Storrington, Ontario (1851 census)

Storrington was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,130. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.437°N, 76.395°W.

Population

In 1851, Storrington had a population of 2,130: 1,114 male and 1,016 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, Storrington shared boundaries with:

• Bedford
• Crosby, South
• Kingston
• Leeds
• Loughborough
• Pittsburgh

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 160 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,130 total population, 1,114 males, 1,016 females, Male members of the family who are present: 992, Female members of the family who are present: 953, 738 single males, 663 single females, 362 families, 345 married males, 320 married females, 198 males attending school, 186 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 122, Females present who are not members of the family: 63, 46 female births, 34 male births, 33 widowed females, 31 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 14, Female members of the family who are absent: 11, 5 lunatic females, 1 blind females, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 179 males aged 5 to 10, 157 females aged 5 to 10, 152 single females aged 10 to 15, 131 single males aged 10 to 15, 126 single females aged 15 to 20, 123 single males aged 15 to 20, 113 married females aged 20 to 30, 94 married males aged 30 to 40, 87 married females aged 30 to 40, 87 single males aged 20 to 30, 84 married males aged 20 to 30, 75 married males aged 40 to 50, 54 married males aged 50 to 60, 51 married females aged 50 to 60, 46 females aged 1 to 2, 46 married females aged 40 to 50, 42 males aged 2 to 3, 41 females under age 1, 41 males aged 1 to 2, 38 males aged 3 to 4, 37 females aged 2 to 3, 35 males under age 1, 33 single females aged 20 to 30, 32 males aged 4 to 5, 31 females age 3 to 4, 30 females aged 4 to 5, 23 married males aged 60 to 70, 16 single males aged 30 to 40, 11 married females aged 60 to 70, 10 married females aged 15 to 20, 10 married males aged 70 to 80, 10 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 married males aged 15 to 20, 5 single females aged 30 to 40, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males 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 1,328 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 524 persons originating in Ireland, 106 persons originating in England or Wales, 73 persons originating in Scotland, 52 persons originating in the United States, 42 French Canadians, 2 persons originating in France, 2 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 43,070 pounds of homemade butter, 25,814 acres of land in farms, 20,316 bushels of oats, 15,906 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 14,718 bushels of wheat, 12,963 bushels of potatoes, 9,908 acres of farmland under cultivation, 8,875 bushels of peas, 7,639 pounds of maple sugar, 7,214 acres of farmland under crops, 6,104 pounds of wool produced on farms, 5,815 bushels of rye, 4,972 bushels of corn, 2,539 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,277 tons of hay, 2,194 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,171 sheep, 2,050 gallons of cider, 1,621 bushels of buckwheat, 1,546 bushels of turnips, 1,367 bushels of barley, 1,333 acres of wheat, 1,265 swine, 951 milk cows, 861 calves and heifers, 723 acres of oats, 638 acres of peas, 630 acres of rye, 624 barrels of pork, 528 horses, 428 bulls, oxen, or steers, 356 acres of potatoes, 326 occupants of farms, 220 acres of corn, 155 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 124 barrels of beef, 114 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 93 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 88 acres of buckwheat, 54 acres of barley, 47 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 43 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 39 pounds of hops, 36 bushels of carrots, 33 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 32 bushels of beans, 15 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 14 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 13 acres of turnips, 5 bushels of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 3,277 yards of flannel, 1,624 yards of fulled cloth, $460 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 250 carding and fulling mills returning capital, $100 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 75 yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills, 8 employees in saw mills, 5 saw mills, 5 saw mills not reporting, 5 saw mills powered by water, 5 saw mills returning capital, 4 employees in grist mills, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills returning capital. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 4 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 4, 4 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON009002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON111015 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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). "Storrington, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/storrington-on009002-1851/.