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Canada Census

Canada West

This Sub-project of Canada Censuses is a portal to 1851 census of Canada West (Ontario) county, municipality and district projects.

Detailed list - Library & Archive of Canada
LAC 1851 Search

1851 Canada West

1- Addington (county)

  • 1-Amherst Island
  • 2-Camden East
  • 3-Earnestown
  • 4-Sheffield

2 -Brant (county)

  • 5-​Brantford
  • ​6-Brantford
  • 7-Burford
  • ​8-Dumfries
  • 9-Oakland
  • 10-Onondaga
  • 11-Paris
  • 12-Tuscarora

3 - Bruce (county)

  • 13-Arran
  • 14-Brant
  • 15-Bruce
  • 16-Carick (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 17-Culross (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 18-Elderslie
  • 19-Greenock
  • 20-Huron
  • 21-Kincardine
  • 22-Kinloss
  • 23-Saugeen​

46 - Bytown (town)

(Ottawa)

  • 441-Centre (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 442-East
  • 443-West

4 - Carleton (county)

  • 24-Fitzroy
  • 25-Gloucester
  • 26-Goulbourne
  • 27-Gower
  • 28-Huntley
  • 29-March
  • 30-Marlborough
  • 31-Nepean
  • 32-Osgoode
  • 33-Richmond
  • 34-Torbolton

5 - Dundas (county)

  • 35-Matilda
  • 36-Mountain
  • 37-Williamsburg
  • 38-Winchester

6 - Durham (county)

  • 39-Cartwright
  • 40-Cavan (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 41-Clarke
  • 42-Darlington (Returns are missing for part 1; personal census is missing for parts 2 and 3; Agricultural census is missing for part 4.)
  • 43-Hope (Agricultural census is missing for parts 1, 2, 3, and 5; returns are missing for part 4.)
  • 44-Manvers
  • 45-Port Hope (Personal census is missing.)

7 - Elgin (county)

  • ​46-Aldborough
  • 47-Bayham (Returns for part 1 are missing)
  • 48-Dunwich (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 49-Dorchester South
  • 50-Malahide (Returns for part 1 are missing.)
  • 51-Southwold
  • 52-Yarmouth (Returns for parts 1 and 2 are missing)
  • 53-St. Thomas (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 54-Anderdon (Missing - Census records have not survived)

8 - Essex (county)

  • 54-Anderdon (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • ​55-Colchester
  • 56-Gosfield (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 57-Maidstone (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 58-Malden
  • 59-Mersea
  • 60-Rochester
  • 61-Sandwich
  • 62-Amherstburg (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 63-Tilbury West

9 - Frontenac (county)

  • 64-Clarendon (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 65-Barrie (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 66-Kennebec (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 67-Palmerstone (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 68-Olden (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 69-Oso (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 70-Howe Island (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 71-Kingston (Personal census for part 5 is missing.)
  • 72-Loughborough
  • 73-Pittsburg
  • 74-Bedford (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 75-Portland
  • 76-Hinchinbrooke
  • 77-Storrington
  • 78-Wolfe Island (Personal census for part 2 is missing.)

10 - Glengarry (county)

  • 79-Lancaster
  • 80-Charlottenburgh
  • 81-Lochiel
  • 82-Kenyon

12 - Grenville (county)

  • 100-Augusta
  • 101-Edwardsburgh
  • 102-Gower South
  • 103-Oxford (Returns are missing for part 2; Agricultural census for part 3 is missing.)
  • 104-Wolford
  • 105-Prescott

11 - Grey (county)

  • 84-Artemesia
  • 85-Bentinck
  • 86-Collingwood
  • 87,99-Derby and Indian Territory
  • 88-Egremont
  • 89-Euphrasia
  • 90-Glenelg
  • 91-Holland
  • 92, 95-Melancthon and Proton
  • 93-Normanby
  • 94-Osprey
  • 96-St. Vincent
  • 97-Sullivan
  • 98-Sydenham

13 - Haldimand (county)

  • 106-Canboro
  • 108-Cayuga
  • 109-Dunn
  • 110-Moulton
  • 111-Oneida
  • 112-Rainham
  • 113-Sherbrooke
  • 114-Seneca (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • ​115-Walpole

14 - Halton (county)

  • 116-Esquesing (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 117-Trafalgar (Personal census is incomplete; Agricultural census is missing)
  • 118-Nassagaweya (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 119-Nelson

45 - Hamilton (city)

  • 436-St. Patrick (First 5 sheets are missing.)
  • 437-St. Mary
  • 438-St. Andrew
  • 439-St. Lawrence (First 7 pages are missing.)
  • 440-St. George

15 - Hastings (county)

