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Year: 1851  |  Province: Ontario

St. Mary’s Ward, Ontario (1851 census)

St. Mary’s Ward was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,978. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.267°N, 79.883°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Mary’s Ward had a population of 2,978: 1,508 male and 1,470 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18512,978
18615,056

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. Mary’s Ward shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 116 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,978 total population, 1,508 males, 1,470 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,236, Female members of the family who are present: 1,197, 1,041 single females, 1,011 single males, 517 families, 487 married males, 394 married females, Females present who are not members of the family: 273, Males present who are not members of the family: 272, 226 females attending school, 204 males attending school, Male members of the family who are present: 57, 57 female births, 56 male births, 35 widowed females, Female members of the family who are absent: 19, 10 widowed males, 3 deaf and dumb males, 2 blind males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 208 single females aged 15 to 20, 195 single males aged 20 to 30, 194 females aged 5 to 10, 176 males aged 5 to 10, 168 married males aged 30 to 40, 159 single males aged 15 to 20, 156 single females aged 10 to 15, 156 single males aged 10 to 15, 150 single females aged 20 to 30, 142 married females aged 30 to 40, 141 married females aged 20 to 30, 137 married males aged 20 to 30, 100 married males aged 40 to 50, 71 females under age 1, 57 males aged 2 to 3, 57 married females aged 40 to 50, 53 males under age 1, 52 married males aged 50 to 60, 49 males aged 4 to 5, 48 males aged 1 to 2, 46 females aged 1 to 2, 45 females aged 2 to 3, 42 females age 3 to 4, 41 females aged 4 to 5, 40 males aged 3 to 4, 35 married females aged 50 to 60, 32 single females aged 30 to 40, 31 single males aged 30 to 40, 27 females of unknown age, 25 males of unknown age, 20 married males aged 60 to 70, 17 single females aged 40 to 50, 13 single males aged 40 to 50, 13 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 10 married females aged 60 to 70, 8 married males aged 70 to 80, 8 single females aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 988 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 789 persons originating in Ireland, 562 persons originating in England or Wales, 396 persons originating in Scotland, 148 persons originating in the United States, 50 persons whose origin is unknown, 12 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 9 persons originating in all other places, 6 persons originating in the West Indies, 4 persons originating in France, 3 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 2 persons originating in the East Indies, 1 persons originating in Newfoundland, 1 persons originating in Switzerland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 54 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 30, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 24, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 12, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 10, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 3, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 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 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 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. Mary’s Ward, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/st-mary-s-ward-on044002-1851/.