Woodstock, C, Ontario (1851 census)
Woodstock, C was a city in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,112. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1642364. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.130°N, 80.753°W.
Population
In 1851, Woodstock, C had a population of 2,112: 1,103 male and 1,009 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,112 |
| 1861 | 3,353 |
| 1871 | 3,982 |
| 1881 | 5,373 |
| 1921 | 9,935 |
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, Woodstock, C shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 125 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,112 total population, 1,103 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,080, 1,009 females, Female members of the family who are present: 992, 742 single males, 629 single females, 465 families, 334 married males, 333 married females, 204 males attending school, 169 females attending school, 52 male births, 47 widowed females, 36 female births, 27 widowed males, Males present who are not members of the family: 23, Females present who are not members of the family: 17, Male members of the family who are present: 9, Female members of the family who are absent: 7, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 157 females aged 5 to 10, 151 males aged 5 to 10, 137 single males aged 15 to 20, 130 married males aged 30 to 40, 129 married females aged 20 to 30, 127 single females aged 15 to 20, 125 married females aged 30 to 40, 124 single males aged 10 to 15, 121 single females aged 10 to 15, 116 single males aged 20 to 30, 78 married males aged 20 to 30, 70 married males aged 40 to 50, 68 single females aged 20 to 30, 42 married males aged 50 to 60, 41 males aged 4 to 5, 39 males under age 1, 39 married females aged 40 to 50, 33 females aged 2 to 3, 32 males aged 1 to 2, 32 males aged 2 to 3, 31 females aged 1 to 2, 31 single males aged 30 to 40, 30 males aged 3 to 4, 29 females under age 1, 28 females aged 4 to 5, 25 married females aged 50 to 60, 24 females age 3 to 4, 11 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 11 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 11 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 10 married males aged 60 to 70, 10 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 7 married females aged 15 to 20, 7 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 6 single females aged 30 to 40, 5 married females aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 single females aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 844 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 518 persons originating in Scotland, 505 persons originating in England or Wales, 131 persons originating in Ireland, 70 persons originating in the United States, 12 persons whose origin is unknown, 9 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 8 persons originating in the West Indies, 5 French Canadians, 4 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 3 male negroes or coloured persons, 3 persons originating in Newfoundland, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 2 persons originating in Jersey or other British islands — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $2,300 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $1,250 value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling), 700 foundries returning capital, 150 tanneries returning capital, 15 employees in grist mills, 6 employees in foundries, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 grist mills reporting annual production, 2 grist mills returning capital, 1 breweries, 1 breweries not reporting, 1 foundries, 1 foundries reporting, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries reporting. 12,000 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. $150 value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 37 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 19, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 18, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 8, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 5, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 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 females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 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 60 to 70: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 4 people connected to this place who were alive in 1851, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph Noad | 1797–1873 | died here |
| Robert Alexander Fyfe | 1816–1878 | died here |
| R. W. W. (Robert William Weir) Carrall | 1837–1879 | born and died here |
| William Lennox Mills | 1846–1917 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON027011— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON134012— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q1642364
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock,_Ontario
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock_(Ontario)
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). "Woodstock, C, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/woodstock-c-on027011-1851/.