Thorold, Town—Ville, Ontario (1851 census)
Thorold, Town—Ville was a town in Welland County, Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,091. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q448120. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.130°N, 79.192°W.
Population
In 1851, Thorold, Town—Ville had a population of 1,091: 579 male and 512 female residents. Population density was 731.1 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,091 |
| 1861 | 1,616 |
| 1871 | 1,635 |
| 1881 | 2,456 |
| 1891 | 2,273 |
| 1901 | 1,979 |
| 1911 | 2,273 |
| 1921 | 4,825 |
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, Thorold, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 286 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C10 FAM NO | 201 |
| Female members of the family who are present | 444 |
| Females present who are not members of the family | 68 |
| Male members of the family who are present | 483 |
| Male members of the family who are present | 2 |
| Males present who are not members of the family | 96 |
| Number of blind females | 1 |
| Number of deaf and dumb males | 1 |
| Number of families | 201 |
| Number of female births in the past year | 13 |
| Number of females | 512 |
| Number of females attending school | 49 |
| Number of lunatic males | 1 |
| Number of male births in the past year | 20 |
| Number of males | 579 |
| Number of males attending school | 99 |
| Number of married females | 178 |
| Number of married males | 175 |
| Number of single females | 299 |
| Number of single males | 395 |
| Number of widowed females | 35 |
| Number of widowed males | 9 |
| POP | 1,091 |
| POP FX N.1 | 512 |
| POP MX N.1 | 579 |
| POP XX N.1 | 1,091 |
| Total population | 1,091 |
Age structure (51 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of females age 3 to 4 | 20 |
| Number of females aged 1 to 2 | 19 |
| Number of females aged 2 to 3 | 16 |
| Number of females aged 4 to 5 | 16 |
| Number of females aged 5 to 10 | 65 |
| Number of females under age 1 | 17 |
| Number of males aged 1 to 2 | 18 |
| Number of males aged 2 to 3 | 25 |
| Number of males aged 3 to 4 | 19 |
| Number of males aged 4 to 5 | 21 |
| Number of males aged 5 to 10 | 75 |
| Number of males of unknown age | 9 |
| Number of males under age 1 | 32 |
| Number of married females aged 15 to 20 | 9 |
| Number of married females aged 20 to 30 | 83 |
| Number of married females aged 30 to 40 | 55 |
| Number of married females aged 40 to 50 | 17 |
| Number of married females aged 50 to 60 | 10 |
| Number of married females aged 60 to 70 | 3 |
| Number of married females aged 70 to 80 | 1 |
| Number of married males aged 20 to 30 | 47 |
| Number of married males aged 30 to 40 | 72 |
| Number of married males aged 40 to 50 | 33 |
| Number of married males aged 50 to 60 | 14 |
| Number of married males aged 60 to 70 | 7 |
| Number of married males aged 70 to 80 | 1 |
| Number of married males aged 80 to 90 | 1 |
| Number of single females aged 10 to 15 | 65 |
| Number of single females aged 15 to 20 | 44 |
| Number of single females aged 20 to 30 | 31 |
| Number of single females aged 30 to 40 | 4 |
| Number of single females aged 50 to 60 | 1 |
| Number of single females aged 60 to 70 | 1 |
| Number of single males aged 10 to 15 | 58 |
| Number of single males aged 15 to 20 | 54 |
| Number of single males aged 20 to 30 | 61 |
| Number of single males aged 30 to 40 | 13 |
| Number of single males aged 40 to 50 | 6 |
| Number of single males aged 50 to 60 | 1 |
| Number of single males aged 60 to 70 | 3 |
| Number of widowed females aged 20 to 30 | 2 |
| Number of widowed females aged 30 to 40 | 3 |
| Number of widowed females aged 40 to 50 | 10 |
| Number of widowed females aged 50 to 60 | 8 |
| Number of widowed females aged 60 to 70 | 8 |
| Number of widowed females aged 70 to 80 | 3 |
| Number of widowed females aged 80 to 90 | 1 |
| Number of widowed males aged 40 to 50 | 2 |
| Number of widowed males aged 50 to 60 | 4 |
| Number of widowed males aged 60 to 70 | 1 |
| Number of widowed males aged 70 to 80 | 2 |
Ethnic origin (11 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 26 |
