Tay, Ontario (1891 census)

Tay was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,714. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262963. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.733°N, 79.778°W.

Population

In 1891, Tay had a population of 4,714: 2,488 male and 2,226 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 1891

In the 1891 census, Tay shared boundaries with:

• Baxter, Gibson & Freeman
• Matchedash
• Medonte
• Midland, T-V
• Tiny

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 87 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 4,714 total population, 2,488 males, 2,226 females, 1,618 married persons, 875 families, 809 married females, 809 married males, 102 widowed persons, 59 widowed females, 43 widowed males, 5.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,994 single persons under 18, 1,636 single males under 18, 1,358 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,875 persons who are not French Canadian, 839 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 861 occupied houses, 856 houses, 843 houses built of wood, 502 houses of 2 stories, 353 houses of 1 story, 254 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 195 houses of 5 rooms, 182 houses of 4 rooms, 108 houses of 3 rooms, 67 houses of 2 rooms, 22 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 22 uninhabited houses, 20 houses of 1 room, 13 houses built of brick, 8 houses of over 15 rooms, 6 houses under construction, 5 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 99,143 pounds of homemade butter, 49,052 bushels of oats, 43,107 bushels of potatoes, 42,449 acres of land in farms, 26,708 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 25,357 bushels of turnips, 19,934 bushels of spring wheat, 15,811 bushels of peas, 15,741 acres of improved land in farms, 12,303 acres of farmland under crops, 9,642 chickens, 7,124 bushels of winter wheat, 4,982 tons of hay, 4,979 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,324 acres of hay crops, 3,081 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,057 bushels of barley, 2,316 acres of oats, 1,983 acres of wheat, 1,888 bushels of corn, 1,811 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,440 sheep, 1,423 other cattle, 1,399 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,359 swine, 1,174 milk cows, 1,087 bushels of rye, 843 sheep slaughtered or sold, 725 horses aged over 3 years, 682 cattle killed or sold, 570 occupants of farms, 495 geese, 384 acres of potatoes, 381 farm occupants who own their land, 357 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 259 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 237 ducks, 233 bushels of buckwheat, 228 horses aged 3 years and under, 200 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 188 farm occupants who rent their land, 182 other fowl, 181 acres of barley, 169 bushels of beans, 134 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 129 turkeys, 102 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 102 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 88 acres of turnips, 53 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 24 oxen, 22 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 3 people connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON117012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON144012 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262963

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1891 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 (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/tay-on117012-1891/.