Sophiasburg, Ontario (1851 census)

Sophiasburg was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,734. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7562942. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.094°N, 77.190°W.

Population

In 1851, Sophiasburg had a population of 2,734: 1,399 male and 1,335 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, Sophiasburg shared boundaries with:

• Ameliasburg
• Hallowell
• Hillier

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 185 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,734 total population, 1,399 males, 1,335 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,296, Female members of the family who are present: 1,231, 933 single males, 852 single females, 438 married males, 431 married females, 393 families, 356 males attending school, 287 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 104, Males present who are not members of the family: 103, 52 widowed females, 34 female births, 29 male births, 28 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 16, Female members of the family who are absent: 13, 5 lunatic females, 2 deaf and dumb females, 2 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 203 single males aged 10 to 15, 186 females aged 5 to 10, 184 males aged 5 to 10, 184 single females aged 15 to 20, 143 single males aged 15 to 20, 142 single males aged 20 to 30, 140 single females aged 10 to 15, 127 married females aged 20 to 30, 115 married males aged 30 to 40, 112 married females aged 30 to 40, 98 married males aged 40 to 50, 92 married females aged 40 to 50, 92 single females aged 20 to 30, 88 married males aged 20 to 30, 77 married males aged 50 to 60, 50 males aged 3 to 4, 50 males under age 1, 46 females under age 1, 46 males aged 1 to 2, 44 females aged 4 to 5, 43 married females aged 50 to 60, 42 females age 3 to 4, 42 females aged 1 to 2, 42 females aged 2 to 3, 41 males aged 2 to 3, 37 married males aged 60 to 70, 32 males aged 4 to 5, 31 married females aged 60 to 70, 21 married females aged 15 to 20, 20 single males aged 30 to 40, 19 single females aged 30 to 40, 15 married males aged 70 to 80, 10 single females aged 40 to 50, 10 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 10 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 7 single males aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 married males aged 80 to 90, 5 single females aged 50 to 60, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 widowed males aged 90 to 100, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,148 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 223 persons originating in the United States, 180 persons originating in Ireland, 103 persons originating in England or Wales, 47 French Canadians, 19 persons originating in Scotland, 6 persons originating in New Brunswick, 2 persons whose origin is unknown. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 persons originating in Russia, Prussia, or Poland, 3 persons originating in Jersey or other British islands — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 85,664 pounds of homemade butter, 46,068 bushels of peas, 42,036 acres of land in farms, 31,260 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 29,120 bushels of wheat, 28,602 bushels of buckwheat, 28,287 bushels of oats, 22,594 acres of farmland under cultivation, 19,442 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 16,865 bushels of corn, 14,171 pounds of wool produced on farms, 12,997 acres of farmland under crops, 12,401 pounds of maple sugar, 10,456 gallons of cider, 9,156 acres of farmland in pasture, 8,665 bushels of potatoes, 8,652 bushels of rye, 7,325 pounds of hops, 5,231 sheep, 3,816 acres of wheat, 3,120 tons of hay, 2,735 acres of peas, 2,175 bushels of barley, 2,146 swine, 2,061 bushels of turnips, 1,630 acres of buckwheat, 1,440 horses, 1,401 milk cows, 1,082 calves and heifers, 1,038 acres of oats, 880 acres of rye, 840 acres of corn, 642 bulls, oxen, or steers, 441 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 331 occupants of farms, 257 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 253 pounds of flax or hemp, 219 acres of potatoes, 209 bushels of beans, 161 barrels of pork, 130 bushels of carrots, 114 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 110 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 99 acres of barley, 53 pounds of tobacco, 51 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 39 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 27 acres of turnips, 24 barrels of beef, 12 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 5 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 bushels of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 10,000 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 6,000 carding and fulling mills returning capital, 4,922 yards of flannel, $4,500 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 3,000 yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills, $1,740 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 1,731 yards of fulled cloth, $200 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $125 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 60 yards of linen, 7 saw mills, 7 saw mills powered by water, 6 employees in saw mills, 6 saw mills returning capital, 4 grist mills, 4 grist mills powered by water, 4 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 3 employees in grist mills, 3 saw mills reporting annual production, 2 grist mills reporting annual production, 2 grist mills returning capital, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent. 115,900 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 4,000 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 9 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 19 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 4, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, 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 females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 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: ON032006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON140007 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7562942
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophiasburgh_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). "Sophiasburg, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/sophiasburg-on032006-1851/.