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Year: 1851  |  Province: Ontario  |  Wikidata: Q14875451

Torbolton, Ontario (1851 census)

Torbolton was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 542. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q14875451. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.463°N, 76.080°W.

Population

In 1851, Torbolton had a population of 542: 309 male and 233 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
1851542
1861675
1871751
18811,024
18911,023
19011,002
1911842
1921739

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, Torbolton shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 125 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 542 total population, 309 males, Male members of the family who are present: 252, 233 females, Female members of the family who are present: 228, 227 single males, 163 single females, 83 families, 70 married males, 61 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 57, 56 males attending school, 47 females attending school, 12 male births, 12 widowed males, 10 female births, 9 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 7, Females present who are not members of the family: 5, Female members of the family who are absent: 3. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 64 single males aged 20 to 30, 46 single males aged 15 to 20, 44 females aged 5 to 10, 36 males aged 5 to 10, 33 single males aged 10 to 15, 32 single females aged 10 to 15, 20 married females aged 20 to 30, 20 single females aged 15 to 20, 18 married females aged 30 to 40, 18 married males aged 20 to 30, 18 married males aged 30 to 40, 16 married males aged 50 to 60, 16 single females aged 20 to 30, 13 married males aged 40 to 50, 12 females aged 4 to 5, 12 males under age 1, 11 married females aged 40 to 50, 10 females under age 1, 10 males aged 1 to 2, 9 females aged 1 to 2, 9 females aged 2 to 3, 9 males aged 3 to 4, 8 males aged 2 to 3, 8 married females aged 50 to 60, 7 females age 3 to 4, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 married males aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 males aged 4 to 5, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 married females aged 15 to 20, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 married females aged 60 to 70, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 30 to 40, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 widowed females over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 270 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 167 persons originating in Ireland, 66 persons originating in Scotland, 25 French Canadians, 7 persons originating in England or Wales, 7 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 8,965 acres of land in farms, 8,959 pounds of homemade butter, 6,935 bushels of potatoes, 6,824 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,811 bushels of oats, 3,364 bushels of wheat, 3,186 bushels of corn, 2,162 bushels of peas, 2,141 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,304 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,111 pounds of wool produced on farms, 940 bushels of turnips, 836 acres of farmland under crops, 760 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 591 sheep, 582 tons of hay, 530 barrels of pork, 276 acres of oats, 267 acres of wheat, 230 swine, 202 milk cows, 186 bulls, oxen, or steers, 156 barrels of beef, 152 acres of peas, 140 calves and heifers, 108 gallons of cider, 93 acres of potatoes, 83 horses, 67 occupants of farms, 66 pounds of maple sugar, 59 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 37 bushels of buckwheat, 30 bushels of carrots, 30 bushels of rye, 24 acres of corn, 24 bushels of beans, 7 bushels of barley, 7 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 5 acres of rye, 5 acres of turnips, 2 acres of buckwheat, 1 acres of barley, 1 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 398 yards of fulled cloth. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 3 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 2, 2 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 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). "Torbolton, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/torbolton-on004011-1851/.