Woolwich, Ontario (1851 census)

Woolwich was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,092. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4116337. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.582°N, 80.531°W.

Population

In 1851, Woolwich had a population of 3,092: 1,628 male and 1,464 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, Woolwich shared boundaries with:

• Peel
• Pilkington
• Waterloo
• Wellesley

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 178 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,092 total population, 1,628 males, 1,464 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,396, Female members of the family who are present: 1,335, 1,074 single males, 901 single females, 532 married females, 531 married males, 515 families, 243 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 232, 168 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 129, 81 female births, 77 male births, 31 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 24, 23 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 15, 4 deaf and dumb females, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 224 females aged 5 to 10, 212 males aged 5 to 10, 209 married females aged 20 to 30, 189 single males aged 10 to 15, 175 married males aged 30 to 40, 173 single females aged 10 to 15, 162 married males aged 20 to 30, 151 married females aged 30 to 40, 149 single males aged 15 to 20, 122 single males aged 20 to 30, 110 married males aged 40 to 50, 99 single females aged 15 to 20, 94 females under age 1, 89 females aged 1 to 2, 88 males aged 1 to 2, 88 married females aged 40 to 50, 83 males under age 1, 77 males aged 2 to 3, 75 females aged 2 to 3, 59 males aged 3 to 4, 55 married males aged 50 to 60, 54 females aged 4 to 5, 50 females age 3 to 4, 49 males aged 4 to 5, 35 married females aged 50 to 60, 29 married females aged 15 to 20, 25 single females aged 20 to 30, 22 married males aged 60 to 70, 18 married females aged 60 to 70, 18 single males aged 30 to 40, 17 males of unknown age, 10 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 7 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 females of unknown age, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,594 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 825 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 243 persons originating in Scotland, 177 persons originating in England or Wales, 158 persons originating in the United States, 48 persons originating in France, 45 persons originating in Ireland, 1 persons originating in Switzerland, 1 persons whose origin is unknown. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 13 persons originating in Russia, Prussia, or Poland — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 71,643 bushels of wheat, 69,180 bushels of oats, 53,613 pounds of homemade butter, 43,164 acres of land in farms, 41,405 bushels of turnips, 25,702 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 25,328 pounds of maple sugar, 24,908 bushels of potatoes, 17,462 acres of farmland under cultivation, 10,537 pounds of wool produced on farms, 10,292 acres of farmland under crops, 9,724 bushels of peas, 8,451 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 7,071 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,608 acres of wheat, 4,206 sheep, 3,028 acres of oats, 2,916 swine, 2,686 bushels of barley, 2,007 tons of hay, 1,536 bushels of rye, 1,379 bulls, oxen, or steers, 1,274 barrels of pork, 1,230 milk cows, 1,159 calves and heifers, 1,048 bushels of corn, 808 pounds of flax or hemp, 748 gallons of cider, 687 horses, 569 acres of peas, 404 occupants of farms, 349 acres of potatoes, 340 barrels of beef, 217 acres of turnips, 149 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 136 acres of barley, 122 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 111 acres of rye, 106 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 99 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 89 bushels of buckwheat, 58 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 42 acres of corn, 39 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 29 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 11 bushels of beans, 10 pounds of hops, 7 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 7 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 6 acres of buckwheat, 4 bushels of carrots. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 3,094 yards of flannel, $2,000 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 1,977 yards of fulled cloth, 737 yards of linen, $600 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 300 carding and fulling mills returning capital, $125 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 10 employees in saw mills, 4 employees in grist mills, 4 saw mills, 4 saw mills powered by water, 4 saw mills returning capital, 2 saw mills not reporting, 2 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 breweries not reporting, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 employees in carding and fulling mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting daily production, 1 grist mills returning capital. 60 barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 30 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 17, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 8, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 3, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 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. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person 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: ON038004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON150005 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q4116337
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolwich,_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). "Woolwich, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/woolwich-on038004-1851/.