aged 5 to 10, 247 single males aged 10 to 15, 235 married females aged 20 to 30, 234 single females aged 15 to 20, 232 single females aged 10 to 15, 224 single males aged 15 to 20, 201 married males aged 30 to 40, 200 single males aged 20 to 30, 159 married females aged 30 to 40, 147 married males aged 20 to 30, 139 married males aged 40 to 50, 122 married females aged 40 to 50, 105 single females aged 20 to 30, 87 females under age 1, 84 married males aged 50 to 60, 79 males aged 1 to 2, 78 males aged 2 to 3, 74 males under age 1, 71 males aged 4 to 5, 69 males aged 3 to 4, 68 females aged 1 to 2, 66 females aged 4 to 5, 63 females age 3 to 4, 59 married females aged 50 to 60, 58 females aged 2 to 3, 50 married males aged 60 to 70, 48 single males aged 30 to 40, 31 married females aged 60 to 70, 30 married females aged 15 to 20, 19 males of unknown age, 18 married males aged 70 to 80, 18 single females aged 30 to 40, 14 single males aged 40 to 50, 13 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 13 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 12 females of unknown age, 12 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 8 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 single females aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,970 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 589 persons originating in Ireland, 257 persons originating in the United States, 152 persons originating in England or Wales, 67 persons originating in Scotland, 28 French Canadians, 6 persons originating in New Brunswick, 2 persons originating in Germany or Holland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 108,321 pounds of homemade butter, 43,907 bushels of oats, 41,618 acres of land in farms, 27,691 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 21,682 bushels of peas, 15,923 acres of farmland under cultivation, 15,345 bushels of rye, 13,348 pounds of wool produced on farms, 10,960 acres of farmland under crops, 10,955 bushels of buckwheat, 10,386 bushels of potatoes, 9,215 bushels of wheat, 8,586 bushels of corn, 8,510 pounds of maple sugar, 5,383 sheep, 4,901 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 4,763 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,140 tons of hay, 2,692 swine, 1,820 acres of oats, 1,734 acres of peas, 1,661 acres of wheat, 1,646 barrels of pork, 1,582 milk cows, 1,402 calves and heifers, 1,366 acres of rye, 1,050 horses, 952 bulls, oxen, or steers, 805 gallons of cider, 733 bushels of barley, 641 bushels of turnips, 609 acres of buckwheat, 405 occupants of farms, 373 acres of corn, 301 bushels of carrots, 300 acres of potatoes, 272 barrels of beef, 200 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 194 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 190 pounds of flax or hemp, 150 bushels of beans, 76 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 68 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 65 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 48 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 36 acres of barley, 32 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 20 pounds of hops, 19 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 7 acres of turnips, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 8,409 yards of flannel, $3,500 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 2,914 yards of fulled cloth, $1,370 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $750 value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling), 86 yards of linen, $70 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 41 employees in saw mills, 10 employees in foundries, 8 employees in grist mills, 7 saw mills, 7 saw mills powered by water, 4 saw mills reporting annual production, 4 saw mills returning capital, 2 saw mills not reporting, 1 foundries, 1 foundries reporting, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 woollen factories, 1 woollen factories not reporting. 2,480,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 60,000 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 6 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 27 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 16, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 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 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

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). "Richmond, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/richmond-on021003-1851/.