Tossorontio, Ontario (1851 census)

Tossorontio was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 492. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.224°N, 79.957°W.

Population

In 1851, Tossorontio had a population of 492: 256 male and 236 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, Tossorontio shared boundaries with:

• Adjala
• Essa
• Mulmer
• Nottawasaga
• Sunnidale
• Tecumseth

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 124 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 492 total population, 256 males, Male members of the family who are present: 236, 236 females, Female members of the family who are present: 214, 172 single males, 148 single females, 84 married females, 83 families, 80 married males, Females present who are not members of the family: 22, 22 females attending school, 22 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 20, 7 male births, 4 female births, 4 widowed females, 4 widowed males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 48 males aged 5 to 10, 43 females aged 5 to 10, 40 married females aged 20 to 30, 30 married males aged 30 to 40, 27 single males aged 10 to 15, 24 single females aged 10 to 15, 20 married males aged 20 to 30, 18 married females aged 30 to 40, 17 females aged 1 to 2, 16 single males aged 15 to 20, 15 males aged 1 to 2, 15 single males aged 20 to 30, 14 males under age 1, 14 single females aged 15 to 20, 13 females age 3 to 4, 13 males aged 2 to 3, 13 males aged 3 to 4, 13 married females aged 40 to 50, 12 married males aged 40 to 50, 11 females aged 2 to 3, 9 females aged 4 to 5, 9 females under age 1, 9 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 married males aged 60 to 70, 7 males aged 4 to 5, 7 married males aged 50 to 60, 4 single females aged 20 to 30, 4 single females aged 30 to 40, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 30 to 40, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 married females aged 50 to 60, 1 married females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 265 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 184 persons originating in Ireland, 17 persons originating in England or Wales, 15 persons originating in Scotland, 11 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 8,839 bushels of wheat, 6,887 acres of land in farms, 6,238 bushels of potatoes, 5,118 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,415 bushels of oats, 3,400 pounds of homemade butter, 2,153 pounds of maple sugar, 1,769 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,601 acres of farmland under crops, 1,295 bushels of peas, 964 pounds of wool produced on farms, 673 bushels of turnips, 512 swine, 505 acres of wheat, 404 sheep, 202 barrels of pork, 193 tons of hay, 187 acres of oats, 161 acres of farmland in pasture, 154 bulls, oxen, or steers, 133 milk cows, 97 acres of peas, 94 calves and heifers, 73 occupants of farms, 65 acres of potatoes, 63 horses, 58 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 50 bushels of barley, 35 bushels of corn, 26 barrels of beef, 20 bushels of rye, 11 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 10 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 8 pounds of hops, 7 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 4 acres of barley, 4 acres of turnips, 4 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 2 acres of corn, 1 acres of rye, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 8,100 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 4,000 feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, 3,600 yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills, $2,000 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 804 yards of flannel, 750 carding and fulling mills returning capital, 200 yards of fulled cloth, 32 employees in saw mills, 7 saw mills returning capital, 5 saw mills, 5 saw mills powered by water, 3 saw mills reporting annual production, 2 carding and fulling mills, 2 carding and fulling mills reporting, 2 saw mills reporting daily production, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water. 200,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON035014 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON144015 — 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). "Tossorontio, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/tossorontio-on035014-1851/.