Alnwick, Ontario (1861 census)

Alnwick was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,388. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115260692. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.201°N, 78.078°W.

Population

In 1861, Alnwick had a population of 1,388: 730 male and 658 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, Alnwick shared boundaries with:

• Asphodel
• Haldimand
• Hamilton
• Otonabee
• Percy

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 158 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,388 total population, 730 males, 658 females, Male members of the family who are present: 631, Female members of the family who are present: 611, 472 single males, 404 single females, 245 married males, 222 married females, 167 males attending school, 129 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 99, Females present who are not members of the family: 47, 37 adult females unable to read or write, 36 female births, 32 widowed females, 31 adult males unable to read or write, 22 male births, 13 widowed males, 3 deaf and dumb females, 3 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 98 males aged 5 to 10, 94 married males aged 30 to 40, 94 single males aged 10 to 15, 91 single males aged 15 to 20, 89 married females aged 30 to 40, 84 single females aged 15 to 20, 82 single females aged 10 to 15, 79 females aged 5 to 10, 58 single males aged 20 to 30, 52 married males aged 40 to 50, 47 married females aged 40 to 50, 40 married females aged 20 to 30, 39 married males aged 20 to 30, 39 married males aged 50 to 60, 32 married females aged 50 to 60, 26 single females aged 20 to 30, 24 females aged 1 to 2, 24 males aged 4 to 5, 23 males aged 2 to 3, 22 females age 3 to 4, 22 males aged 1 to 2, 21 males aged 3 to 4, 20 females aged 2 to 3, 20 females aged 4 to 5, 12 married males aged 60 to 70, 12 single males aged 30 to 40, 10 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 8 married females aged 60 to 70, 8 married males aged 70 to 80, 8 single females aged 30 to 40, 8 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 married females aged 15 to 20, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 males of unknown age, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,032 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 160 male negroes or coloured persons, 152 persons originating in England or Wales, 124 female negroes or coloured persons, 124 persons originating in Ireland, 40 persons originating in Scotland, 34 persons originating in the United States, 6 French Canadians. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $258,120 value farms (dollars), $45,847 value all livestock, 20,350 pounds of homemade butter, 19,359 bushels of oats, $17,839 value horses aged over 3 years, 16,001 bushels of peas, 15,743 bushels of potatoes, 15,429 bushels of winter wheat, 13,999 bushels of spring wheat, $13,654 value farm implements in dollars, 13,594 acres of land in farms, 13,582 bushels of turnips, 7,824 acres of farmland under cultivation, 6,265 pounds of maple sugar, 5,770 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,720 acres of farmland under crops, 3,865 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,197 bushels of carrots, 3,015 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,237 sheep, 997 acres of winter wheat, 920 acres of spring wheat, 896 swine, 831 acres of peas, $828 value garden and orchard crops, 769 tons of hay, 715 bushels of corn, 706 acres of oats, 645 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 494 barrels of pork, 448 calves and heifers, 436 milk cows, 385 bushels of barley, 342 bushels of buckwheat, 330 bushels of rye, 276 pounds of flax or hemp, 260 horses aged over 3 years, 204 bulls, oxen, or steers, 149 acres of potatoes, 145 occupants of farms, 141 pounds of hops, 115 barrels of beef, 112 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 90 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 89 acres of farmland in gardens, 77 horses aged 3 years and under, 71 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 69 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 64 bushels of beans, 60 acres of turnips, 49 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 40 acres of corn, 22 acres of buckwheat, 22 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 17 acres of barley, 11 acres of rye, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $2,379 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 2,198 yards of flannel, 464 yards of fulled cloth, 69 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 19 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 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 males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person 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: ON088001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON132001_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115260692

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). "Alnwick, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/alnwick-on088001-1861/.