Tay and Tiny, Ontario (1861 census)

Tay and Tiny was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,901. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.740°N, 79.924°W.

Population

In 1861, Tay and Tiny had a population of 1,901.

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.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD contained Tay, 1851 (35.4% share).
• In an earlier year, this CSD contained Tiny, 1851 (64.4% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Tay, 1871 (35.4% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Tiny, 1871 (64.4% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Tay and Tiny shared boundaries with:

• Flos
• Medonte
• NO DATA
• Orillia and Matchedash
• Reformatory Prison

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 81 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,901 total population. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 5 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 750 French Canadians, 744 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 218 persons originating in Ireland, 91 persons originating in England or Wales, 50 persons originating in Scotland, 28 persons originating in the United States, 6 persons originating in France, 5 Indigenous persons, 5 persons originating in the East Indies, 4 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 2 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 2 persons originating in the West Indies, 1 persons originating in Italy or Greece. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $116,250 value farms (dollars), 32,305 bushels of turnips, $26,064 value all livestock, 20,342 pounds of maple sugar, 16,406 bushels of spring wheat, 15,313 bushels of oats, 14,436 bushels of potatoes, 11,525 pounds of homemade butter, 11,135 acres of land in farms, 7,569 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $6,445 value horses aged over 3 years, 6,092 bushels of peas, $5,588 value farm implements in dollars, 3,566 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,341 acres of farmland under crops, 1,682 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,224 acres of farmland in pasture, 737 swine, 681 acres of spring wheat, $542 value garden and orchard crops, 532 sheep, 488 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 482 tons of hay, 410 acres of oats, 346 bushels of winter wheat, 315 acres of peas, 304 calves and heifers, 301 milk cows, 244 barrels of pork, 160 acres of turnips, 140 bulls, oxen, or steers, 138 horses aged over 3 years, 126 acres of potatoes, 126 occupants of farms, 90 bushels of carrots, 76 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 71 bushels of corn, 57 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 53 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 46 horses aged 3 years and under, 40 bushels of buckwheat, 34 barrels of beef, 16 acres of winter wheat, 14 bushels of barley, 8 acres of corn, 7 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 5 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 4 acres of buckwheat, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 acres of barley, 1 acres of farmland in gardens. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $1,327 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 829 yards of flannel, 259 yards of fulled cloth, 39 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 2,040 pounds of fresh fish sold, 275 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among females aged 90 to 100: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON098017 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON098017 — 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 1861 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). "Tay and Tiny, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/tay-and-tiny-on098017-1861/.