Simcoe, T-V, Ontario (1851 census)

Simcoe, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,452. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3054408. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.840°N, 80.300°W.

Population

In 1851, Simcoe, T-V had a population of 1,452: 764 male and 688 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, Simcoe, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Charlotteville
• Townsend
• Windham
• Woodhouse

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 159 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,452 total population, 764 males, 688 females, Male members of the family who are present: 611, Female members of the family who are present: 576, 533 single males, 427 single females, 266 families, 221 married males, 219 married females, 208 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 153, 132 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 112, 42 widowed females, 25 male births, Male members of the family who are present: 22, 17 female births, Female members of the family who are absent: 12, 10 widowed males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 102 single males aged 15 to 20, 93 males aged 5 to 10, 93 married females aged 20 to 30, 91 single males aged 20 to 30, 89 females aged 5 to 10, 83 single females aged 15 to 20, 81 married males aged 30 to 40, 78 single males aged 10 to 15, 72 married females aged 30 to 40, 63 married males aged 20 to 30, 63 single females aged 10 to 15, 58 single females aged 20 to 30, 40 married males aged 40 to 50, 35 males aged 1 to 2, 33 males under age 1, 31 females under age 1, 26 females age 3 to 4, 25 females aged 4 to 5, 25 married females aged 40 to 50, 25 married males aged 50 to 60, 24 males aged 4 to 5, 23 males aged 2 to 3, 23 single males aged 30 to 40, 20 females aged 1 to 2, 19 females aged 2 to 3, 14 males aged 3 to 4, 14 married females aged 50 to 60, 11 married males aged 60 to 70, 10 married females aged 15 to 20, 10 single females aged 30 to 40, 10 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 9 single males aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 married females aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 males of unknown age, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 797 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 233 persons originating in England or Wales, 170 persons originating in Ireland, 144 persons originating in the United States, 81 persons originating in Scotland, 9 French Canadians, 8 persons originating in New Brunswick, 6 persons whose origin is unknown, 3 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 3,520 pounds of homemade butter, 1,871 bushels of potatoes, 1,555 bushels of turnips, 1,353 bushels of wheat, 782 bushels of corn, 600 bushels of rye, 482 swine, 427 bushels of oats, 350 pounds of wool produced on farms, 325 barrels of pork, 285 acres of land in farms, 240 acres of farmland under cultivation, 150 bushels of carrots, 134 acres of farmland under crops, 131 horses, 120 bushels of buckwheat, 117 milk cows, 117 sheep, 94 occupants of farms, 88 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 65 acres of farmland in pasture, 58 pounds of hops, 57 acres of wheat, 50 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 45 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 41 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 36 barrels of beef, 30 acres of rye, 28 calves and heifers, 22 bushels of peas, 21 acres of corn, 19 bulls, oxen, or steers, 11 acres of oats, 7 acres of potatoes, 6 acres of buckwheat, 6 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 3 acres of turnips, 3 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 2 acres of peas, 2 bushels of beans, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 6,000 gallons of beer produced in breweries, 5,500 distilleries returning capital, 3,000 foundries returning capital, $3,000 value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling), 475 tanneries returning capital, 250 breweries returning capital, 41 yards of flannel, 25 employees in foundries, 18 yards of fulled cloth, 10 employees in tanneries, 5 employees in distilleries, 3 distilleries, 3 distilleries reporting, 2 employees in breweries, 2 tanneries, 2 tanneries reporting, 1 breweries, 1 breweries reporting, 1 foundries, 1 foundries reporting, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting annual production. 10,000 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. $1,175 value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 106,000 gallons of liquor produced in distilleries — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 1 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 13 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 5 people 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: ON025009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON131009_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3054408
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simcoe,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simcoe

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). "Simcoe, T-V, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/simcoe-t-v-on025009-1851/.