Whitchurch, Ontario (1851 census)

Whitchurch was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 4,758. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.014°N, 79.357°W.

Population

In 1851, Whitchurch had a population of 4,758: 2,582 male and 2,176 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, Whitchurch shared boundaries with:

• Gwillimbury E
• King
• Markham
• Uxbridge

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 206 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 4,758 total population, 2,582 males, Male members of the family who are present: 2,201, 2,176 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,998, 1,777 single males, 1,360 single females, 778 families, 755 married males, 737 married females, 480 males attending school, 401 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 381, Females present who are not members of the family: 178, 97 male births, 79 widowed females, 74 female births, 50 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 23, Female members of the family who are absent: 16, 5 deaf and dumb males, 3 lunatic males, 2 blind males, 2 persons at sea, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 333 males aged 5 to 10, 325 females aged 5 to 10, 323 single males aged 10 to 15, 302 single males aged 15 to 20, 289 single males aged 20 to 30, 272 single females aged 10 to 15, 263 married females aged 20 to 30, 246 single females aged 15 to 20, 229 married males aged 30 to 40, 199 married females aged 30 to 40, 189 married males aged 20 to 30, 166 married males aged 40 to 50, 133 married females aged 40 to 50, 129 single females aged 20 to 30, 105 males under age 1, 103 males aged 1 to 2, 103 males aged 2 to 3, 89 married males aged 50 to 60, 80 females aged 2 to 3, 78 females under age 1, 74 females aged 1 to 2, 73 males aged 4 to 5, 73 married females aged 50 to 60, 71 males aged 3 to 4, 70 females age 3 to 4, 64 females aged 4 to 5, 60 married males aged 60 to 70, 47 single males aged 30 to 40, 32 married females aged 15 to 20, 27 married females aged 60 to 70, 17 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 17 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 16 single males aged 40 to 50, 16 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 15 married males aged 70 to 80, 14 single females aged 30 to 40, 12 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 12 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 11 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 10 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 8 married females aged 70 to 80, 8 single males aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 5 married males aged 15 to 20, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,901 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 771 persons originating in Ireland, 612 persons originating in England or Wales, 309 persons originating in the United States, 118 persons originating in Scotland, 22 persons originating in New Brunswick, 11 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 9 persons originating in all other places, 3 French Canadians, 3 male negroes or coloured persons. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 121,216 bushels of oats, 103,324 pounds of homemade butter, 87,829 bushels of wheat, 56,605 bushels of turnips, 45,069 acres of land in farms, 33,041 bushels of peas, 32,791 pounds of maple sugar, 22,575 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 22,494 acres of farmland under cultivation, 16,540 bushels of potatoes, 14,945 pounds of wool produced on farms, 13,028 acres of farmland under crops, 9,612 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 9,146 acres of farmland in pasture, 8,070 gallons of cider, 7,516 bushels of barley, 5,775 sheep, 5,020 acres of wheat, 3,633 acres of oats, 3,408 swine, 3,128 tons of hay, 2,481 bushels of buckwheat, 1,961 bushels of rye, 1,953 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,889 acres of peas, 1,761 barrels of pork, 1,523 horses, 1,486 milk cows, 1,475 barrels of beef, 1,248 calves and heifers, 996 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 969 bushels of corn, 756 bulls, oxen, or steers, 536 occupants of farms, 382 acres of barley, 366 bushels of carrots, 343 acres of potatoes, 320 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 256 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 214 acres of turnips, 156 acres of buckwheat, 124 pounds of hops, 114 acres of rye, 112 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 78 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 74 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 69 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 48 acres of corn, 15 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 12 pounds of tobacco, 6 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 5 bushels of beans. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $12,000 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 10,500 feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, 6,512 yards of flannel, 2,460 yards of fulled cloth, 2,000 woollen factories returning capital, $1,500 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 600 carding and fulling mills returning capital, 274 yards of linen, 23 employees in grist mills, 21 employees in saw mills, 12 employees in woollen factories, 10 saw mills, 10 saw mills powered by water, 8 grist mills, 8 grist mills powered by water, 6 saw mills reporting annual production, 6 saw mills returning capital, 5 grist mills returning capital, 4 saw mills reporting daily production, 3 grist mills reporting annual production, 2 distilleries, 2 employees in distilleries, 2 grist mills reporting daily production, 2 grist mills reporting weekly production, 2 tanneries, 2 tanneries reporting, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 woollen factories, 1 woollen factories reporting. 500,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 30,000 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. 2,500 barrels of flour produced per week by grist mills reporting weekly production. 110 barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 2 distilleries not reporting — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 51 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 29, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 22, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 8, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among males aged 90 to 100: 1 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1851, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON042009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON154009 — 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). "Whitchurch, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/whitchurch-on042009-1851/.