| Number of persons native to Canada, not of French origin | 513 |
| Number of persons originating in England or Wales | 109 |
| Number of persons originating in France | 1 |
| Number of persons originating in Germany or Holland | 7 |
| Number of persons originating in Ireland | 270 |
| Number of persons originating in New Brunswick | 2 |
| Number of persons originating in Newfoundland | 1 |
| Number of persons originating in Scotland | 67 |
| Number of persons originating in the United States | 86 |
| Number of persons whose origin is unknown | 9 |
Agriculture (46 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 242 |
| Acres of buckwheat | 175 |
| Acres of corn | 279 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 369 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 13,729 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 29,307 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 14,461 |
| Acres of farmland under cultivation | 28,559 |
| Acres of land in farms | 57,866 |
| Acres of oats | 3,962 |
| Acres of peas | 900 |
| Acres of potatoes | 386 |
| Acres of rye | 30 |
| Acres of turnips | 202 |
| Acres of wheat | 6,163 |
| Barrels of beef produced in the past year | 397 |
| Barrels of pork produced in the past year | 1,341 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 5,977 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 3,494 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 54 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 6,054 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 123,856 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 14,346 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 26,043 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 530 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 44,092 |
| Bushels of wheat produced in the past year | 92,916 |
| Gallons of cider produced in the past year | 5,130 |
| Number of bulls, oxen, or steers | 1,850 |
| Number of calves and heifers | 1,453 |
| Number of horses | 1,336 |
| Number of milk cows | 2,055 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 626 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres | 11 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres | 187 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres | 173 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres | 215 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 15 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 25 |
| Number of sheep | 7,433 |
| Number of swine | 3,454 |
| Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year | 26,697 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 93,030 |
| Pounds of maple sugar produced in the past year | 18,860 |
| Pounds of wool produced on farms in the past year | 18,393 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 4,128 |
Manufacturing & industry (26 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production | 350 |
| Barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production | 17,000 |
| Feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production | 3,100,000 |
| Number of employees in foundries | 35 |
| Number of employees in grist mills | 16 |
| Number of foundries | 1 |
| Number of foundries reporting | 1 |
| Number of foundries returning capital | 1,500 |
| Number of grist mills | 6 |
| Number of grist mills not reporting | 1 |
| Number of grist mills powered by water | 6 |
| Number of grist mills reporting annual production | 2 |
| Number of grist mills reporting daily production | 2 |
| Number of grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent | 1 |
| Number of grist mills returning capital | 6 |
| Number of saw mills | 2 |
| Number of saw mills powered by steam | 2 |
| Number of saw mills reporting annual production | 2 |
| Number of saw mills returning capital | 1 |
| Value of annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling) | 250 |
| Value of capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling) | 20,500 |
| Value of capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling) | 1,000 |
| Value of iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling) | 5,000 |
| Yards of flannel produced in the past year | 8,467 |
