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Year: 1851  |  Province: Ontario

St. Andrews’ Ward, Ontario (1851 census)

St. Andrews’ Ward was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,339. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.266°N, 79.865°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Andrews’ Ward had a population of 3,339: 1,700 male and 1,639 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18513,339
18613,363

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, St. Andrews’ Ward shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 115 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,339 total population, 1,700 males, 1,639 females, 1,158 single males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,125, Female members of the family who are present: 1,079, 1,045 single females, Males present who are not members of the family: 575, Females present who are not members of the family: 560, 536 families, 527 married males, 525 married females, 153 males attending school, 91 females attending school, 69 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 35, 31 male births, 29 female births, Female members of the family who are absent: 20, 15 widowed males, 2 persons at sea, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 250 single males aged 20 to 30, 226 married females aged 20 to 30, 226 single females aged 15 to 20, 224 single females aged 10 to 15, 200 single males aged 15 to 20, 198 married males aged 30 to 40, 193 females aged 5 to 10, 190 single males aged 10 to 15, 175 males aged 5 to 10, 164 married females aged 30 to 40, 130 married males aged 20 to 30, 130 single females aged 20 to 30, 120 married males aged 40 to 50, 77 married females aged 40 to 50, 70 single males aged 30 to 40, 60 married males aged 50 to 60, 58 females under age 1, 57 females aged 2 to 3, 56 males aged 4 to 5, 52 females aged 1 to 2, 52 males under age 1, 45 males aged 1 to 2, 44 males aged 2 to 3, 35 females aged 4 to 5, 35 males aged 3 to 4, 34 females age 3 to 4, 28 single females aged 30 to 40, 27 married females aged 50 to 60, 23 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 19 married females aged 15 to 20, 15 married males aged 60 to 70, 15 single males aged 40 to 50, 14 single males aged 70 to 80, 13 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 12 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 10 married females aged 60 to 70, 10 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 females of unknown age, 4 males of unknown age, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,338 persons originating in Ireland, 930 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 547 persons originating in England or Wales, 241 persons originating in Scotland, 228 persons originating in the United States, 16 female negroes or coloured persons, 11 persons originating in New Brunswick, 11 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 10 persons whose origin is unknown, 9 male negroes or coloured persons, 7 persons originating in France, 5 persons originating in the West Indies, 3 persons originating in Newfoundland, 3 persons originating in Spain or Portugal, 2 French Canadians, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in Sweden or Norway. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 3 persons originating in Guernsey, 4 persons originating in Jersey or other British islands — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 30 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 17, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 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 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 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). "St. Andrews’ Ward, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/st-andrews-ward-on044003-1851/.