St. Catherines, Town—Ville, Ontario (1851 census)
St. Catherines, Town—Ville was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 4,368. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q126805. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.158°N, 79.250°W.
Population
In 1851, St. Catherines, Town—Ville had a population of 4,368: 2,199 male and 2,169 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 4,368 |
| 1861 | 6,284 |
| 1871 | 7,864 |
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. Catherines, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 123 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 4,368 total population, 2,199 males, 2,169 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,839, Male members of the family who are present: 1,693, 1,422 single males, 1,321 single females, 740 married males, 739 married females, 635 families, 517 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 506, Females present who are not members of the family: 330, 266 females attending school, 109 widowed females, 87 male births, 86 female births, Male members of the family who are present: 40, 37 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 8, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 295 females aged 5 to 10, 294 single males aged 20 to 30, 288 married females aged 20 to 30, 270 males aged 5 to 10, 253 married males aged 30 to 40, 250 single females aged 15 to 20, 241 single males aged 10 to 15, 240 single females aged 10 to 15, 228 married females aged 30 to 40, 204 married males aged 20 to 30, 203 single males aged 15 to 20, 188 married males aged 40 to 50, 148 single females aged 20 to 30, 117 married females aged 40 to 50, 91 females under age 1, 83 males aged 3 to 4, 81 females aged 1 to 2, 80 males under age 1, 73 males aged 2 to 3, 72 married males aged 50 to 60, 66 females aged 2 to 3, 66 males aged 1 to 2, 58 females age 3 to 4, 58 females aged 4 to 5, 55 married females aged 15 to 20, 50 single males aged 30 to 40, 41 males aged 4 to 5, 41 married females aged 50 to 60, 31 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 24 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 22 single females aged 30 to 40, 20 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 17 married males aged 60 to 70, 16 single males aged 40 to 50, 11 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 11 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 10 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 10 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 9 married females aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 9 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 8 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 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 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,767 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1,093 persons originating in Ireland, 731 persons originating in the United States, 484 persons originating in England or Wales, 155 persons originating in Scotland, 105 French Canadians, 23 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 8 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in Spain or Portugal, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $23,250 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $16,250 value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling), 10,800 foundries returning capital, 87 employees in grist mills, 48 employees in foundries, 6 grist mills, 6 grist mills powered by water, 6 grist mills reporting annual production, 6 grist mills returning capital, 3 foundries, 3 foundries reporting, 1 breweries, 1 distilleries, 1 employees in breweries, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries not reporting. 137,500 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 distilleries not reporting — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 45 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: 22, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 11, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 6 people connected to this place who were alive in 1851, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas Parke | 1793–1864 | died here |
| Alexander Davidson | 1794–1856 | died here |
| George Rykert | 1797–1857 | died here |
| Eleazer Williams Stephenson | 1798–1867 | died here |
| Delos White Beadle | 1823–1905 | born here |
| George Gibbons | 1848–1918 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON022009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON021002— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q126805
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Catharines
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Catharines
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. Catherines, Town—Ville, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/st-catherines-town-ville-on022009-1851/.