  • 120-Belleville (Returns are missing for part 2.)
  • 121-Grimsthorpe (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 122-Hungerford
  • 123-Huntingdon
  • 124-Lake (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 137, 126, 125-Tudor, Elzevir and Madoc
  • 128-Sidney
  • 129-Thurlow
  • 130-Tyendinaga

16 - Huron (county)

  • 133-Hay
  • 134-Stephen
  • 135-McGillivray
  • 136-Biddulph
  • 137-Usborne
  • 138-Howich (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 139, 140-McKillop and Grey
  • 141, 146-Morris and Hullett
  • 142-Turnbury (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 143-Ashfield
  • 144-Wawanosh
  • 145-Colborne
  • 146-Hullett (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 147-Tuckersmith (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 148-Stanley (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 149-Goderich (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 150-Goderich (Missing - Census records have not survived)

17 - Kent (county)

  • 151-Camden East (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 152-Chatham
  • 154-Dover
  • 155-Harwich (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 156-Howard
  • 157-Orford
  • 158-Raleigh (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 159-Romney (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 160-Tilbury East (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 161-Zone (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 162-Chatham

44 - Kingston

(13 sub-districts all missing - Census records have not survived) 423-435

18 - Lambton (county)

  • 163-Bosanquet (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 164-Brooke (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 165-Dawn (Personal census is missing.)
  • 166-Enniskillen (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 167-Euphemia (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 168-Moore (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 169-Plympton (Personal census is incomplete; Agricultural census is missing.)
  • 170-Sarnia (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 171-Sombra (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 172-Warwick (Personal census is missing.)

19 - Lanark (county)

  • ​173-Bathurst
  • 174-Sherbrooke (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 175-Beckwith
  • 176-Burgess North
  • 177-Dalhousie
  • 178-Sherbrooke
  • 179-Lavant
  • 180-Drummond
  • 181-Elmsley North
  • 182-Lanark
  • 183-Darling
  • 184-Montague (Returns are missing for parts 1 and 2.)
  • 185-Pakenham
  • 186-Ramsay (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 187-Perth (Personal census is incomplete for parts 3 and 4; Agricultural census is missing for parts 3 and 4.)

20 - Leeds (county)

  • 188-Bastard
  • 189-Burgess South
  • 190-Crosby
  • 191-Crosby
  • 192-Elizabethtown
  • 193-Elmsley
  • 194-Escott
  • 195-Kitley
  • 196-Leeds
  • 197-Lansdowne
  • 198-Yonge (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 199-Brockville

21 - Lennox (county)

  • 200-Adolphustown
  • 201-Fredericksburg
  • 202-Richmond (Agricultural census is missing; personal census is missing for part 1.)

22 - Lincoln (county)

  • 203-Caistor
  • 204-Clinton
  • 205-Gainsborough
  • 206-Grantham (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 207Grimsby
  • 208-Louth
  • 209-Niagara
  • 210-Niagara (Town)
  • 211-St. Catharines (Missing - Census records have not survived)

47 - London (town)

(census records have not survived)

===23 - Middlesex (county)===

  • 212-Mosa
  • 213-Ekfrid
  • 214-Caradoc
  • 215-Metcalfe
  • 216-Adelaide
  • 217-Williams
  • 218-Lobo
  • 219-Nissouri West
  • 220-Dorchester
  • 221-Delaware
  • 222-Westminster
  • 223-London (Returns are missing for part 1.)

25 - Norfolk (county)

  • 234-Houghton
  • 235-Middleton
  • 236-Charlotteville
  • 237-Windham
  • 238-Townsend
  • 239-Woodhouse
  • 240-Walsingham
  • 241-Long Point (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 242-Ryerson's Island (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 243-Simcoe

24 - Northumberland (county)

  • 224-Brighton
  • 225-Cramahe
  • 226-Haldimand (Personal census is incomplete for part 1.)
  • 227-Alnwick (Personal census is missing.)
  • 228-Seymour
  • 229-Percy
  • 230-Hamilton
  • 231-Monaghan South
  • 232-Murray
  • 233-Cobourg (Personal census is missing.)

26 - Ontario (county)

  • ​244-Whitby
  • 245-Pickering
  • 246-Uxbridge
  • 247-Reach
  • 248-Brock (Returns are missing for part 1; Agricultural census is missing for parts 2 and 3.)
  • 249-Thorah
  • 250, 251-Mara and Rama
  • 252-Scugog
  • 253-Scott (Personal census is incomplete.)
  • 254-Georgina (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 255-Oshawa (Missing - Census records have not survived)

27 - Oxford (county)

  • 256-Zorra East
  • 257-Zorra West
  • 258-North Oxford (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 259-Oxford East
  • 260-Oxford West
  • 261-Dereham
  • 262-Norwich
  • 263-Blenheim
  • 264-Blandford
  • 265-Nissouri East
  • 266-Woodstock
  • 267-Ingersoll

