Tuckersmith, Ontario (1851 census)

Tuckersmith was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,727. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115263026. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.514°N, 81.456°W.

Population

In 1851, Tuckersmith had a population of 1,727: 923 male and 804 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, Tuckersmith shared boundaries with:

• Goderich
• Hay
• Hibbert
• Hullett
• McKillop
• Stanley
• Usborne

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 162 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,727 total population, 923 males, Male members of the family who are present: 860, 804 females, Female members of the family who are present: 740, 617 single males, 498 single females, 307 families, 285 married males, 284 married females, 92 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 64, 64 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 63, 47 female births, 28 male births, 22 widowed females, 21 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 18, Female members of the family who are absent: 10, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 121 males aged 5 to 10, 113 females aged 5 to 10, 108 married females aged 20 to 30, 107 single males aged 10 to 15, 98 married males aged 30 to 40, 95 single females aged 10 to 15, 94 single females aged 20 to 30, 94 single males aged 15 to 20, 92 single males aged 20 to 30, 89 married females aged 30 to 40, 71 single females aged 15 to 20, 66 married males aged 40 to 50, 63 married males aged 20 to 30, 52 females under age 1, 49 males aged 1 to 2, 47 females age 3 to 4, 46 married females aged 40 to 50, 38 married males aged 50 to 60, 37 males aged 2 to 3, 35 males under age 1, 34 females aged 2 to 3, 33 females aged 1 to 2, 29 males aged 4 to 5, 27 males aged 3 to 4, 24 married females aged 50 to 60, 19 females aged 4 to 5, 12 married males aged 60 to 70, 12 single males aged 30 to 40, 9 married females aged 15 to 20, 9 single males aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 married females aged 60 to 70, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 693 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 564 persons originating in Scotland, 204 persons originating in England or Wales, 168 persons originating in Ireland, 63 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 14 persons originating in the United States, 13 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 6 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in the East Indies. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 29,476 acres of land in farms, 28,865 bushels of oats, 25,951 bushels of wheat, 22,336 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 19,056 pounds of homemade butter, 11,869 pounds of maple sugar, 7,653 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 7,265 bushels of turnips, 7,140 acres of farmland under cultivation, 5,954 bushels of peas, 5,636 acres of farmland under crops, 5,242 bushels of potatoes, 4,687 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,941 acres of wheat, 1,514 sheep, 1,487 swine, 1,432 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,178 acres of oats, 1,083 tons of hay, 815 bulls, oxen, or steers, 749 calves and heifers, 618 bushels of barley, 589 milk cows, 432 acres of peas, 421 barrels of pork, 301 occupants of farms, 286 horses, 225 pounds of flax or hemp, 207 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 148 barrels of beef, 133 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 130 bushels of corn, 123 acres of potatoes, 72 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 60 acres of turnips, 60 bushels of buckwheat, 56 pounds of hops, 50 bushels of rye, 31 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 28 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 27 acres of barley, 27 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 21 bushels of carrots, 8 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 acres of corn, 3 acres of buckwheat, 3 acres of rye, 1 bushels of beans, 1 bushels of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 2,657 yards of flannel, $2,100 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 512 yards of fulled cloth, 250 distilleries returning capital, 15 yards of linen, 2 employees in distilleries, 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 distilleries, 1 distilleries reporting, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills reporting annual production. 200,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 7,000 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 5,600 gallons of liquor produced in distilleries — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 9 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON016013 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON119012 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115263026

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). "Tuckersmith, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/tuckersmith-on016013-1851/.