Southwold, Ontario (1851 census)

Southwold was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 5,063. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7571481. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.746°N, 81.315°W.

Population

In 1851, Southwold had a population of 5,063: 2,594 male and 2,469 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, Southwold shared boundaries with:

• Carradoc
• Delaware
• Dunwich
• Westminster
• Yarmouth

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 207 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 5,063 total population, 2,594 males, 2,469 females, Male members of the family who are present: 2,350, Female members of the family who are present: 2,266, 1,810 single males, 1,627 single females, 806 families, 757 married females, 750 married males, 554 males attending school, 520 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 244, Females present who are not members of the family: 203, 104 male births, 95 female births, 85 widowed females, 34 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 32, 3 lunatic females, Female members of the family who are absent: 2, 2 lunatic males, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 418 females aged 5 to 10, 381 males aged 5 to 10, 318 single females aged 10 to 15, 312 single males aged 10 to 15, 298 single males aged 15 to 20, 286 single females aged 15 to 20, 266 single males aged 20 to 30, 257 married females aged 20 to 30, 227 married males aged 30 to 40, 202 married females aged 30 to 40, 162 married males aged 20 to 30, 144 single females aged 20 to 30, 140 married males aged 40 to 50, 137 married females aged 40 to 50, 123 married males aged 50 to 60, 105 males aged 2 to 3, 101 males under age 1, 96 males aged 1 to 2, 95 males aged 4 to 5, 90 females under age 1, 89 females aged 2 to 3, 88 married females aged 50 to 60, 85 females aged 4 to 5, 84 females aged 1 to 2, 79 males aged 3 to 4, 78 females age 3 to 4, 62 married males aged 60 to 70, 39 single males aged 30 to 40, 30 married females aged 60 to 70, 29 married females aged 15 to 20, 29 married males aged 70 to 80, 26 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 17 single females aged 30 to 40, 16 single males aged 40 to 50, 16 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 13 married females aged 70 to 80, 12 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 12 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 10 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 10 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 10 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 9 single males aged 50 to 60, 8 females of unknown age, 7 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 6 males of unknown age, 6 single females aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 single males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 3,121 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 592 persons originating in Scotland, 551 persons originating in England or Wales, 319 persons originating in Ireland, 267 persons originating in the United States, 137 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 22 persons originating in New Brunswick, 20 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 13 persons originating in all other places, 8 persons whose origin is unknown, 7 French Canadians, 3 male negroes or coloured persons, 3 persons originating in the West Indies, 2 persons originating in France. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 104,675 bushels of wheat, 85,517 pounds of homemade butter, 62,540 bushels of oats, 55,666 pounds of maple sugar, 54,672 acres of land in farms, 30,677 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 23,995 acres of farmland under cultivation, 23,214 pounds of wool produced on farms, 18,577 bushels of peas, 17,620 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 16,145 bushels of corn, 13,115 acres of farmland under crops, 11,111 bushels of potatoes, 9,952 acres of farmland in pasture, 8,295 sheep, 6,391 gallons of cider, 5,458 acres of wheat, 4,517 swine, 4,380 tons of hay, 3,735 bushels of turnips, 3,001 bushels of buckwheat, 1,900 acres of oats, 1,833 bushels of barley, 1,744 milk cows, 1,542 barrels of pork, 1,437 calves and heifers, 1,421 bulls, oxen, or steers, 1,272 horses, 993 acres of peas, 928 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 661 occupants of farms, 612 bushels of rye, 503 acres of corn, 482 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 358 barrels of beef, 250 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 233 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 157 acres of potatoes, 143 acres of buckwheat, 120 pounds of flax or hemp, 109 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 98 acres of barley, 90 pounds of tobacco, 52 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 42 bushels of carrots, 38 acres of rye, 27 acres of turnips, 22 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 19 bushels of beans, 14 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 7,893 yards of flannel, 2,629 yards of fulled cloth, 2,250 woollen factories returning capital, 1,800 foundries returning capital, $1,050 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 375 tanneries returning capital, $250 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $125 value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling), 40 yards of linen, 26 employees in woollen factories, 16 employees in foundries, 5 employees in tanneries, 4 employees in distilleries, 2 employees in grist mills, 2 employees in saw mills, 2 foundries, 2 foundries reporting, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 grist mills returning capital, 2 woollen factories, 2 woollen factories reporting, 1 distilleries, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills returning capital, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries reporting. 3,000 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. $100 value cloth produced in woollen factories in the past year (pounds sterling). $50 value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 740 gallons of liquor produced in distilleries, 1 distilleries not reporting — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 36 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: 13, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 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, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 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 2 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: ON007006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON109006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7571481
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwold,_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). "Southwold, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/southwold-on007006-1851/.