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Year: 1851  |  Province: Ontario

Williams, Ontario (1851 census)

Williams was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,292. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.112°N, 81.666°W.

Population

In 1851, Williams had a population of 2,292: 1,279 male and 1,013 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, Williams shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 159 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,292 total population, 1,279 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,259, 1,013 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,004, 929 single males, 645 single females, 397 families, 318 married females, 318 married males, 179 males attending school, 156 females attending school, 50 widowed females, 35 male births, Male members of the family who are present: 34, 32 widowed males, 28 female births, Males present who are not members of the family: 20, Female members of the family who are absent: 14, Females present who are not members of the family: 9, 1 blind females, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 200 males aged 5 to 10, 184 single males aged 20 to 30, 153 females aged 5 to 10, 136 single males aged 15 to 20, 134 single males aged 10 to 15, 125 single females aged 10 to 15, 105 married males aged 30 to 40, 105 single females aged 15 to 20, 101 married females aged 30 to 40, 88 married males aged 40 to 50, 87 married females aged 20 to 30, 71 married females aged 40 to 50, 71 single females aged 20 to 30, 50 married males aged 50 to 60, 47 males under age 1, 47 single males aged 30 to 40, 46 males aged 2 to 3, 43 males aged 1 to 2, 41 married males aged 20 to 30, 38 females age 3 to 4, 38 married females aged 50 to 60, 37 males aged 3 to 4, 36 females aged 2 to 3, 36 females under age 1, 34 females aged 1 to 2, 34 males aged 4 to 5, 32 females aged 4 to 5, 21 married males aged 60 to 70, 12 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 11 married females aged 60 to 70, 11 married males aged 70 to 80, 11 single males aged 40 to 50, 11 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 10 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 9 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 9 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 single females aged 30 to 40, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,197 persons originating in Scotland, 798 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 111 persons originating in England or Wales, 85 persons originating in Ireland, 56 persons originating in the United States, 34 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 5 persons whose origin is unknown, 3 French Canadians, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 41,746 acres of land in farms, 35,814 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 21,868 bushels of wheat, 16,057 pounds of homemade butter, 13,255 bushels of oats, 8,762 pounds of maple sugar, 8,435 bushels of potatoes, 8,027 pounds of wool produced on farms, 5,932 acres of farmland under cultivation, 4,816 bushels of peas, 3,315 acres of farmland under crops, 3,237 sheep, 2,790 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,565 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,878 acres of wheat, 1,643 bushels of corn, 1,617 swine, 1,549 tons of hay, 1,175 bulls, oxen, or steers, 1,072 calves and heifers, 821 milk cows, 743 barrels of pork, 710 bushels of turnips, 697 acres of oats, 467 barrels of beef, 421 bushels of barley, 369 acres of peas, 368 occupants of farms, 338 horses, 278 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 146 acres of potatoes, 134 acres of corn, 52 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 40 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 34 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 21 acres of barley, 21 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 20 bushels of buckwheat, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 8 acres of turnips, 5 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of buckwheat. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 2,017 yards of flannel, 580 yards of fulled cloth, $300 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $100 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 2 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, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills returning capital. 2,000 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 23 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 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 aged 60 to 70: 1, 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). "Williams, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/williams-on023006-1851/.