Stanley, Ontario (1851 census)

Stanley was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,064. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262896. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.514°N, 81.613°W.

Population

In 1851, Stanley had a population of 2,064: 1,117 male and 947 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, Stanley shared boundaries with:

• Goderich
• Hay
• Tuckersmith

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 152 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,064 total population, 1,117 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,071, 947 females, Female members of the family who are present: 914, 752 single males, 577 single females, 348 families, 343 married females, 342 married males, 173 males attending school, 109 females attending school, 54 male births, 53 female births, Males present who are not members of the family: 46, Females present who are not members of the family: 33, 27 widowed females, 23 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 3, Male members of the family who are present: 3, 2 persons at sea. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 166 males aged 5 to 10, 140 females aged 5 to 10, 127 single males aged 10 to 15, 125 married females aged 20 to 30, 110 married males aged 30 to 40, 106 single males aged 20 to 30, 92 married females aged 30 to 40, 91 single females aged 15 to 20, 90 single females aged 10 to 15, 84 married males aged 20 to 30, 83 single males aged 15 to 20, 75 married males aged 40 to 50, 63 married females aged 40 to 50, 55 males aged 1 to 2, 53 males under age 1, 49 married males aged 50 to 60, 47 females under age 1, 45 females aged 1 to 2, 45 males aged 2 to 3, 40 females aged 4 to 5, 40 single females aged 20 to 30, 39 females age 3 to 4, 38 females aged 2 to 3, 36 males aged 3 to 4, 36 males aged 4 to 5, 32 married females aged 50 to 60, 31 single males aged 30 to 40, 20 married males aged 60 to 70, 16 married females aged 15 to 20, 9 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 married females aged 60 to 70, 7 married females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 single females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 married females aged 90 to 100, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 860 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 360 persons originating in Ireland, 336 persons originating in Scotland, 194 persons originating in England or Wales, 180 French Canadians, 56 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 37 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 19 persons originating in the United States, 11 persons originating in France, 8 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 32,077 acres of land in farms, 31,726 bushels of wheat, 25,440 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 22,926 bushels of oats, 21,582 pounds of maple sugar, 21,140 pounds of homemade butter, 8,233 bushels of turnips, 6,637 acres of farmland under cultivation, 6,244 bushels of potatoes, 5,503 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,656 bushels of peas, 3,778 acres of farmland under crops, 2,823 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,352 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,126 acres of wheat, 1,749 sheep, 1,541 swine, 1,338 tons of hay, 906 acres of oats, 798 bulls, oxen, or steers, 715 calves and heifers, 658 milk cows, 614 barrels of pork, 414 bushels of barley, 404 bushels of corn, 372 bushels of rye, 347 acres of peas, 342 pounds of tobacco, 338 occupants of farms, 304 acres of potatoes, 272 horses, 202 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 175 barrels of beef, 153 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 142 bushels of buckwheat, 71 acres of turnips, 67 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 62 bushels of carrots, 49 pounds of hops, 40 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 37 acres of corn, 36 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 26 acres of barley, 24 pounds of flax or hemp, 20 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 17 acres of rye, 10 acres of buckwheat, 9 bushels of beans, 5 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 3,243 yards of flannel, 546 yards of fulled cloth, $100 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 1 foundries, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills reporting annual production, 1 saw mills returning capital, 1 tanneries reporting. 200,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 10 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 4, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 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: ON016014 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON119010 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262896

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). "Stanley, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/stanley-on016014-1851/.