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Year: 1861  |  Province: Ontario  |  Wikidata: Q115260727

Arthur, Ontario (1861 census)

Arthur was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,597. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115260727. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.912°N, 80.649°W.

Population

In 1861, Arthur had a population of 3,597: 1,899 male and 1,698 female residents.

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Earlier boundary forms

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Arthur shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 165 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,597 total population, 1,899 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,768, 1,698 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,610, 1,307 single males, 1,117 single females, 564 married males, 556 married females, 357 males attending school, 328 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 131, Females present who are not members of the family: 88, 85 female births, 83 male births, 80 adult females unable to read or write, 77 adult males unable to read or write, 28 widowed males, 25 widowed females, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 249 single males aged 10 to 15, 246 single females aged 10 to 15, 243 single males aged 20 to 30, 222 females aged 5 to 10, 212 married females aged 20 to 30, 204 males aged 5 to 10, 179 married males aged 30 to 40, 173 single males aged 15 to 20, 170 single females aged 15 to 20, 160 married females aged 30 to 40, 138 married males aged 20 to 30, 129 married males aged 40 to 50, 98 single females aged 20 to 30, 97 married females aged 40 to 50, 87 males aged 2 to 3, 81 females aged 2 to 3, 76 males aged 4 to 5, 71 females aged 4 to 5, 70 married males aged 50 to 60, 68 females aged 1 to 2, 67 males aged 1 to 2, 59 males aged 3 to 4, 55 females age 3 to 4, 52 married females aged 50 to 60, 42 married males aged 60 to 70, 37 single males aged 30 to 40, 19 married females aged 60 to 70, 12 single males aged 40 to 50, 11 single females aged 30 to 40, 10 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 8 males of unknown age, 8 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 females of unknown age, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,983 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 926 persons originating in Ireland, 407 persons originating in Scotland, 182 persons originating in England or Wales, 34 persons originating in the United States, 33 French Canadians, 13 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 7 persons originating in New Brunswick, 7 persons whose origin is unknown, 3 persons originating in Switzerland, 2 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $599,720 value farms (dollars), $84,257 value all livestock, 69,765 bushels of turnips, 55,849 bushels of spring wheat, 50,577 pounds of homemade butter, 49,617 acres of land in farms, 44,961 bushels of oats, 36,583 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $31,666 value horses aged over 3 years, $25,443 value farm implements in dollars, 19,767 bushels of potatoes, 13,767 bushels of peas, 13,034 acres of farmland under cultivation, 12,360 pounds of maple sugar, 9,778 acres of farmland under crops, 5,668 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,412 acres of spring wheat, 3,247 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,244 swine, 1,970 sheep, 1,706 acres of oats, 1,220 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,176 tons of hay, 1,151 calves and heifers, 1,075 milk cows, 1,051 barrels of pork, 948 bushels of barley, 912 acres of peas, 630 bulls, oxen, or steers, 555 occupants of farms, 506 acres of turnips, 427 horses aged over 3 years, 346 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 318 acres of potatoes, 266 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 213 barrels of beef, 199 horses aged 3 years and under, 121 bushels of carrots, 87 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 57 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 51 acres of barley, 51 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 48 pounds of hops, 28 bushels of winter wheat, 20 bushels of corn, 12 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 10 pounds of flax or hemp, 9 acres of farmland in gardens, 2 acres of winter wheat, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of corn. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 4,275 yards of flannel, 734 yards of fulled cloth, $370 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $150 value carriages for hire (dollars), 13 carriages for pleasure, 10 yards of linen, 2 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 30 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 18, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, 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 80 to 90: 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 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

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). "Arthur, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/arthur-on103002-1861/.