28 - Peel (county)

  • 268-Albion
  • 269-Caledon
  • 270-Chinguacousy
  • 271-Toronto
  • 272-Gore

29 - Perth (county)

  • 273-Blanchard
  • 274-Hibbert
  • 275-Fullarton
  • 277-Downie
  • 278-Logan
  • 279-Ellice (Personal census for part 2 is incomplete.)
  • 281-Easthope
  • 282-Elma (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 283-Wallace (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 284-Mornington

30 - Peterborough (county)

  • 285,290-Belmont and Methuen
  • 286,288-Burleigh and Dummer
  • 287-Douro
  • 289,291Harvey and Smith
  • 292-Monaghan North
  • 293-Asphodel
  • 294-Ennismore
  • 295-Otonabee
  • 296-Peterborough

31 - Prescott (county)

  • 297-Caledonia
  • 298-Hawkesbury West
  • 299-Hawkesbury East
  • 300-Longueuil and Alfre​d
  • 301-Alfred
  • 302-Plantagenet North (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 303-Plantagenet South

32 - Prince Edward (county)

  • ​304-Ameliasburgh (Personal census is missing for part 2.)
  • ​305-Athol (Personal census is missing.)
  • 306-Hallowell
  • 307-Hillier
  • 308-Marysburg (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 309-Sophiasburg (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 310-Picton (Personal census is missing.)

33 - Renfrew (county)

  • ​311-Admaston
  • 312-Bagot
  • 313-Blythfield
  • 314-Bromley
  • 315-Horton (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 316-Ross (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 317-McNab
  • 318-Westmeath
  • 319-Pembroke
  • 320-Stafford
  • 321-Brougham
  • 322-Grattan
  • 323-Wilberforce

34 - Russell (county)

  • 324-Cumberland (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 325-Clarence (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 326-Cambridge (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 327-Russell (Missing - Census records have not survived)

35 - Simcoe (county)

  • 328-Adjala (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 329-Essa (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 330-Flos (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 331-Gwillimbury (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 332-Innisfil (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 333-Medonte (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 334-Mono (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 335-Mulmur (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 336-Nottawasaga (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 337-Orillia and Matchedash (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 338-Oro (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 339-Sunnidale (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 340-Tay (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 341-Tecumseth (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 342-Tosoronto (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 343-Tiny (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 344-Vespra (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 345-Barrie (Missing - Census records have not survived)

36 - Stormont (county)

  • 346-Cornwall
  • 347-Osnabruck (Agricultural census is missing; personal census is missing for part 2.)
  • 348-Finch
  • 349-Roxborough
  • 350-Cornwall

43 - Toronto

(All 15 Sub-Districts missing - Census records have not survived) 408-422

37 - Victoria (county)

  • 351-Mariposa (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 352-Ops (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 353-Emily
  • 354-Eldon
  • 355-Fenelon
  • 356, 358-Bexley and Sommerville
  • 357-Verulam

38 - Waterloo (county)

  • 359-Dumfries North
  • 360-Waterloo
  • 361-Wilmot
  • 362-Woolwich (Personal census is missing for part 2.)
  • 363-Wellesley
  • 364-Galt
  • 365-Preston

40 - Welland (county)

  • 380-Pelham
  • 381-Thorold (Returns are missing for part 1.)
  • 382-Stamford (Returns are incomplete for part 1; Agricultural census for part 2 is missing.)
  • 383-Crowland (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 384-Willoughby
  • 385-Wainfleet (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 386-Humberston (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 387-Bertie
  • 388-Chippawa
  • 389-Thorold

39 - Wellington (county)

  • 366-Erin (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 367-Puslinch (Agricultural census is missing; personal census is incomplete.)
  • 368-Guelph (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 369-Guelph (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 370-Nichol
  • 371-Garafraxa
  • 372-Eramosa
  • 373-Peel
  • 374-Maryborough
  • 375, 376, 377-Minto, Arthur and Luther
  • 378-Amaranth
  • 379-Pilkington

41 - Wentworth (county)

  • 390-Ancaster
  • 391-Barton
  • 392-Beverly (Personal census is missing for part 1; personal census is incomplete for part 2.)
  • 393-Binbrook (Personal census is missing.)
  • 394-Dundas (Personal census is missing.)
  • 395-Glandford (Personal census is missing for part 1)
  • 396-Flamboro East (Personal census is missing.)
  • 397-Flamboro West
  • 398-Saltfleet

42 - York (county)

  • ​39-Markham
  • 400-Scarborough (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 401-Vaughan
  • 402-York
  • 403-King
  • 404-Whitchurch (Missing - Census records have not survived)
  • 405-North Gwillimbury
  • 406-East Gwillimbury
  • 407-Etobicoke