Nassagaweya, Ontario (1851 census)

Nassagaweya was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,237. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.533°N, 80.036°W.

Population

In 1851, Nassagaweya had a population of 2,237: 1,196 male and 1,041 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, Nassagaweya shared boundaries with:

• Eramosa
• Esquessing
• Flamboro, East
• Nelson
• Puslinch

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 165 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,237 total population, 1,196 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,068, 1,041 females, Female members of the family who are present: 980, 850 single males, 702 single females, 553 families, 325 married males, 316 married females, 240 males attending school, 195 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 128, Females present who are not members of the family: 61, 42 male births, 39 female births, Male members of the family who are present: 24, Female members of the family who are absent: 23, 23 widowed females, 21 widowed males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 173 females aged 5 to 10, 167 males aged 5 to 10, 166 single males aged 10 to 15, 162 single females aged 10 to 15, 155 single males aged 20 to 30, 137 single males aged 15 to 20, 134 single females aged 15 to 20, 94 married females aged 20 to 30, 89 married males aged 40 to 50, 86 married males aged 30 to 40, 84 married females aged 30 to 40, 73 married females aged 40 to 50, 56 married males aged 50 to 60, 46 married males aged 20 to 30, 45 males under age 1, 42 single females aged 20 to 30, 40 females aged 4 to 5, 39 females aged 1 to 2, 39 females under age 1, 39 males aged 4 to 5, 37 males aged 1 to 2, 37 married males aged 60 to 70, 36 married females aged 50 to 60, 32 males aged 3 to 4, 29 females age 3 to 4, 29 females aged 2 to 3, 26 males aged 2 to 3, 19 married females aged 60 to 70, 16 single males aged 30 to 40, 14 males of unknown age, 10 single males aged 40 to 50, 9 females of unknown age, 7 married females aged 70 to 80, 7 married males aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 single females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,115 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 419 persons originating in Scotland, 305 persons originating in Ireland, 276 persons originating in England or Wales, 67 French Canadians, 49 persons originating in the United States, 3 Indigenous males, 2 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 62,082 pounds of homemade butter, 50,079 bushels of wheat, 40,996 bushels of oats, 39,650 acres of land in farms, 23,315 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 18,962 pounds of maple sugar, 16,771 bushels of turnips, 16,335 acres of farmland under cultivation, 16,199 bushels of potatoes, 11,000 pounds of wool produced on farms, 10,904 bushels of peas, 10,212 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,134 tons of hay, 6,012 acres of farmland under crops, 5,184 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 3,863 sheep, 3,203 acres of wheat, 1,909 swine, 1,484 acres of oats, 1,129 bushels of barley, 1,129 milk cows, 1,097 bulls, oxen, or steers, 1,021 calves and heifers, 668 acres of peas, 602 horses, 567 bushels of buckwheat, 537 bushels of corn, 514 barrels of pork, 362 occupants of farms, 330 pounds of flax or hemp, 237 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 230 acres of potatoes, 221 barrels of beef, 117 acres of turnips, 111 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 64 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 54 acres of barley, 54 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 53 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 35 acres of buckwheat, 19 bushels of rye, 17 acres of corn, 12 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 acres of rye, 2 bushels of beans, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 4,366 yards of flannel, $1,800 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 1,558 yards of fulled cloth, $350 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $25 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 15 employees in saw mills, 7 saw mills, 7 saw mills returning capital, 6 saw mills powered by water, 6 saw mills reporting annual production, 4 employees in grist mills, 2 foundries, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 saw mills powered by steam, 1 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent. 2,255,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 7,000 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 13 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: 6, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 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.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON014003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON117002 — 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). "Nassagaweya, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/nassagaweya-on014003-1851/.