Scott, Ontario (1851 census)

Scott was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,028. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7437405. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.182°N, 79.216°W.

Population

In 1851, Scott had a population of 1,028: 554 male and 474 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, Scott shared boundaries with:

• Brock
• Georgina
• Gwillimbury E
• Reach
• Uxbridge

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 139 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,028 total population, 554 males, Male members of the family who are present: 530, 474 females, Female members of the family who are present: 459, 390 single males, 304 single females, 173 families, 156 married females, 153 married males, 88 males attending school, 55 females attending school, 27 male births, Males present who are not members of the family: 24, Females present who are not members of the family: 15, 14 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 12, 11 widowed males, 5 female births, Female members of the family who are absent: 2, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 89 males aged 5 to 10, 73 females aged 5 to 10, 67 single males aged 10 to 15, 58 married females aged 20 to 30, 57 single females aged 10 to 15, 56 single males aged 20 to 30, 55 married males aged 30 to 40, 43 married females aged 30 to 40, 43 single males aged 15 to 20, 40 single females aged 15 to 20, 38 married males aged 20 to 30, 32 married males aged 40 to 50, 28 married females aged 40 to 50, 27 females aged 1 to 2, 27 males aged 4 to 5, 26 males aged 3 to 4, 25 males under age 1, 24 females aged 4 to 5, 23 females aged 2 to 3, 23 males aged 2 to 3, 21 females under age 1, 21 males aged 1 to 2, 18 females age 3 to 4, 16 married males aged 50 to 60, 16 single females aged 20 to 30, 12 married females aged 50 to 60, 10 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 married males aged 60 to 70, 7 single males aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 married females aged 60 to 70, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 males of unknown age, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 females of unknown age, 2 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 532 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 181 persons originating in England or Wales, 168 persons originating in Scotland, 112 persons originating in Ireland, 14 persons originating in the United States, 11 persons originating in New Brunswick, 6 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 2 persons originating in the East Indies, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 persons originating in Jersey or other British islands — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 23,099 bushels of wheat, 22,977 bushels of oats, 20,421 pounds of maple sugar, 19,950 bushels of turnips, 18,334 pounds of homemade butter, 17,964 acres of land in farms, 13,196 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,064 bushels of potatoes, 5,712 bushels of peas, 4,768 acres of farmland under cultivation, 3,416 acres of farmland under crops, 2,130 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,928 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,355 acres of wheat, 1,289 acres of farmland in pasture, 936 swine, 693 acres of oats, 670 barrels of pork, 603 sheep, 495 tons of hay, 472 bushels of corn, 370 acres of peas, 346 bulls, oxen, or steers, 340 calves and heifers, 339 bushels of buckwheat, 338 bushels of barley, 331 milk cows, 173 occupants of farms, 139 horses, 120 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 117 acres of turnips, 114 acres of potatoes, 107 barrels of beef, 93 bushels of rye, 63 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 29 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 22 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 21 acres of corn, 17 acres of buckwheat, 13 acres of barley, 5 acres of rye, 1 bushels of carrots, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 1,944 yards of flannel, 320 yards of fulled cloth, $200 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 4 employees in saw mills, 2 saw mills, 2 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 saw mills reporting annual production, 1 saw mills returning capital. 150,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 6, 6 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON026009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON133006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7437405
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Township,_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). "Scott, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/scott-on026009-1851/.