Seymour, Ontario (1851 census)

Seymour was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,781. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7459234. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.328°N, 77.779°W.

Population

In 1851, Seymour had a population of 2,781: 1,576 male and 1,205 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, Seymour shared boundaries with:

• Asphodel
• Belmont, Methuen
• Brighton
• Murray
• Percy
• Rawdon
• Sidney

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 175 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,781 total population, 1,576 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,274, 1,205 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,138, 1,137 single males, 784 single females, 415 married males, 399 families, 383 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 302, 161 males attending school, 135 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 67, 60 male births, 57 female births, 38 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 26, 24 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 13, 2 blind males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 239 single males aged 20 to 30, 213 males aged 5 to 10, 196 single males aged 15 to 20, 192 females aged 5 to 10, 171 single males aged 10 to 15, 147 single females aged 10 to 15, 146 married females aged 20 to 30, 138 married males aged 30 to 40, 117 single females aged 15 to 20, 101 married females aged 30 to 40, 100 married males aged 40 to 50, 90 married males aged 20 to 30, 74 married females aged 40 to 50, 62 single females aged 20 to 30, 61 males aged 1 to 2, 57 females under age 1, 57 males under age 1, 55 females age 3 to 4, 55 married males aged 50 to 60, 50 males aged 2 to 3, 49 females aged 2 to 3, 46 single males aged 30 to 40, 44 females aged 1 to 2, 41 females aged 4 to 5, 37 males aged 3 to 4, 36 married females aged 50 to 60, 30 males aged 4 to 5, 28 single males aged 40 to 50, 22 married males aged 60 to 70, 14 married females aged 15 to 20, 11 married females aged 60 to 70, 11 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 10 single females aged 30 to 40, 9 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 females of unknown age, 5 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 males of unknown age, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,418 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 448 persons originating in Ireland, 393 persons originating in Scotland, 227 persons originating in England or Wales, 225 French Canadians, 63 persons originating in the United States, 2 persons originating in all other places, 2 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons whose origin is unknown. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 61,086 bushels of wheat, 58,720 pounds of homemade butter, 54,565 acres of land in farms, 34,808 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 25,746 bushels of turnips, 24,813 bushels of oats, 23,065 bushels of potatoes, 19,757 acres of farmland under cultivation, 19,084 bushels of peas, 14,119 acres of farmland under crops, 12,584 pounds of maple sugar, 11,884 pounds of wool produced on farms, 7,700 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 5,453 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,117 bushels of barley, 4,124 acres of wheat, 3,810 sheep, 2,515 swine, 2,513 tons of hay, 1,943 bushels of corn, 1,765 bulls, oxen, or steers, 1,544 bushels of rye, 1,414 calves and heifers, 1,302 milk cows, 1,256 acres of peas, 1,122 barrels of pork, 1,105 acres of oats, 675 horses, 473 barrels of beef, 398 acres of potatoes, 351 occupants of farms, 314 bushels of buckwheat, 295 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 222 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 220 acres of barley, 186 pounds of hops, 185 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 169 acres of turnips, 162 bushels of carrots, 156 pounds of flax or hemp, 128 acres of rye, 94 acres of corn, 81 bushels of beans, 60 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 52 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 40 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 30 acres of buckwheat, 16 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 16 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 5 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 6,943 yards of flannel, $3,150 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 1,328 yards of fulled cloth, $400 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $40 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 39 employees in saw mills, 7 saw mills, 7 saw mills powered by water, 7 saw mills reporting annual production, 5 saw mills returning capital, 3 grist mills, 3 grist mills powered by water, 2 employees in grist mills, 2 grist mills not reporting, 2 grist mills returning capital, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent. 1,465,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 38 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 41 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 23, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 18, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 12, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 3, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 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 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 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. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person 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: ON024005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON132009 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7459234
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_Township

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). "Seymour, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/seymour-on024005-1851/.