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Year: 1851  |  Province: Ontario

Wolfred, Ontario (1851 census)

Wolfred was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,259. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.854°N, 75.828°W.

Population

In 1851, Wolfred had a population of 3,259: 1,639 male and 1,620 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, Wolfred shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 183 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,259 total population, 1,639 males, 1,620 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,516, Female members of the family who are present: 1,500, 1,124 single males, 1,067 single females, 509 families, 503 married females, 492 married males, 328 males attending school, 304 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 123, Females present who are not members of the family: 120, 86 female births, 69 male births, 50 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 31, 23 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 11, 3 deaf and dumb females, 2 lunatic females, 2 lunatic males, 2 persons at sea. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 280 males aged 5 to 10, 268 females aged 5 to 10, 215 single females aged 10 to 15, 203 married females aged 20 to 30, 195 single males aged 10 to 15, 177 single males aged 15 to 20, 168 married males aged 30 to 40, 163 single females aged 15 to 20, 140 married females aged 30 to 40, 119 single males aged 20 to 30, 115 married males aged 20 to 30, 98 married males aged 40 to 50, 88 married females aged 40 to 50, 84 males aged 2 to 3, 83 females under age 1, 76 single females aged 20 to 30, 75 married males aged 50 to 60, 68 females aged 1 to 2, 66 males under age 1, 65 females aged 2 to 3, 65 males aged 1 to 2, 59 females aged 4 to 5, 56 females age 3 to 4, 56 males aged 3 to 4, 48 males aged 4 to 5, 41 married females aged 50 to 60, 24 married males aged 60 to 70, 22 single males aged 30 to 40, 15 married females aged 60 to 70, 14 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 13 married females aged 15 to 20, 11 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 10 married males aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 8 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 single females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 males of unknown age, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,178 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 838 persons originating in Ireland, 106 persons originating in the United States, 62 persons originating in England or Wales, 52 persons originating in Scotland, 18 French Canadians, 2 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons whose origin is unknown. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 73,056 pounds of homemade butter, 31,812 acres of land in farms, 31,300 bushels of oats, 29,363 bushels of wheat, 25,482 bushels of potatoes, 20,028 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 11,784 acres of farmland under cultivation, 9,647 pounds of maple sugar, 9,561 pounds of wool produced on farms, 7,338 acres of farmland under crops, 5,584 bushels of corn, 4,414 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,548 bushels of buckwheat, 3,506 sheep, 3,204 tons of hay, 3,146 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,536 bushels of peas, 2,149 acres of wheat, 1,445 barrels of pork, 1,428 swine, 1,219 acres of oats, 1,214 milk cows, 1,097 calves and heifers, 747 horses, 720 bushels of turnips, 554 bulls, oxen, or steers, 426 acres of potatoes, 355 occupants of farms, 332 barrels of beef, 243 acres of buckwheat, 239 bushels of rye, 229 acres of corn, 180 acres of peas, 161 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 144 bushels of carrots, 116 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 101 bushels of beans, 83 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 57 bushels of barley, 50 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 32 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 25 acres of rye, 18 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 8 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 acres of turnips, 3 acres of barley, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 pounds of tobacco. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 125,000 yards of cloth produced in woollen factories, 6,154 yards of flannel, 5,000 woollen factories returning capital, $3,250 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 2,049 yards of fulled cloth, $750 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $600 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 150 tanneries returning capital, 45 employees in woollen factories, 16 yards of linen, 6 employees in grist mills, 6 employees in saw mills, 2 employees in tanneries, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills not reporting, 2 grist mills returning capital, 2 saw mills, 2 saw mills returning capital, 1 grist mills powered by steam, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 saw mills powered by steam, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries reporting, 1 woollen factories, 1 woollen factories reporting. $50 value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 26 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 14, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, 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 males aged 1 to 2: 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 40 to 50: 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. (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). "Wolfred, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/wolfred-on012005-1851/.