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Year: 1851  |  Province: Ontario  |  Wikidata: Q172

Toronto, City, Ontario (1851 census)

Toronto, City was a city in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 30,041. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q172. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.654°N, 79.394°W.

Population

In 1851, Toronto, City had a population of 30,041: 14,777 male and 15,264 female residents.

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Toronto, City shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 149 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 30,041 total population, 15,264 females, 14,777 males, Female members of the family who are present: 12,254, Male members of the family who are present: 11,973, 9,896 single males, 9,695 single females, 4,803 married females, 4,800 married males, 4,558 families, Females present who are not members of the family: 3,010, Males present who are not members of the family: 2,804, 2,374 males attending school, 1,848 females attending school, 766 widowed females, 520 female births, 489 male births, Male members of the family who are present: 333, Female members of the family who are absent: 222, 81 widowed males, 10 deaf and dumb males, 6 blind females, 6 blind males, 5 lunatic females, 5 lunatic males, 3 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 1,928 females aged 5 to 10, 1,875 single females aged 15 to 20, 1,797 males aged 5 to 10, 1,770 married females aged 20 to 30, 1,705 single males aged 20 to 30, 1,700 single females aged 10 to 15, 1,677 married males aged 30 to 40, 1,645 married females aged 30 to 40, 1,641 single males aged 10 to 15, 1,641 single males aged 15 to 20, 1,396 single females aged 20 to 30, 1,169 married males aged 40 to 50, 1,168 married males aged 20 to 30, 853 married females aged 40 to 50, 569 males under age 1, 566 females under age 1, 528 married males aged 50 to 60, 494 males aged 3 to 4, 490 females aged 2 to 3, 486 females aged 1 to 2, 464 males aged 1 to 2, 442 single males aged 30 to 40, 434 males aged 2 to 3, 410 females aged 4 to 5, 401 males aged 4 to 5, 395 females age 3 to 4, 293 married females aged 50 to 60, 214 single females aged 30 to 40, 193 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 176 married males aged 60 to 70, 159 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 158 single males aged 40 to 50, 154 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 125 married females aged 15 to 20, 119 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 103 married females aged 60 to 70, 90 single females aged 40 to 50, 81 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 63 single females aged 50 to 60, 63 single males aged 50 to 60, 61 males of unknown age, 50 females of unknown age, 49 married males aged 70 to 80, 48 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 29 single females aged 60 to 70, 23 married males aged 15 to 20, 21 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 18 single males aged 60 to 70, 18 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 15 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 11 married females aged 70 to 80, 10 married males aged 80 to 90, 10 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 10 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 6 single males aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 3 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 single females aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 9,177 persons originating in Ireland, 8,227 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 4,257 persons originating in England or Wales, 1,851 persons originating in Scotland, 1,294 persons originating in the United States, 372 French Canadians, 361 persons originating in all other places, 277 male negroes or coloured persons, 249 female negroes or coloured persons, 108 persons originating in Germany or Holland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 112 employees in foundries, 16 employees in breweries, 11 employees in grist mills, 6 employees in tanneries, 5 foundries, 5 foundries not reporting, 4 breweries, 4 breweries not reporting, 3 distilleries, 3 grist mills, 3 grist mills not reporting, 3 grist mills powered by steam, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries not reporting. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 442 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 234, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 208, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 74, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 65, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 31, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 27, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 27, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 25, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 19, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 15, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 15, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 13, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 11, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 11, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 10, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 10, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 8, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 8, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 8, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 7, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 7, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 7, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 6, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 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). "Toronto, City, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/toronto-city-on043001-1851/.