Tiny, Ontario (1851 census)

Tiny was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 748. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262998. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.744°N, 80.003°W.

Population

In 1851, Tiny had a population of 748: 379 male and 369 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).

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 (64.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Tiny shared boundaries with:

• Flos
• Tay

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 146 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 748 total population, 379 males, 369 females, Male members of the family who are present: 350, Female members of the family who are present: 339, 257 single males, 249 single females, 125 families, 112 married males, 111 married females, 46 males attending school, 32 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 30, Males present who are not members of the family: 29, 12 female births, 11 male births, Male members of the family who are present: 10, 10 widowed males, 9 widowed females, Female members of the family who are absent: 5. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 73 males aged 5 to 10, 63 females aged 5 to 10, 48 single males aged 10 to 15, 44 single males aged 15 to 20, 43 single females aged 10 to 15, 37 married females aged 20 to 30, 36 single females aged 15 to 20, 29 married males aged 30 to 40, 29 single males aged 20 to 30, 28 married females aged 30 to 40, 28 married males aged 20 to 30, 24 females aged 4 to 5, 23 single females aged 20 to 30, 20 married males aged 50 to 60, 19 married females aged 40 to 50, 19 married males aged 40 to 50, 16 females aged 1 to 2, 15 males aged 1 to 2, 14 females age 3 to 4, 13 females aged 2 to 3, 13 females under age 1, 13 males under age 1, 13 married females aged 15 to 20, 12 males aged 2 to 3, 11 males aged 3 to 4, 10 married males aged 60 to 70, 9 married females aged 50 to 60, 7 males aged 4 to 5, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 married females aged 60 to 70, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 411 French Canadians, 194 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 81 persons originating in Ireland, 35 persons originating in England or Wales, 16 persons originating in the United States, 9 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 12,566 pounds of maple sugar, 8,851 acres of land in farms, 7,524 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,754 bushels of potatoes, 4,448 bushels of oats, 4,432 pounds of homemade butter, 4,203 bushels of turnips, 4,067 bushels of wheat, 1,854 bushels of peas, 1,327 acres of farmland under cultivation, 747 acres of farmland under crops, 566 acres of farmland in pasture, 518 pounds of wool produced on farms, 445 bushels of corn, 360 swine, 360 tons of hay, 343 bushels of rye, 284 acres of wheat, 257 bushels of barley, 204 sheep, 176 acres of oats, 174 calves and heifers, 135 occupants of farms, 123 milk cows, 115 acres of peas, 111 bulls, oxen, or steers, 68 horses, 61 acres of potatoes, 39 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 34 pounds of tobacco, 30 acres of rye, 30 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 29 acres of corn, 29 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 22 acres of turnips, 20 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 19 acres of barley, 17 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 14 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 13 barrels of pork, 11 bushels of carrots, 8 barrels of beef, 6 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 4 bushels of beans. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 12,000 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 2,000 feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, 1,000 yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills, $450 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 175 carding and fulling mills returning capital, $150 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 83 yards of flannel, 10 yards of linen, 3 employees in grist mills, 2 employees in saw mills, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 grist mills reporting annual production, 2 grist mills returning capital, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills reporting daily production, 1 saw mills returning capital. 8,000 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 517 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, 1 total number of deaths. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON035007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON144014 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262998

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). "Tiny, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/tiny-on035007-1851/.