Romney & Tilbury East, Ontario (1851 census)

Romney & Tilbury East was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,023. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.220°N, 82.354°W.

Population

In 1851, Romney & Tilbury East had a population of 1,023: 556 male and 467 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 contained Romney, 1861 (32.5% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Tilbury East, 1861 (67.5% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Romney & Tilbury East shared boundaries with:

• Dover East & Dover West
• Mersea
• Raleigh
• Tilbury W-O

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 150 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,023 total population, 556 males, Male members of the family who are present: 526, 467 females, Female members of the family who are present: 455, 386 single males, 300 single females, 180 families, 156 married males, 153 married females, 100 males attending school, 71 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 30, 22 female births, 19 male births, 14 widowed females, 14 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 13, Females present who are not members of the family: 12, Female members of the family who are absent: 9, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 95 males aged 5 to 10, 68 females aged 5 to 10, 68 single females aged 10 to 15, 68 single males aged 10 to 15, 63 single males aged 20 to 30, 54 married females aged 20 to 30, 54 married males aged 30 to 40, 51 single males aged 15 to 20, 44 single females aged 15 to 20, 39 married females aged 30 to 40, 34 married females aged 40 to 50, 34 married males aged 20 to 30, 28 married males aged 40 to 50, 26 married males aged 50 to 60, 24 females aged 1 to 2, 24 males under age 1, 22 females under age 1, 20 females age 3 to 4, 19 females aged 2 to 3, 19 single females aged 20 to 30, 17 males aged 2 to 3, 17 males aged 4 to 5, 15 females aged 4 to 5, 15 males aged 1 to 2, 15 males aged 3 to 4, 14 single males aged 30 to 40, 12 married females aged 50 to 60, 10 married males aged 60 to 70, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 married females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 males of unknown age, 1 single females aged 30 to 40, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 widowed females over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 665 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 138 persons originating in England or Wales, 104 persons originating in Scotland, 91 persons originating in Ireland, 23 persons originating in the United States, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 28,061 pounds of tobacco, 24,625 acres of land in farms, 20,522 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 18,349 bushels of wheat, 17,864 pounds of homemade butter, 10,467 bushels of corn, 7,683 bushels of oats, 7,064 gallons of cider, 4,103 acres of farmland under cultivation, 3,556 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,112 bushels of potatoes, 2,648 acres of farmland under crops, 2,152 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,403 swine, 1,354 sheep, 1,348 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,130 acres of wheat, 981 bushels of peas, 858 bushels of turnips, 598 pounds of maple sugar, 582 calves and heifers, 555 bulls, oxen, or steers, 531 acres of corn, 525 barrels of pork, 520 bushels of barley, 493 tons of hay, 469 milk cows, 362 horses, 346 acres of oats, 240 occupants of farms, 133 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 128 barrels of beef, 120 bushels of buckwheat, 114 acres of peas, 107 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 55 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 54 acres of potatoes, 50 bushels of beans, 39 acres of barley, 34 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 31 bushels of rye, 12 bushels of carrots, 11 acres of turnips, 8 acres of buckwheat, 8 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 5 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 3 acres of rye, 2 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 2 pounds of hops. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 2,726 yards of flannel, 998 yards of fulled cloth, $500 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 3 employees in grist mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by steam, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills powered by steam, 1 saw mills reporting annual production. 300,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 2,500 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 3 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 6 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 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 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON017007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON017007 — 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). "Romney & Tilbury East, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/romney-tilbury-east-on017007-1851/.