32% from Ontario,
29% from England,
22% from Ireland,
13% from Scotland,
3% from United States,
1% from other location
In the 1870s the peak of population was reached, with there being 2,400 people in 1877. From then on, for serveral decades, the population decreased. Every available piece of land had been settled. The search for land took members of many Scott families to other areas, and in particular to the West.
Scott Township Hall