Tay, Ontario (1851 census)
Tay was a census subdivision in Simcoe County, Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 600. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.734°N, 79.780°W.
Population
In 1851, Tay had a population of 600: 333 male and 267 female residents. Population density was 6.6 people per square mile.
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 became part of Tay and Tiny, 1861 (35.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851
In the 1851 census, Tay shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 282 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 8 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (29 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C10 FAM NO | 97 |
| Female members of the family who are absent | 10 |
| Female members of the family who are present | 247 |
| Females present who are not members of the family | 20 |
| Male members of the family who are present | 313 |
| Male members of the family who are present | 18 |
| Males present who are not members of the family | 20 |
| Number of blind females | 1 |
| Number of blind males | 1 |
| Number of deaf and dumb males | 1 |
| Number of families | 97 |
| Number of female births in the past year | 3 |
| Number of females | 267 |
| Number of females attending school | 21 |
| Number of lunatic males | 1 |
| Number of male births in the past year | 10 |
| Number of males | 333 |
| Number of males attending school | 35 |
| Number of married females | 100 |
| Number of married males | 105 |
| Number of single females | 150 |
| Number of single males | 219 |
| Number of widowed females | 17 |
| Number of widowed males | 9 |
| POP | 600 |
| POP FX N.1 | 267 |
| POP MX N.1 | 333 |
| POP XX N.1 | 600 |
| Total population | 600 |
Age structure (49 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of females age 3 to 4 | 7 |
| Number of females aged 1 to 2 | 8 |
| Number of females aged 2 to 3 | 9 |
| Number of females aged 4 to 5 | 8 |
| Number of females aged 5 to 10 | 44 |
| Number of females under age 1 | 6 |
| Number of males aged 1 to 2 | 13 |
| Number of males aged 2 to 3 | 15 |
| Number of males aged 3 to 4 | 10 |
| Number of males aged 4 to 5 | 10 |
| Number of males aged 5 to 10 | 41 |
| Number of males under age 1 | 12 |
| Number of married females aged 15 to 20 | 5 |
| Number of married females aged 20 to 30 | 35 |
| Number of married females aged 30 to 40 | 31 |
| Number of married females aged 40 to 50 | 17 |
| Number of married females aged 50 to 60 | 11 |
| Number of married females aged 60 to 70 | 1 |
| Number of married males aged 15 to 20 | 3 |
| Number of married males aged 20 to 30 | 20 |
| Number of married males aged 30 to 40 | 27 |
| Number of married males aged 40 to 50 | 25 |
| Number of married males aged 50 to 60 | 24 |
| Number of married males aged 60 to 70 | 5 |
| Number of married males aged 70 to 80 | 1 |
| Number of single females aged 10 to 15 | 28 |
| Number of single females aged 15 to 20 | 24 |
| Number of single females aged 20 to 30 | 10 |
| Number of single females aged 30 to 40 | 2 |
| Number of single females aged 40 to 50 | 4 |
| Number of single males aged 10 to 15 | 52 |
| Number of single males aged 15 to 20 | 31 |
| Number of single males aged 20 to 30 | 26 |
| Number of single males aged 30 to 40 | 2 |
| Number of single males aged 40 to 50 | 3 |
| Number of single males aged 50 to 60 | 2 |
| Number of single males aged 60 to 70 | 1 |
| Number of single males aged 70 to 80 | 1 |
| Number of widowed females aged 20 to 30 | 1 |
| Number of widowed females aged 30 to 40 | 1 |
| Number of widowed females aged 40 to 50 | 1 |
