Osprey, Ontario (1851 census)

Osprey was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 486. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7107381. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.313°N, 80.346°W.

Population

In 1851, Osprey had a population of 486: 258 male and 228 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, Osprey shared boundaries with:

• Artemesia
• Collingwood
• Melancthon & Proton
• Nottawasaga

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 109 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 486 total population, Male members of the family who are present: 258, 258 males, 228 females, Female members of the family who are present: 226, 181 single males, 154 single females, 72 married females, 71 married males, 61 families, 11 male births, 10 female births, 6 widowed males, Females present who are not members of the family: 2, Male members of the family who are present: 2, 2 widowed females, Female members of the family who are absent: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 59 females aged 5 to 10, 35 single males aged 10 to 15, 35 single males aged 15 to 20, 32 single males aged 20 to 30, 30 married females aged 20 to 30, 26 single females aged 10 to 15, 25 married males aged 30 to 40, 22 males aged 5 to 10, 20 married females aged 30 to 40, 20 single females aged 15 to 20, 18 married males aged 20 to 30, 18 married males aged 40 to 50, 15 males aged 1 to 2, 13 married females aged 40 to 50, 11 males aged 3 to 4, 11 males under age 1, 9 females age 3 to 4, 9 females aged 1 to 2, 9 females aged 2 to 3, 9 females under age 1, 8 males aged 2 to 3, 6 females aged 4 to 5, 6 married males aged 50 to 60, 6 single females aged 20 to 30, 5 males aged 4 to 5, 5 single males aged 30 to 40, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 married males aged 60 to 70, 3 married females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 married females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 30 to 40, 1 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 198 persons originating in Scotland, 157 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 106 persons originating in Ireland, 14 persons originating in England or Wales, 4 persons originating in the United States, 3 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 11,020 acres of land in farms, 10,465 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,970 bushels of turnips, 7,972 bushels of potatoes, 2,464 pounds of maple sugar, 2,321 bushels of wheat, 1,644 bushels of oats, 1,487 bushels of barley, 792 pounds of homemade butter, 640 acres of farmland under crops, 555 acres of farmland under cultivation, 279 swine, 248 pounds of wool produced on farms, 217 acres of wheat, 205 sheep, 161 bulls, oxen, or steers, 140 milk cows, 125 calves and heifers, 107 acres of potatoes, 98 occupants of farms, 94 acres of turnips, 80 bushels of corn, 67 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 61 acres of oats, 60 acres of barley, 55 bushels of peas, 48 barrels of pork, 15 acres of farmland in pasture, 15 barrels of beef, 15 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 12 horses, 11 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 10 bushels of buckwheat, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 acres of corn, 3 acres of peas, 1 acres of buckwheat. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 87 yards of fulled cloth, 73 yards of flannel, 13 yards of linen. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 2 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON011011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON114011 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7107381
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osprey,_Ontario

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). "Osprey, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/osprey-on011011-1851/.