| Yards of fulled cloth produced in the past year | 3,294 |
| Yards of linen produced in the past year | 20 |
Deaths & mortality (7 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Deaths in the past year among females of all ages | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among females under age 1 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males of all ages | 3 |
| Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age | 1 |
| Total number of deaths in the past year | 4 |
Other recorded variables (118 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C01 GM NO MILLS | 6 |
| C01 SEX MALE | 579 |
| C02 SEX FEM | 512 |
| C03 GM WATER | 6 |
| C03 TOTAL | 1,091 |
| C04 GM NO YEAR | 2 |
| C04 MEM OF FAM M | 483 |
| C05 GM BARRELS YEAR | 17,000 |
| C05 MEM OF FAM F | 444 |
| C06 NOT MEM OF FAM M | 96 |
| C07 NOT MEM OF FAM F | 68 |
| C08 GM NO DAY | 2 |
| C08 MEM OF FAM ABSENT M | 2 |
| C09 GM BARRELS DAY | 350 |
| C10 GM ANNUAL NO | 1 |
| C103 BTWN 80 AND 90 F WID | 1 |
| C11 GM ANNUAL P | 250 |
| C12 BIRTHS M | 20 |
| C12 GM CAP NO | 6 |
| C122 AGES NOT GIVEN M | 9 |
| C124 DEATHS AGES NOT GIVEN M | 1 |
| C126 MD MALE | 175 |
| C127 S MALE | 395 |
| C128 WID MALE | 9 |
| C129 TOT MALE | 579 |
| C13 BIRTHS F | 13 |
| C13 GM CAP P | 20,500 |
| C130 MD FEM | 178 |
| C131 S FEM | 299 |
| C132 WID FEM | 35 |
| C133 TOT FEM | 512 |
| C134 GRAND TOT | 1,091 |
| C135 DEATHS M | 3 |
| C136 DEATHS F | 1 |
| C137 DEATHS TOT | 4 |
| C14 GM HANDS | 16 |
| C14 UNDER 1 M | 32 |
| C143 ATTND SCHOOL M | 99 |
| C144 ATTND SCHOOL F | 49 |
| C145 DEAF AND DUMB M | 1 |
| C148 BLIND F | 1 |
| C149 LUNATICS M | 1 |
| C15 GM NO RETURNS | 1 |
| C15 UNDER 1 F | 17 |
| C16 SM NO | 2 |
| C17 DEATHS UNDER 1 F | 1 |
| C17 SM STEAM | 2 |
| C18 UNDER 2 M | 18 |
| C19 SM NO YEAR | 2 |
| C19 UNDER 2 F | 19 |
| C20 SM FEET YEAR | 3,100,000 |
| C22 UNDER 3 M | 25 |
| C23 UNDER 3 F | 16 |
| C26 UNDER 4 M | 19 |
| C27 UNDER 4 F | 20 |
| C28 SM RETURNS NO | 1 |
| C29 SM RETURNS P | 1,000 |
| C30 UNDER 5 M | 21 |
| C31 UNDER 5 F | 16 |
| C34 BTWN 5 AND 10 M | 75 |
| C35 BTWN 5 AND 10 F | 65 |
| C36 DEATHS BTWN 5 AND 10 M | 1 |
| C39 BTWN 10 AND 15 M S | 58 |
| C41 BTWN 10 AND 15 F S | 65 |
| C45 BTWN 15 AND 20 M S | 54 |
| C46 BTWN 15 AND 20 F MD | 9 |
| C47 BTWN 15 AND 20 F S | 44 |
| C50 BTWN 20 AND 30 M MD | 47 |
| C51 BTWN 20 AND 30 M S | 61 |
| C53 BTWN 20 AND 30 F MD | 83 |
| C54 BTWN 20 AND 30 F S | 31 |
| C55 BTWN 20 AND 30 F WID | 2 |
| C58 BTWN 30 AND 40 M MD | 72 |
| C58 F NO | 1 |
| C59 BTWN 30 AND 40 M S | 13 |
| C59 F RETURNS | 1 |
| C60 F CAPITAL | 1,500 |
| C61 BTWN 30 AND 40 F MD | 55 |
| C61 F PRODUCE | 5,000 |
| C62 BTWN 30 AND 40 F S | 4 |
| C62 F HANDS | 35 |
| C63 BTWN 30 AND 40 F WID | 3 |
| C66 BTWN 40 AND 50 M MD | 33 |
| C67 BTWN 40 AND 50 M S | 6 |
| C68 BTWN 40 AND 50 M WID | 2 |
| C69 BTWN 40 AND 50 F MD | 17 |
| C71 BTWN 40 AND 50 F WID | 10 |
| C74 BTWN 50 AND 60 M MD | 14 |
| C75 BTWN 50 AND 60 M S | 1 |
| C76 BTWN 50 AND 60 M WID | 4 |
| C77 BTWN 50 AND 60 F MD | 10 |
| C78 BTWN 50 AND 60 F S | 1 |
| C79 BTWN 50 AND 60 F WID | 8 |
| C80 BTWN 50 AND 60 M DEATHS | 1 |
| C82 BTWN 60 AND 70 M MD | 7 |
| C83 BTWN 60 AND 70 M S | 3 |
| C84 BTWN 60 AND 70 M WID | 1 |
| C85 BTWN 60 AND 70 F MD | 3 |
| C86 BTWN 60 AND 70 F S | 1 |
| C87 BTWN 60 AND 70 F WID | 8 |
| C90 BTWN 70 AND 80 M MD | 1 |
| C92 BTWN 70 AND 80 M WID | 2 |
| C93 BTWN 70 AND 80 F MD | 1 |
| C95 BTWN 70 AND 80 F WID | 3 |
| C98 BTWN 80 AND 90 M MD | 1 |
| CD NAME | Welland |
| DE NL | 7 |
| ENG WLS | 109 |
| FR | 1 |
| FREN ORIG | 26 |
| IRE | 270 |
| LINE NO | 385 |
| NB | 2 |
| NFL | 1 |
| NOT FRN | 513 |
| NOT KNOWN | 9 |
| SCOT | 67 |
| US | 86 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON040010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON151013— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q448120
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorold
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorold_(Ontario)
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). "Thorold, Town—Ville, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/thorold-town-ville-on040010-1851/.