| Number of widowed females aged 50 to 60 | 3 |
| Number of widowed females aged 60 to 70 | 5 |
| Number of widowed females aged 70 to 80 | 4 |
| Number of widowed males aged 30 to 40 | 2 |
| Number of widowed males aged 40 to 50 | 1 |
| Number of widowed males aged 50 to 60 | 3 |
| Number of widowed males aged 60 to 70 | 1 |
| Number of widowed males over 100 | 1 |
Ethnic origin (7 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 70 |
| Number of persons native to Canada, not of French origin | 287 |
| Number of persons originating in all other places | 7 |
| Number of persons originating in England or Wales | 61 |
| Number of persons originating in Ireland | 156 |
| Number of persons originating in Scotland | 14 |
| Number of persons originating in the United States | 5 |
Agriculture (60 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of buckwheat | 1 |
| Acres of corn | 62 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 8 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 197 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 3,200 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 460 |
| Acres of farmland under cultivation | 665 |
| Acres of land in farms | 3,865 |
| Acres of oats | 55 |
| Acres of peas | 23 |
| Acres of potatoes | 65 |
| Acres of rye | 2 |
| Acres of turnips | 2 |
| Acres of wheat | 73 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 4 |
| Bushels of carrots produced in the past year | 40 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 889 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 2,138 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 196 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 3,889 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 20 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 240 |
| Bushels of wheat produced in the past year | 869 |
| BWT AC | 1 |
| BWT BU | 4 |
| CRN AC | 62 |
| CRN BU | 889 |
| HAY TONS | 179 |
| Number of bulls, oxen, or steers | 73 |
| Number of calves and heifers | 80 |
| Number of horses | 38 |
| Number of milk cows | 97 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 62 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres | 37 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres | 4 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres | 12 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 7 |
| Number of sheep | 133 |
| Number of swine | 134 |
| OAT AC | 55 |
| OAT BU | 2,138 |
| PEA AC | 23 |
| PEA BU | 196 |
| POT AC | 65 |
| POT BU | 3,889 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 2,432 |
| Pounds of hops produced in the past year | 2 |
| Pounds of maple sugar produced in the past year | 6,800 |
| Pounds of tobacco produced in the past year | 4 |
| Pounds of wool produced on farms in the past year | 260 |
| RYE AC | 2 |
| RYE BU | 20 |
| TOB LBS | 4 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 179 |
| WHT AC | 73 |
| WHT BU | 869 |
| WOOL LBS | 260 |
Manufacturing & industry (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production | 70 |
| Feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production | 19,500 |
| Number of employees in grist mills | 2 |
| Number of grist mills | 1 |
| Number of grist mills powered by water | 1 |
| Number of grist mills reporting daily production | 1 |
| Number of grist mills returning capital | 1 |
| Number of saw mills | 2 |
| Number of saw mills powered by water | 3 |
| Number of saw mills reporting daily production | 2 |
| Number of saw mills returning capital | 1 |
| Value of capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling) | 501 |
