Cayuga, North, Ontario (1851 census)
Cayuga, North was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 824. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.944°N, 79.818°W.
Population
In 1851, Cayuga, North had a population of 824: 436 male and 388 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 824 |
| 1861 | 2,919 |
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, Cayuga, North shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 148 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 824 total population, 436 males, 388 females, Male members of the family who are present: 374, Female members of the family who are present: 350, 299 single males, 247 single females, 141 families, 132 married females, 130 married males, 86 males attending school, 68 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 62, Females present who are not members of the family: 38, 24 female births, 18 male births, 9 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 8, 7 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 2. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 74 males aged 5 to 10, 65 females aged 5 to 10, 56 married females aged 20 to 30, 50 single males aged 10 to 15, 46 married males aged 30 to 40, 46 single males aged 15 to 20, 45 single females aged 10 to 15, 39 married females aged 30 to 40, 35 married males aged 20 to 30, 31 married males aged 40 to 50, 30 single males aged 20 to 30, 28 females under age 1, 26 single females aged 15 to 20, 22 married females aged 40 to 50, 20 males under age 1, 19 females aged 2 to 3, 18 females age 3 to 4, 18 males aged 1 to 2, 17 females aged 4 to 5, 17 males aged 3 to 4, 16 females aged 1 to 2, 15 males aged 2 to 3, 15 married males aged 50 to 60, 12 males aged 4 to 5, 8 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 single males aged 30 to 40, 7 single females aged 20 to 30, 5 married females aged 50 to 60, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 females of unknown age, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 males of unknown age, 1 married females aged 60 to 70, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 30 to 40, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 595 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 60 persons originating in the United States, 50 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 48 persons originating in England or Wales, 27 persons originating in Ireland, 23 persons originating in Scotland, 11 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 8 Indigenous persons, 5 French Canadians, 5 Indigenous males, 5 negroes or coloured persons, 4 persons originating in France, 3 Indigenous females, 3 male negroes or coloured persons, 2 female negroes or coloured persons, 1 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 persons originating in Russia, Prussia, or Poland — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 21,286 acres of land in farms, 20,606 pounds of homemade butter, 18,120 bushels of oats, 13,117 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,169 acres of farmland under cultivation, 5,250 pounds of maple sugar, 4,510 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,365 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,347 bushels of corn, 4,300 bushels of potatoes, 3,594 acres of farmland under crops, 2,442 acres of wheat, 2,175 bushels of buckwheat, 1,678 sheep, 1,250 swine, 1,029 tons of hay, 890 bushels of wheat, 593 barrels of pork, 573 acres of oats, 499 milk cows, 462 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 455 bushels of turnips, 390 calves and heifers, 381 horses, 359 bulls, oxen, or steers, 330 bushels of peas, 308 bushels of barley, 278 bushels of rye, 244 acres of corn, 210 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 189 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 136 acres of buckwheat, 120 occupants of farms, 119 barrels of beef, 90 pounds of flax or hemp, 80 acres of potatoes, 62 acres of peas, 56 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 34 acres of barley, 32 bushels of beans, 28 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 24 acres of rye, 24 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 5 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 4 acres of turnips, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 2,364 yards of flannel, 742 yards of fulled cloth, 2 employees in tanneries, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries reporting. $300 value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)
Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 12 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 11 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 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.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| John DeCew | 1766–1855 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON013003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON076002— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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). "Cayuga, North, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/cayuga-north-on013003-1851/.