Sandwich, T-V, Ontario (1851 census)

Sandwich, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 4,928. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.255°N, 82.983°W.

Population

In 1851, Sandwich, T-V had a population of 4,928: 2,563 male and 2,365 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).

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

• In a later year, this CSD contained Winder, Town of, 1861 (2.3% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Sandwich E, 1861 (60.3% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Sandwich W-O, 1861 (33.8% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Sandwich, T-V, 1861 (3.6% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Sandwich, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Anderdon
• Colchester
• Maidstone

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 192 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 4,928 total population, 2,563 males, 2,365 females, Male members of the family who are present: 2,334, Female members of the family who are present: 2,208, 1,717 single males, 1,477 single females, 883 families, 778 married males, 775 married females, 374 males attending school, 318 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 229, Females present who are not members of the family: 157, 113 widowed females, 101 male births, 92 female births, 68 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 47, Female members of the family who are absent: 43, 7 deaf and dumb males, 6 lunatic males, 3 lunatic females, 2 blind females, 2 persons at sea, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 349 males aged 5 to 10, 338 females aged 5 to 10, 326 single males aged 10 to 15, 306 single females aged 10 to 15, 305 married females aged 20 to 30, 266 single males aged 15 to 20, 255 single males aged 20 to 30, 250 single females aged 15 to 20, 238 married males aged 30 to 40, 191 married females aged 30 to 40, 170 married males aged 20 to 30, 152 single females aged 20 to 30, 151 married males aged 40 to 50, 138 married females aged 40 to 50, 123 married males aged 50 to 60, 96 males aged 2 to 3, 90 males under age 1, 87 males aged 1 to 2, 84 females aged 2 to 3, 84 married females aged 50 to 60, 83 males aged 3 to 4, 81 females under age 1, 78 females aged 1 to 2, 76 males aged 4 to 5, 76 married males aged 60 to 70, 74 females aged 4 to 5, 71 females age 3 to 4, 43 single males aged 30 to 40, 34 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 30 single females aged 30 to 40, 28 married females aged 60 to 70, 25 married females aged 15 to 20, 25 single males aged 40 to 50, 24 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 23 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 18 married males aged 70 to 80, 18 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 15 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 13 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 10 single females aged 40 to 50, 10 single males aged 50 to 60, 10 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 10 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 9 single females aged 50 to 60, 9 single males aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 2 single females aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,766 French Canadians, 828 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 521 persons originating in the United States, 390 persons originating in Ireland, 319 persons originating in England or Wales, 214 female negroes or coloured persons, 193 male negroes or coloured persons, 51 persons originating in Scotland, 21 persons originating in France, 12 persons whose origin is unknown, 10 persons originating in all other places, 7 Indigenous males, 3 persons originating in New Brunswick, 2 Indigenous females, 1 persons originating in Switzerland, 1 persons originating in the East Indies, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 persons originating in Russia, Prussia, or Poland, 1 persons originating in Austria or Hungary — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 42,958 acres of land in farms, 41,222 bushels of oats, 31,693 pounds of homemade butter, 28,352 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 21,014 bushels of corn, 15,896 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 14,606 acres of farmland under cultivation, 13,605 gallons of cider, 12,725 bushels of wheat, 10,117 bushels of potatoes, 7,841 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,760 pounds of wool produced on farms, 6,350 acres of farmland under crops, 3,975 sheep, 3,758 swine, 3,443 tons of hay, 2,460 acres of oats, 2,282 pounds of tobacco, 2,253 barrels of pork, 1,776 horses, 1,642 bushels of barley, 1,495 bushels of buckwheat, 1,486 acres of wheat, 1,424 milk cows, 1,221 bushels of peas, 1,217 calves and heifers, 1,190 bushels of turnips, 1,182 acres of corn, 1,086 bulls, oxen, or steers, 595 occupants of farms, 578 barrels of beef, 575 bushels of rye, 415 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 240 acres of potatoes, 198 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 182 bushels of carrots, 149 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 128 acres of buckwheat, 116 acres of barley, 102 acres of peas, 102 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 93 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 85 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 49 acres of rye, 36 bushels of beans, 31 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 30 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 13 acres of turnips, 3 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 pounds of hops. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 2,427 yards of flannel, 1,028 yards of fulled cloth, $800 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $125 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $75 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $25 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 6 employees in grist mills, 5 grist mills, 5 grist mills returning capital, 4 grist mills powered by water, 3 grist mills reporting daily production, 2 employees in saw mills, 2 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 breweries, 1 breweries not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by steam, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 saw mills returning capital. 66 barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 33,655 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 42 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 27, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 15, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 11, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 10, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 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. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 4 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: ON008008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON110024 — 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). "Sandwich, T-V, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/sandwich-t-v-on008008-1851/.