Lunatic Asylum, Ontario (1851 census)
Lunatic Asylum was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 351. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.662°N, 79.337°W.
Population
In 1851, Lunatic Asylum had a population of 351: 179 male and 172 female residents.
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of York, 1861 (0.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851
In the 1851 census, Lunatic Asylum shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 66 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 351 total population, 179 males, 172 females, Females present who are not members of the family: 145, Males present who are not members of the family: 143, 130 single males, 108 single females, 54 married females, 46 married males, 10 widowed females, 3 widowed males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 42 single males aged 20 to 30, 36 males of unknown age, 32 single males aged 30 to 40, 30 single females aged 20 to 30, 27 females of unknown age, 27 single females aged 30 to 40, 18 married females aged 40 to 50, 15 married females aged 30 to 40, 15 married males aged 30 to 40, 14 married males aged 40 to 50, 12 married females aged 20 to 30, 12 single females aged 40 to 50, 10 single males aged 40 to 50, 9 married males aged 50 to 60, 6 married females aged 50 to 60, 5 married males aged 20 to 30, 5 single females aged 15 to 20, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 single males aged 15 to 20, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 married females aged 60 to 70, 2 married males aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 10 to 15, 1 single males aged 10 to 15, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 189 persons originating in Ireland, 58 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 52 persons originating in Scotland, 38 persons originating in England or Wales, 9 persons originating in the United States, 3 persons originating in all other places, 2 persons originating in Germany or Holland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 22 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 14, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON043006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON043006— 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). "Lunatic Asylum, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/lunatic-asylum-on043006-1851/.