Russell, Ontario (1851 census)
Russell was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 503. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2981843. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.272°N, 75.314°W.
Population
In 1851, Russell had a population of 503: 267 male and 236 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 503 |
| 1861 | 1,814 |
| 1871 | 2,339 |
| 1881 | 3,458 |
| 1891 | 3,918 |
| 1901 | 3,835 |
| 1911 | 3,964 |
| 1921 | 3,752 |
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, Russell shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 74 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 503 total population, 267 males, 236 females, Female members of the family who are present: 222, Male members of the family who are present: 222, 171 single males, 154 single females, 88 married males, 84 families, 79 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 45, 26 males attending school, 23 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 14, 12 male births, 8 widowed males, 4 female births, 3 widowed females, Female members of the family who are absent: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 40 females aged 5 to 10, 35 males aged 5 to 10, 34 single females aged 10 to 15, 34 single males aged 20 to 30, 31 married females aged 20 to 30, 29 single males aged 15 to 20, 28 married males aged 20 to 30, 24 married males aged 30 to 40, 24 single females aged 15 to 20, 20 married females aged 30 to 40, 20 single males aged 10 to 15, 16 married females aged 40 to 50, 15 males under age 1, 15 married males aged 40 to 50, 14 females age 3 to 4, 14 married males aged 50 to 60, 11 females aged 1 to 2, 11 males aged 1 to 2, 10 females aged 2 to 3, 9 single females aged 20 to 30, 8 males aged 4 to 5, 7 males aged 3 to 4, 6 females under age 1, 6 males aged 2 to 3, 6 married females aged 50 to 60, 5 married males aged 60 to 70, 5 single males aged 30 to 40, 4 females aged 4 to 5, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 married females aged 15 to 20, 2 married females aged 60 to 70, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 30 to 40, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 279 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 88 persons originating in Ireland, 77 French Canadians, 49 persons originating in Scotland, 7 persons originating in the United States, 3 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $875 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $500 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 2 employees in grist mills, 2 grist mills, 2 saw mills, 2 saw mills powered by water, 2 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 2 saw mills returning capital. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON034004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON143004— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q2981843
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell,_Ontario
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_(Ontario)
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). "Russell, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/russell-on034004-1851/.