Sidney, Ontario (1851 census)

Sidney was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 4,574. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q136480718. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.207°N, 77.521°W.

Population

In 1851, Sidney had a population of 4,574: 2,372 male and 2,202 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 Trenton, T-V, 1861 (0.8% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Sidney shared boundaries with:

• Belleville, C
• Murray
• Rawdon
• Seymour
• Thurlow

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 184 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 4,574 total population, 2,372 males, 2,202 females, Male members of the family who are present: 2,190, Female members of the family who are present: 2,041, 1,473 single males, 1,373 single females, 863 married males, 839 families, 766 married females, 492 males attending school, 472 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 182, Females present who are not members of the family: 164, 85 male births, 74 female births, 63 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 52, Female members of the family who are absent: 49, 36 widowed males, 9 lunatic females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 339 males aged 5 to 10, 316 females aged 5 to 10, 301 single females aged 15 to 20, 292 single females aged 10 to 15, 286 single males aged 10 to 15, 267 single males aged 15 to 20, 264 married females aged 20 to 30, 261 married males aged 20 to 30, 218 married males aged 30 to 40, 186 married females aged 30 to 40, 177 married males aged 40 to 50, 168 single males aged 20 to 30, 161 married females aged 40 to 50, 128 married males aged 50 to 60, 88 males aged 2 to 3, 82 males under age 1, 81 females aged 2 to 3, 78 single females aged 20 to 30, 76 females aged 1 to 2, 74 males aged 4 to 5, 73 females age 3 to 4, 71 females under age 1, 71 married females aged 50 to 60, 70 males aged 1 to 2, 65 females aged 4 to 5, 64 males aged 3 to 4, 50 married males aged 60 to 70, 35 married females aged 15 to 20, 32 married females aged 60 to 70, 24 married males aged 70 to 80, 20 single males aged 30 to 40, 19 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 17 married females aged 70 to 80, 14 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 12 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 10 single females aged 30 to 40, 10 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 9 single males aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 married males aged 80 to 90, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 females of unknown age, 4 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single 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 3,499 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 435 persons originating in Ireland, 305 persons originating in the United States, 216 persons originating in England or Wales, 51 persons originating in Scotland, 38 French Canadians, 14 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 13 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 2 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 141,211 pounds of homemade butter, 73,645 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 65,021 bushels of wheat, 59,771 acres of land in farms, 45,333 bushels of peas, 38,186 pounds of wool produced on farms, 32,826 gallons of cider, 32,507 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 27,264 acres of farmland under cultivation, 23,071 pounds of maple sugar, 21,734 bushels of potatoes, 19,541 bushels of oats, 18,024 acres of farmland under crops, 14,655 bushels of corn, 13,673 acres of oats, 9,089 bushels of buckwheat, 8,864 bushels of rye, 8,508 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,766 sheep, 5,954 bushels of turnips, 5,396 acres of wheat, 5,198 tons of hay, 3,294 swine, 2,371 barrels of pork, 2,163 milk cows, 1,974 acres of peas, 1,538 calves and heifers, 1,459 horses, 1,114 bushels of barley, 1,100 bulls, oxen, or steers, 732 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 699 acres of rye, 555 barrels of beef, 531 occupants of farms, 402 acres of corn, 342 acres of buckwheat, 283 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 247 acres of potatoes, 197 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 189 bushels of beans, 151 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 137 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 111 bushels of carrots, 88 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 52 pounds of hops, 50 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 41 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 39 acres of barley, 32 pounds of flax or hemp, 25 acres of turnips, 4 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 20,000 yards of cloth produced in woollen factories, 13,640 feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, 9,323 yards of flannel, 5,406 yards of fulled cloth, $2,000 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 1,750 woollen factories returning capital, $1,400 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 515 yards of linen, 15 employees in woollen factories, 5 saw mills, 5 saw mills powered by water, 4 employees in saw mills, 4 saw mills returning capital, 3 employees in grist mills, 3 saw mills reporting daily production, 2 distilleries, 2 distilleries reporting, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 saw mills not reporting, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 woollen factories, 1 woollen factories reporting. 35,000 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 5,470 gallons of liquor produced in distilleries — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 29 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 33 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 18, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 15, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 4, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 2, 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 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON015006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON121001 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q136480718
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Township,_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). "Sidney, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/sidney-on015006-1851/.