Caledon, Ontario (1861 census)

Caledon was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 4,588. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q424659. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.855°N, 79.996°W.

Population

In 1861, Caledon had a population of 4,588: 2,434 male and 2,154 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, Caledon shared boundaries with:

• Albion
• Chinguacousy
• Erin
• Garafraxa
• Mono

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 177 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 4,588 total population, 2,434 males, Male members of the family who are present: 2,180, 2,154 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,956, 1,717 single males, 1,406 single females, 674 married males, 664 married females, 507 males attending school, 417 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 254, Females present who are not members of the family: 198, 99 male births, 85 female births, 84 widowed females, 43 widowed males, 39 adult males unable to read or write, 35 adult females unable to read or write, 5 lunatic males, 3 deaf and dumb females, 3 deaf and dumb males, 1 blind females, 1 blind males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 333 males aged 5 to 10, 306 females aged 5 to 10, 301 single males aged 15 to 20, 287 single females aged 10 to 15, 279 single males aged 20 to 30, 278 single males aged 10 to 15, 261 single females aged 15 to 20, 239 married females aged 20 to 30, 220 married males aged 30 to 40, 167 married females aged 30 to 40, 146 single females aged 20 to 30, 144 married males aged 20 to 30, 133 married males aged 40 to 50, 126 married females aged 40 to 50, 96 married males aged 50 to 60, 92 males aged 1 to 2, 91 males aged 2 to 3, 81 females aged 2 to 3, 76 females aged 4 to 5, 75 males aged 4 to 5, 71 males aged 3 to 4, 66 females age 3 to 4, 66 females aged 1 to 2, 64 married females aged 50 to 60, 53 married males aged 60 to 70, 46 single males aged 30 to 40, 43 married females aged 60 to 70, 24 married males aged 70 to 80, 21 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 20 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 19 married females aged 15 to 20, 19 single males aged 40 to 50, 18 single females aged 30 to 40, 17 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 13 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 12 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 11 single males aged 50 to 60, 11 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 10 males of unknown age, 9 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 8 single males aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 70 to 80, 3 females of unknown age, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 widowed females over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,969 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 919 persons originating in Ireland, 331 persons originating in Scotland, 272 persons originating in England or Wales, 58 persons originating in the United States, 23 persons whose origin is unknown, 10 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 5 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 4 male negroes or coloured persons, 2 female negroes or coloured persons. 1 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $1,229,715 value farms (dollars), $172,149 value all livestock, 132,703 pounds of homemade butter, 130,831 bushels of spring wheat, 94,952 bushels of oats, $93,477 value horses aged over 3 years, 89,699 bushels of potatoes, 55,303 acres of land in farms, 52,650 bushels of winter wheat, $51,105 value farm implements in dollars, 38,409 pounds of maple sugar, 34,327 bushels of peas, 34,145 bushels of turnips, 30,215 acres of farmland under cultivation, 25,088 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 19,818 acres of farmland under crops, 13,926 pounds of wool produced on farms, 10,046 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,895 acres of spring wheat, 5,275 bushels of barley, 4,265 sheep, 4,146 swine, $3,537 value garden and orchard crops, 3,371 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 3,204 acres of oats, 2,746 tons of hay, 2,720 acres of winter wheat, 2,554 acres of peas, 2,024 barrels of pork, 1,990 calves and heifers, 1,775 milk cows, 1,482 bushels of carrots, 1,108 horses aged over 3 years, 784 gallons of cider, 626 acres of potatoes, 557 bulls, oxen, or steers, 497 occupants of farms, 418 barrels of beef, 390 horses aged 3 years and under, 351 acres of farmland in gardens, 328 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 296 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 288 pounds of flax or hemp, 258 acres of barley, 236 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 182 bushels of buckwheat, 140 acres of turnips, 133 bushels of corn, 101 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 93 pounds of hops, 74 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 50 bushels of rye, 18 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 13 acres of buckwheat, 13 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 6 bushels of beans, 5 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 4 acres of corn, 4 acres of rye, 3 acres of mangel wurtzel, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 9,816 yards of flannel, $7,165 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 2,526 yards of fulled cloth, $400 value carriages for hire (dollars), 157 carriages for pleasure, 4 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 21 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 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 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 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON091003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON136002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q424659
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caledon,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caledon

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). "Caledon, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/caledon-on091003-1861/.