Ashburton, Ontario (1861 census)

Ashburton was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 993. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.308°N, 78.304°W.

Population

In 1861, Ashburton had a population of 993: 507 male and 486 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

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Otonabee, 1851 (0.8% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Ashburton shared boundaries with:

• Otonabee
• Peterborough, C

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 99 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 993 total population, 507 males, Male members of the family who are present: 493, 486 females, Female members of the family who are present: 475, 340 single males, 299 single females, 160 married males, 159 married females, 97 males attending school, 68 females attending school, 28 widowed females, 24 female births, 23 male births, 15 adult males unable to read or write, Males present who are not members of the family: 14, 12 adult females unable to read or write, Females present who are not members of the family: 11, 7 widowed males, 1 blind females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 65 males aged 5 to 10, 62 females aged 5 to 10, 59 married females aged 20 to 30, 59 single females aged 15 to 20, 58 single males aged 20 to 30, 51 married males aged 30 to 40, 45 single males aged 10 to 15, 42 married females aged 30 to 40, 40 married males aged 20 to 30, 39 single males aged 15 to 20, 38 single females aged 10 to 15, 31 married females aged 40 to 50, 31 married males aged 40 to 50, 30 single females aged 20 to 30, 26 males aged 2 to 3, 25 males aged 1 to 2, 23 married males aged 50 to 60, 22 females age 3 to 4, 20 females aged 2 to 3, 20 females aged 4 to 5, 19 males aged 4 to 5, 16 females aged 1 to 2, 16 males aged 3 to 4, 11 married females aged 50 to 60, 11 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 9 males of unknown age, 9 married females aged 60 to 70, 9 single males aged 30 to 40, 8 married males aged 60 to 70, 7 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 single females aged 30 to 40, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 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 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 557 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 257 persons originating in Ireland, 62 persons originating in England or Wales, 59 persons originating in Scotland, 33 persons originating in the United States, 11 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 7 persons originating in New Brunswick, 3 persons originating in France, 3 persons originating in the West Indies, 2 female negroes or coloured persons, 1 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $14,150 value all livestock, 544 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 196 milk cows, 124 horses aged over 3 years, 123 swine, 70 sheep. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $2,775 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 57 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 10 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON093001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON093001 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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). "Ashburton, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/ashburton-on093001-1861/.