Tecumseth, Ontario (1851 census)

Tecumseth was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,998. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.084°N, 79.768°W.

Population

In 1851, Tecumseth had a population of 3,998: 2,103 male and 1,895 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, Tecumseth shared boundaries with:

• Adjala
• Albion
• Essa
• Gwillimbury
• King
• Tossorontio

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 161 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,998 total population, 2,103 males, 1,895 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,873, Female members of the family who are present: 1,750, 1,494 single males, 1,267 single females, 571 married males, 569 families, 569 married females, 262 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 230, Females present who are not members of the family: 145, 108 males attending school, 83 male births, 70 female births, 59 widowed females, 38 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 9, Female members of the family who are absent: 7, 4 lunatic males, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 336 males aged 5 to 10, 308 females aged 5 to 10, 280 single females aged 10 to 15, 278 single males aged 10 to 15, 251 single males aged 15 to 20, 204 single females aged 15 to 20, 197 married females aged 20 to 30, 190 single males aged 20 to 30, 169 married males aged 30 to 40, 154 married females aged 30 to 40, 140 married males aged 20 to 30, 131 married males aged 40 to 50, 126 married females aged 40 to 50, 93 males under age 1, 91 married males aged 50 to 60, 89 males aged 2 to 3, 89 single females aged 20 to 30, 85 males aged 1 to 2, 81 females under age 1, 78 females aged 1 to 2, 76 females age 3 to 4, 72 females aged 2 to 3, 70 males aged 3 to 4, 61 females aged 4 to 5, 61 males aged 4 to 5, 54 married females aged 50 to 60, 29 married males aged 60 to 70, 24 single males aged 30 to 40, 20 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 17 married females aged 15 to 20, 17 married females aged 60 to 70, 16 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 12 single males aged 40 to 50, 11 married males aged 70 to 80, 11 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 10 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 8 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 single females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,248 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1,396 persons originating in Ireland, 185 persons originating in England or Wales, 75 persons originating in the United States, 67 persons originating in Scotland, 14 persons whose origin is unknown, 9 French Canadians, 4 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 99,032 bushels of wheat, 83,105 pounds of homemade butter, 77,288 bushels of oats, 43,631 acres of land in farms, 31,340 bushels of potatoes, 31,190 bushels of peas, 28,197 bushels of turnips, 21,900 acres of farmland under cultivation, 21,731 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 16,522 pounds of maple sugar, 16,238 acres of farmland under crops, 13,670 pounds of wool produced on farms, 5,572 swine, 5,514 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,049 acres of wheat, 4,939 sheep, 3,700 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,229 tons of hay, 2,206 acres of oats, 2,062 barrels of pork, 1,740 acres of peas, 1,411 calves and heifers, 1,308 horses, 1,286 milk cows, 742 bulls, oxen, or steers, 642 barrels of beef, 508 bushels of barley, 413 acres of potatoes, 380 occupants of farms, 337 bushels of carrots, 173 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 148 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 137 bushels of corn, 98 acres of turnips, 73 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 64 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 63 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 60 bushels of rye, 50 pounds of flax or hemp, 45 bushels of buckwheat, 39 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 26 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 19 acres of barley, 15 pounds of hops, 12 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 5 acres of corn, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 acres of buckwheat, 3 acres of rye, 3 bushels of beans. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 7,983 yards of flannel, 3,137 yards of fulled cloth, $1,750 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 9 employees in saw mills, 4 saw mills, 3 saw mills powered by water, 3 saw mills reporting annual production, 3 saw mills returning capital, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 saw mills powered by steam. 810,000 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 25 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 15, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 4, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person 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: ON035012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON144013 — 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). "Tecumseth, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/tecumseth-on035012-1851/.