Athol, Ontario (1861 census)

Athol was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,823. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115187548. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.903°N, 77.168°W.

Population

In 1861, Athol had a population of 1,823: 932 male and 891 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, Athol shared boundaries with:

• Hallowell
• Marysburgh

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 167 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,823 total population, 932 males, 891 females, Male members of the family who are present: 869, Female members of the family who are present: 840, 620 single males, 573 single females, 295 married males, 286 married females, 267 males attending school, 221 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 63, Females present who are not members of the family: 51, 32 widowed females, 18 female births, 18 male births, 17 widowed males, 6 adult males unable to read or write, 5 adult females unable to read or write, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind females, 1 blind males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 150 males aged 5 to 10, 146 single males aged 10 to 15, 145 single females aged 10 to 15, 142 females aged 5 to 10, 110 single females aged 15 to 20, 109 single males aged 15 to 20, 90 married females aged 30 to 40, 89 married males aged 30 to 40, 82 married males aged 40 to 50, 81 married females aged 40 to 50, 79 married females aged 20 to 30, 77 single males aged 20 to 30, 65 married males aged 20 to 30, 50 single females aged 20 to 30, 35 married males aged 50 to 60, 29 males aged 3 to 4, 29 males aged 4 to 5, 28 females aged 4 to 5, 25 males aged 2 to 3, 24 females aged 2 to 3, 23 females aged 1 to 2, 22 females age 3 to 4, 21 married females aged 50 to 60, 20 males aged 1 to 2, 18 married males aged 60 to 70, 12 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 9 single males aged 30 to 40, 8 single females aged 30 to 40, 8 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 married females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,515 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 129 persons originating in Ireland, 101 persons originating in the United States, 64 persons originating in England or Wales, 15 Indigenous females, 14 Indigenous males, 9 French Canadians, 3 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $541,182 value farms (dollars), $76,065 value all livestock, 45,440 pounds of homemade butter, 40,392 bushels of peas, $40,280 value horses aged over 3 years, 29,648 bushels of rye, 26,297 pounds of maple sugar, 23,391 acres of land in farms, 21,127 bushels of potatoes, $19,184 value farm implements in dollars, 18,364 bushels of oats, 17,451 bushels of barley, 15,857 bushels of buckwheat, 15,088 acres of farmland under cultivation, 12,786 bushels of spring wheat, 11,282 bushels of corn, 9,894 acres of farmland under crops, 8,303 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,654 pounds of wool produced on farms, 5,169 bushels of carrots, 4,845 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,806 gallons of cider, $4,222 value garden and orchard crops, 3,723 bushels of turnips, 3,601 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 3,128 bushels of winter wheat, 2,077 sheep, 1,905 acres of rye, 1,641 acres of peas, 1,024 tons of hay, 829 acres of spring wheat, 828 calves and heifers, 799 acres of buckwheat, 724 milk cows, 665 acres of barley, 628 horses aged over 3 years, 606 swine, 581 acres of oats, 509 acres of corn, 419 barrels of pork, 349 acres of farmland in gardens, 349 acres of winter wheat, 326 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 237 acres of potatoes, 209 occupants of farms, 206 horses aged 3 years and under, 170 pounds of flax or hemp, 144 barrels of beef, 122 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 121 bulls, oxen, or steers, 117 bushels of beans, 104 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 61 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 25 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 18 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 15 acres of turnips, 13 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 8 pounds of hops, 7 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $11,710 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 5,129 yards of flannel, 1,106 yards of fulled cloth, 253 carriages for pleasure, 20 yards of linen. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 3,400 pounds of fresh fish sold, 958 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 13 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 2, 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 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON095002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON140002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115187548

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). "Athol, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/athol-on095002-1861/.