Hay, Ontario (1851 census)

Hay was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 985. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261716. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.403°N, 81.608°W.

Population

In 1851, Hay had a population of 985: 498 male and 487 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, Hay shared boundaries with:

• Stanley
• Stephen
• Tuckersmith
• Usborne

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 133 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 985 total population, 498 males, Male members of the family who are present: 493, 487 females, Female members of the family who are present: 484, 323 single males, 306 single females, 184 families, 170 married females, 167 married males, 57 females attending school, 42 males attending school, 27 female births, 22 male births, Male members of the family who are present: 17, 11 widowed females, 8 widowed males, Males present who are not members of the family: 5, Female members of the family who are absent: 4, Females present who are not members of the family: 3, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 82 females aged 5 to 10, 76 males aged 5 to 10, 66 married females aged 20 to 30, 62 single females aged 10 to 15, 60 single males aged 10 to 15, 54 married males aged 30 to 40, 50 married males aged 20 to 30, 49 married females aged 30 to 40, 44 single males aged 20 to 30, 36 single females aged 15 to 20, 36 single males aged 15 to 20, 33 married males aged 40 to 50, 29 females aged 2 to 3, 27 married females aged 40 to 50, 26 females under age 1, 21 females aged 1 to 2, 20 females aged 4 to 5, 20 males aged 4 to 5, 20 married males aged 50 to 60, 19 females age 3 to 4, 19 males aged 1 to 2, 19 males under age 1, 18 males aged 2 to 3, 18 married females aged 50 to 60, 16 males aged 3 to 4, 12 single males aged 30 to 40, 9 single females aged 20 to 30, 7 married females aged 15 to 20, 7 married males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 married females aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 414 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 172 French Canadians, 135 persons originating in Scotland, 118 persons originating in Ireland, 76 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 42 persons originating in England or Wales, 15 persons originating in the United States, 12 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in France. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 16,169 acres of land in farms, 14,226 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 13,250 bushels of turnips, 9,942 pounds of maple sugar, 9,861 bushels of wheat, 9,145 pounds of homemade butter, 6,904 bushels of oats, 5,194 bushels of potatoes, 1,943 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,295 acres of farmland under crops, 1,204 bushels of peas, 1,202 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,065 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 716 acres of wheat, 648 acres of farmland in pasture, 622 swine, 462 sheep, 386 barrels of pork, 383 bulls, oxen, or steers, 317 calves and heifers, 310 bushels of corn, 306 tons of hay, 288 milk cows, 263 acres of oats, 175 bushels of barley, 170 occupants of farms, 162 barrels of beef, 161 bushels of rye, 138 pounds of tobacco, 109 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 102 acres of peas, 95 acres of potatoes, 92 bushels of buckwheat, 73 acres of turnips, 66 horses, 39 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 28 pounds of hops, 25 pounds of flax or hemp, 19 acres of corn, 16 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 13 acres of rye, 10 acres of barley, 6 acres of buckwheat, 4 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $250 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 167 yards of fulled cloth, 111 yards of flannel, 3 saw mills, 3 saw mills not reporting, 3 saw mills returning capital. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

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

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON016001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON119005 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261716

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). "Hay, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/hay-on016001-1851/.