| Value of capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling) | 500 |
| Yards of flannel produced in the past year | 118 |
| Yards of fulled cloth produced in the past year | 49 |
Fisheries (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Barrels of cured fish produced in the past year | 49 |
Deaths & mortality (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90 | 2 |
Other recorded variables (120 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| B LBS | 2,432 |
| BEN BU | 1 |
| BOV | 73 |
| C F BAR | 49 |
| C H | 80 |
| C01 SEX MALE | 333 |
| C02 SEX FEM | 267 |
| C03 TOTAL | 600 |
| C04 MEM OF FAM M | 313 |
| C05 MEM OF FAM F | 247 |
| C06 NOT MEM OF FAM M | 20 |
| C07 NOT MEM OF FAM F | 20 |
| C08 MEM OF FAM ABSENT M | 18 |
| C09 MEM OF FAM ABSENT F | 10 |
| C104 BTWN 80 AND 90 M DEATHS | 2 |
| C116 OVR 100 M WID | 1 |
| C12 BIRTHS M | 10 |
| C126 MD MALE | 105 |
| C127 S MALE | 219 |
| C128 WID MALE | 9 |
| C129 TOT MALE | 333 |
| C13 BIRTHS F | 3 |
| C130 MD FEM | 100 |
| C131 S FEM | 150 |
| C132 WID FEM | 17 |
| C133 TOT FEM | 267 |
| C134 GRAND TOT | 600 |
| C14 UNDER 1 M | 12 |
| C143 ATTND SCHOOL M | 35 |
| C144 ATTND SCHOOL F | 21 |
| C145 DEAF AND DUMB M | 1 |
| C147 BLIND M | 1 |
| C148 BLIND F | 1 |
| C149 LUNATICS M | 1 |
| C15 UNDER 1 F | 6 |
| C16 SM NO | 1 |
| C18 SM WATER | 1 |
| C18 UNDER 2 M | 13 |
| C19 UNDER 2 F | 8 |
| C22 UNDER 3 M | 15 |
| C23 UNDER 3 F | 9 |
| C26 UNDER 4 M | 10 |
| C27 UNDER 4 F | 7 |
| C28 SM RETURNS NO | 1 |
| C29 SM RETURNS P | 300 |
| C30 SM EMPLOYED | 2 |
| C30 UNDER 5 M | 10 |
| C31 SM NO RETURNS | 1 |
| C31 UNDER 5 F | 8 |
| C34 BTWN 5 AND 10 M | 41 |
| C35 BTWN 5 AND 10 F | 44 |
| C39 BTWN 10 AND 15 M S | 52 |
| C41 BTWN 10 AND 15 F S | 28 |
| C44 BTWN 15 AND 20 M MD | 3 |
| C45 BTWN 15 AND 20 M S | 31 |
| C46 BTWN 15 AND 20 F MD | 5 |
| C47 BTWN 15 AND 20 F S | 24 |
| C50 BTWN 20 AND 30 M MD | 20 |
| C51 BTWN 20 AND 30 M S | 26 |
| C53 BTWN 20 AND 30 F MD | 35 |
| C54 BTWN 20 AND 30 F S | 10 |
| C55 BTWN 20 AND 30 F WID | 1 |
| C58 BTWN 30 AND 40 M MD | 27 |
| C59 BTWN 30 AND 40 M S | 2 |
| C60 BTWN 30 AND 40 M WID | 2 |
| C61 BTWN 30 AND 40 F MD | 31 |
| C62 BTWN 30 AND 40 F S | 2 |
| C63 BTWN 30 AND 40 F WID | 1 |
| C66 BTWN 40 AND 50 M MD | 25 |
| C67 BTWN 40 AND 50 M S | 3 |
| C68 BTWN 40 AND 50 M WID | 1 |
| C69 BTWN 40 AND 50 F MD | 17 |
| C70 BTWN 40 AND 50 F S | 4 |
| C71 BTWN 40 AND 50 F WID | 1 |
| C74 BTWN 50 AND 60 M MD | 24 |
| C75 BTWN 50 AND 60 M S | 2 |
| C76 BTWN 50 AND 60 M WID | 3 |
| C77 BTWN 50 AND 60 F MD | 11 |
| C79 BTWN 50 AND 60 F WID | 3 |
| C82 BTWN 60 AND 70 M MD | 5 |
| C83 BTWN 60 AND 70 M S | 1 |
| C84 BTWN 60 AND 70 M WID | 1 |
| C85 BTWN 60 AND 70 F MD | 1 |
| C87 BTWN 60 AND 70 F WID | 5 |
| C90 BTWN 70 AND 80 M MD | 1 |
| C91 BTWN 70 AND 80 M S | 1 |
| C95 BTWN 70 AND 80 F WID | 4 |
| CAR BU | 40 |
| CD NAME | Simcoe |
| CROP | 460 |
| CULT | 665 |
| ENG WLS | 61 |
| FC YRDS | 49 |
| FLAN YRDS | 118 |
| FREN ORIG | 70 |
| GARDEN | 8 |
| HELD | 3,865 |
| HOP LBS | 2 |
| HORSE | 38 |
| IRE | 156 |
| LINE NO | 314 |
| M COWS | 97 |
| MPLS LBS | 6,800 |
| NOT FRN | 287 |
| O 10 TO 20 | 1 |
| O 100 TO 200 | 37 |
| O 20 TO 50 | 4 |
| O 50 TO 100 | 12 |
| O OVR 200 | 1 |
| O UNDR 10 | 7 |
| OTHER PL | 7 |
| PASTURE | 197 |
| SCOT | 14 |
| SHEEP | 133 |
| SWINE | 134 |
| TOT O | 62 |
| TUR AC | 2 |
| TUR BU | 240 |
| US | 5 |
| WOOD | 3,200 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON035002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON035002— 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). "Tay, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/tay-on035002-1851/.