Richmond, Village, Ontario (1851 census)

Richmond, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 434. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.189°N, 75.835°W.

Population

In 1851, Richmond, Village had a population of 434: 212 male and 222 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, Richmond, Village shared boundaries with:

• Goulburn

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 135 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 434 total population, 222 females, 212 males, Female members of the family who are present: 181, Male members of the family who are present: 177, 136 single females, 136 single males, 76 married females, 74 married males, 65 families, Females present who are not members of the family: 41, Males present who are not members of the family: 35, 28 males attending school, 20 females attending school, 13 male births, 10 widowed females, 8 female births, 2 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 1, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 37 married females aged 20 to 30, 32 females aged 5 to 10, 30 males aged 5 to 10, 30 single females aged 10 to 15, 25 single females aged 15 to 20, 22 single males aged 15 to 20, 20 married males aged 20 to 30, 19 married males aged 30 to 40, 17 married males aged 40 to 50, 17 single males aged 20 to 30, 16 single males aged 10 to 15, 15 single females aged 20 to 30, 13 males under age 1, 13 married females aged 30 to 40, 11 males aged 2 to 3, 10 married females aged 40 to 50, 9 females under age 1, 9 males aged 3 to 4, 9 married females aged 50 to 60, 8 males aged 4 to 5, 8 married males aged 50 to 60, 8 married males aged 60 to 70, 7 females aged 2 to 3, 6 females aged 1 to 2, 6 females aged 4 to 5, 6 married females aged 60 to 70, 5 single males aged 30 to 40, 4 females age 3 to 4, 4 males aged 1 to 2, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 248 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 142 persons originating in Ireland, 12 persons originating in England or Wales, 11 French Canadians, 11 persons originating in Scotland, 6 persons originating in the United States, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Spain or Portugal. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 5,637 pounds of homemade butter, 4,187 bushels of potatoes, 3,658 bushels of oats, 3,496 bushels of wheat, 2,915 acres of land in farms, 2,136 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,038 acres of wheat, 779 acres of farmland under cultivation, 611 acres of farmland under crops, 389 pounds of wool produced on farms, 339 bushels of peas, 181 acres of oats, 170 swine, 159 acres of farmland in pasture, 150 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 122 milk cows, 122 sheep, 115 tons of hay, 107 barrels of pork, 100 calves and heifers, 79 bushels of corn, 73 horses, 69 bushels of buckwheat, 69 occupants of farms, 57 acres of potatoes, 56 bushels of turnips, 55 bushels of barley, 43 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 39 barrels of beef, 32 bushels of carrots, 27 acres of peas, 24 bulls, oxen, or steers, 9 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 8 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 7 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 6 acres of buckwheat, 5 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 pounds of hops, 4 acres of corn, 3 acres of barley, 1 acres of turnips, 1 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 3,000 feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, 232 yards of fulled cloth, 4 employees in grist mills, 2 employees in distilleries, 2 employees in saw mills, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills not reporting, 1 distilleries, 1 distilleries reporting, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills reporting daily production. 10,000 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 65 gallons of liquor produced in distilleries — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 1, 1 total number of deaths. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people 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: ON004010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON105013 — 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). "Richmond, Village, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/richmond-village-on004010-1851/.