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Year: 1851  |  Province: Ontario  |  Wikidata: Q115262762

Sarnia, Ontario (1851 census)

Sarnia was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,384. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262762. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.965°N, 82.325°W.

Population

In 1851, Sarnia had a population of 1,384: 744 male and 640 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, Sarnia shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 147 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,384 total population, 744 males, Male members of the family who are present: 715, 640 females, Female members of the family who are present: 628, 527 single males, 408 single females, 228 families, 213 married females, 210 married males, 159 females attending school, 158 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 29, 29 female births, 29 male births, 19 widowed females, Females present who are not members of the family: 12, 7 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 3, 1 blind males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 124 males aged 5 to 10, 95 married females aged 20 to 30, 90 females aged 5 to 10, 89 single males aged 20 to 30, 80 single males aged 15 to 20, 74 married males aged 30 to 40, 71 single females aged 10 to 15, 69 single males aged 10 to 15, 68 single females aged 15 to 20, 56 married females aged 30 to 40, 54 married males aged 20 to 30, 43 married males aged 40 to 50, 39 single females aged 20 to 30, 37 males under age 1, 33 males aged 1 to 2, 33 married females aged 40 to 50, 28 females aged 2 to 3, 27 females age 3 to 4, 27 males aged 2 to 3, 27 married males aged 50 to 60, 24 females aged 4 to 5, 24 females under age 1, 24 males aged 3 to 4, 22 females aged 1 to 2, 22 males aged 4 to 5, 16 married females aged 50 to 60, 15 single males aged 30 to 40, 11 married males aged 60 to 70, 10 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 married females aged 60 to 70, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 658 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 277 persons originating in Scotland, 132 persons originating in England or Wales, 123 persons originating in Ireland, 69 French Canadians, 53 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 52 persons originating in the United States, 10 persons whose origin is unknown, 5 persons originating in New Brunswick, 2 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 2 persons originating in the West Indies, 1 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 13,214 pounds of homemade butter, 10,244 acres of land in farms, 8,043 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,468 bushels of oats, 4,598 bushels of potatoes, 4,215 bushels of wheat, 2,201 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,095 bushels of turnips, 1,898 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,700 pounds of maple sugar, 1,600 bushels of peas, 1,517 bushels of corn, 1,486 acres of farmland in pasture, 686 acres of farmland under crops, 654 sheep, 574 tons of hay, 258 swine, 244 milk cows, 227 acres of wheat, 225 acres of oats, 199 calves and heifers, 196 bulls, oxen, or steers, 150 bushels of rye, 134 horses, 110 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 98 barrels of pork, 96 occupants of farms, 71 acres of peas, 67 acres of corn, 60 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 59 barrels of beef, 50 bushels of buckwheat, 47 acres of potatoes, 40 bushels of carrots, 29 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 19 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 18 bushels of beans, 15 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 10 acres of rye, 9 acres of turnips, 5 bushels of barley, 4 acres of buckwheat, 4 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $4,500 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $550 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 139 yards of flannel, 100 yards of fulled cloth, 42 yards of linen, 20 employees in saw mills, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 saw mills returning capital, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries not reporting. 10,400 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 290 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 12 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 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 under age 1: 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). "Sarnia, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/sarnia-on018008-1851/.