Adolphustown, Ontario (1861 census)

Adolphustown was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 801. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4684488. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.095°N, 77.022°W.

Population

In 1861, Adolphustown had a population of 801: 1,158 male and 1,099 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 1861

In the 1861 census, Adolphustown shared boundaries with:

• Frederichsburgh

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 150 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,158 males, 1,099 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,020, Female members of the family who are present: 1,015, 803 single males, 801 total population, 749 single females, 323 married males, 320 married females, 234 males attending school, 196 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 138, Females present who are not members of the family: 84, 44 adult females unable to read or write, 44 male births, 42 female births, 32 adult males unable to read or write, 32 widowed males, 30 widowed females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 166 single males aged 20 to 30, 138 single males aged 10 to 15, 136 single females aged 20 to 30, 131 single males aged 15 to 20, 118 single females aged 10 to 15, 118 single females aged 15 to 20, 114 females aged 5 to 10, 104 males aged 5 to 10, 90 married females aged 20 to 30, 80 married males aged 20 to 30, 78 married females aged 30 to 40, 75 married males aged 30 to 40, 66 married females aged 40 to 50, 64 married males aged 40 to 50, 58 females aged 1 to 2, 50 married males aged 50 to 60, 48 females aged 2 to 3, 46 males aged 1 to 2, 43 females aged 4 to 5, 42 married females aged 50 to 60, 38 males aged 3 to 4, 36 single males aged 30 to 40, 34 males aged 2 to 3, 32 males aged 4 to 5, 32 married females aged 60 to 70, 30 females age 3 to 4, 30 married males aged 60 to 70, 24 single females aged 30 to 40, 22 married males aged 70 to 80, 14 single males aged 50 to 60, 14 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 10 single males aged 40 to 50, 8 married females aged 70 to 80, 8 single males aged 60 to 70, 6 single females aged 40 to 50, 6 single females aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 657 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 47 persons originating in England or Wales, 47 persons originating in Ireland, 22 persons originating in the United States, 16 French Canadians, 6 persons originating in Scotland. 6 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $385,950 value farms (dollars), $50,806 value all livestock, 38,575 pounds of homemade butter, $27,615 value horses aged over 3 years, 26,711 bushels of peas, 17,462 bushels of rye, $16,651 value farm implements in dollars, 14,341 bushels of spring wheat, 13,039 bushels of oats, 12,268 bushels of barley, 11,820 acres of land in farms, 10,245 bushels of potatoes, 8,705 acres of farmland under cultivation, 6,517 bushels of buckwheat, 6,171 acres of farmland under crops, 5,517 gallons of cider, 5,300 pounds of maple sugar, 4,947 pounds of wool produced on farms, $4,171 value garden and orchard crops, 3,175 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 3,115 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,178 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,006 bushels of corn, 1,916 bushels of carrots, 1,686 sheep, 1,136 acres of peas, 1,106 tons of hay, 1,068 acres of rye, 687 acres of spring wheat, 594 acres of oats, 511 milk cows, 444 acres of barley, 425 swine, 379 calves and heifers, 356 acres of farmland in gardens, 354 barrels of pork, 348 horses aged over 3 years, 320 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 300 bushels of turnips, 289 acres of buckwheat, 215 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 143 horses aged 3 years and under, 140 bushels of winter wheat, 108 acres of potatoes, 89 occupants of farms, 86 barrels of beef, 71 acres of corn, 44 bulls, oxen, or steers, 36 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 30 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 20 pounds of hops, 13 acres of winter wheat, 10 bushels of beans, 10 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 2 acres of turnips, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 1,630 yards of flannel, 585 yards of fulled cloth, $140 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 40 yards of linen, 2 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 59 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 6 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among males aged 90 to 100: 1 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 4 people connected to this place who were alive in 1861, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON084001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON125001_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q4684488
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphustown

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1861 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). "Adolphustown, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/adolphustown-on084001-1861/.