Westmeath, Ontario (1851 census)

Westmeath was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,152. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115263132. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.763°N, 76.884°W.

Population

In 1851, Westmeath had a population of 1,152: 668 male and 484 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, Westmeath shared boundaries with:

• Bromley
• Pembroke
• Ross
• Stafford

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 143 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,152 total population, 668 males, Male members of the family who are present: 574, 484 females, Female members of the family who are present: 469, 467 single males, 311 single females, 201 married males, 173 married females, 158 families, Males present who are not members of the family: 94, 52 males attending school, 41 females attending school, 30 male births, 20 female births, Male members of the family who are present: 19, Females present who are not members of the family: 15, Female members of the family who are absent: 3, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 95 single males aged 20 to 30, 84 males aged 5 to 10, 83 females aged 5 to 10, 73 single males aged 15 to 20, 67 single males aged 10 to 15, 65 married males aged 30 to 40, 64 married females aged 20 to 30, 59 married males aged 20 to 30, 53 single females aged 10 to 15, 47 single females aged 15 to 20, 39 males under age 1, 39 married males aged 40 to 50, 38 married females aged 30 to 40, 33 married females aged 40 to 50, 24 females under age 1, 24 males aged 2 to 3, 23 females aged 1 to 2, 23 females aged 4 to 5, 23 males aged 4 to 5, 21 females aged 2 to 3, 21 single females aged 20 to 30, 20 males aged 1 to 2, 20 males aged 3 to 4, 19 married males aged 50 to 60, 15 married males aged 60 to 70, 14 married females aged 50 to 60, 14 single males aged 30 to 40, 13 females age 3 to 4, 13 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 married females aged 60 to 70, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 males of unknown age, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 580 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 265 French Canadians, 195 persons originating in Ireland, 59 persons originating in Scotland, 33 persons originating in England or Wales, 20 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 25,210 acres of land in farms, 20,667 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 18,675 bushels of oats, 13,185 bushels of potatoes, 12,716 pounds of homemade butter, 6,861 bushels of wheat, 4,613 pounds of maple sugar, 4,543 acres of farmland under cultivation, 3,680 acres of farmland under crops, 2,924 bushels of peas, 2,178 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,240 tons of hay, 1,024 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 979 acres of oats, 833 acres of farmland in pasture, 794 sheep, 645 bushels of turnips, 623 bushels of corn, 594 acres of wheat, 550 swine, 350 milk cows, 340 calves and heifers, 310 bulls, oxen, or steers, 289 barrels of pork, 283 bushels of buckwheat, 258 bushels of barley, 254 acres of peas, 206 horses, 162 acres of potatoes, 156 occupants of farms, 155 bushels of rye, 118 bushels of beans, 90 barrels of beef, 79 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 60 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 55 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 48 bushels of carrots, 42 acres of corn, 30 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 25 acres of rye, 21 acres of buckwheat, 20 pounds of flax or hemp, 17 acres of barley, 16 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 9 acres of turnips, 4 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 3 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 5,000 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 1,692 yards of flannel, $650 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 537 yards of fulled cloth, $500 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs: 300, 100 carding and fulling mills returning capital, 2 employees in saw mills, 2 saw mills, 2 saw mills powered by water, 2 saw mills returning capital, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 employees in carding and fulling mills, 1 employees in grist mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 saw mills reporting annual production, 1 saw mills reporting production by number of logs. 30,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 1,000 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

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 5 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON033008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON142032 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115263132

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). "Westmeath, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/westmeath-on033008-1851/.