Wolfe Island, Ontario (1851 census)

Wolfe Island was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,654. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q680569. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.179°N, 76.392°W.

Population

In 1851, Wolfe Island had a population of 2,654: 1,456 male and 1,198 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).

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 170 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,654 total population, 1,456 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,276, 1,198 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,111, 998 single males, 756 single females, 428 married males, 422 families, 412 married females, 246 males attending school, 201 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 180, Females present who are not members of the family: 87, 57 male births, 37 female births, 30 widowed females, 30 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 5, Male members of the family who are present: 5, 3 persons at sea, 1 blind females, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 213 females aged 5 to 10, 181 males aged 5 to 10, 174 single males aged 20 to 30, 163 single males aged 15 to 20, 159 married females aged 20 to 30, 153 single males aged 10 to 15, 151 married males aged 30 to 40, 134 married males aged 20 to 30, 129 married females aged 30 to 40, 119 single females aged 10 to 15, 119 single females aged 15 to 20, 74 males under age 1, 62 females aged 1 to 2, 62 married males aged 40 to 50, 61 married females aged 40 to 50, 53 males aged 2 to 3, 52 married males aged 50 to 60, 50 males aged 4 to 5, 49 males aged 1 to 2, 48 females under age 1, 47 females aged 4 to 5, 47 males aged 3 to 4, 47 single females aged 20 to 30, 46 females aged 2 to 3, 43 females age 3 to 4, 34 married females aged 50 to 60, 34 single males aged 30 to 40, 25 married males aged 60 to 70, 20 married females aged 15 to 20, 9 single females aged 30 to 40, 9 single males aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 7 married females aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,372 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 640 persons originating in Ireland, 292 persons originating in the United States, 145 persons originating in England or Wales, 115 French Canadians, 73 persons originating in Scotland, 2 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 2 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in Spain or Portugal, 1 persons originating in the East Indies. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 persons originating in Guernsey, 7 persons originating in Jersey or other British islands — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 46,222 pounds of homemade butter, 28,129 acres of land in farms, 22,345 bushels of oats, 17,316 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 12,050 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 11,925 bushels of wheat, 10,813 acres of farmland under cultivation, 10,673 bushels of peas, 10,435 bushels of potatoes, 8,518 acres of farmland under crops, 5,501 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,735 tons of hay, 3,060 bushels of carrots, 2,826 bushels of corn, 2,586 bushels of rye, 2,252 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,894 sheep, 1,157 swine, 988 milk cows, 957 acres of oats, 912 bushels of buckwheat, 770 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 765 calves and heifers, 742 acres of wheat, 677 barrels of pork, 668 acres of peas, 605 pounds of maple sugar, 602 horses, 448 bushels of turnips, 413 bulls, oxen, or steers, 239 acres of rye, 197 barrels of beef, 193 acres of potatoes, 170 bushels of barley, 165 occupants of farms, 159 bushels of beans, 109 acres of corn, 72 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 71 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 64 acres of buckwheat, 64 gallons of cider, 55 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 43 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 31 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 13 acres of barley, 9 pounds of flax or hemp, 7 acres of turnips, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 pounds of hops, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 3,000 feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, 1,989 yards of flannel, $1,000 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 956 yards of fulled cloth, $150 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 60 yards of linen, 3 employees in grist mills, 3 employees in saw mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by steam, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills reporting daily production, 1 saw mills returning capital. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 116 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 15 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON009004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON069017 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q680569
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfe_Island
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Ele_Wolfe

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). "Wolfe Island, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/wolfe-island-on009004-1851/.