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Year: 1861  |  Province: Ontario

Camden and Gore, Ontario (1861 census)

Camden and Gore was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,744. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.582°N, 82.035°W.

Population

In 1861, Camden and Gore had a population of 2,744: 1,424 male and 1,320 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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Camden and Gore shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 170 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,744 total population, 1,424 males, 1,320 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,281, Female members of the family who are present: 1,239, 901 single males, 821 single females, 488 married males, 456 married females, 282 males attending school, 234 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 143, 85 adult males unable to read or write, Females present who are not members of the family: 81, 70 adult females unable to read or write, 70 male births, 66 female births, 43 widowed females, 35 widowed males, 2 lunatic females, 2 lunatic males, 1 blind females, 1 blind males, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 174 married females aged 20 to 30, 164 single females aged 15 to 20, 160 married males aged 30 to 40, 158 males aged 5 to 10, 156 females aged 5 to 10, 154 single males aged 20 to 30, 140 single females aged 10 to 15, 136 single males aged 15 to 20, 126 married females aged 30 to 40, 126 married males aged 20 to 30, 124 single males aged 10 to 15, 72 married males aged 40 to 50, 70 single females aged 20 to 30, 68 married females aged 40 to 50, 66 males aged 1 to 2, 64 married males aged 50 to 60, 60 females aged 2 to 3, 58 females aged 1 to 2, 55 married females aged 50 to 60, 54 married males aged 60 to 70, 52 males aged 2 to 3, 50 males aged 3 to 4, 50 males aged 4 to 5, 48 females aged 4 to 5, 40 females age 3 to 4, 26 single males aged 30 to 40, 22 married females aged 60 to 70, 19 single females aged 30 to 40, 16 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 12 married males aged 70 to 80, 12 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 9 single males aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 7 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 males of unknown age, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,821 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 497 persons originating in the United States, 349 male negroes or coloured persons, 294 female negroes or coloured persons, 231 persons originating in England or Wales, 98 persons originating in Ireland, 66 persons originating in Scotland, 14 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 8 French Canadians, 6 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $579,310 value farms (dollars), $84,776 value all livestock, 48,184 pounds of homemade butter, 32,991 bushels of oats, $29,566 value horses aged over 3 years, 27,155 bushels of peas, 26,573 acres of land in farms, 26,391 bushels of potatoes, 25,763 bushels of corn, 17,158 bushels of turnips, $16,829 value farm implements in dollars, 15,717 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 15,231 pounds of maple sugar, 13,835 bushels of winter wheat, 10,856 acres of farmland under cultivation, 8,845 acres of farmland under crops, 8,019 gallons of cider, 6,902 pounds of wool produced on farms, 6,304 bushels of buckwheat, $3,964 value garden and orchard crops, 3,659 bushels of spring wheat, 3,270 bushels of barley, 2,955 swine, 2,601 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,347 sheep, 1,775 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,589 tons of hay, 1,348 acres of peas, 1,126 calves and heifers, 1,117 acres of corn, 1,088 acres of oats, 962 acres of spring wheat, 907 milk cows, 842 acres of winter wheat, 782 barrels of pork, 587 horses aged over 3 years, 494 bushels of rye, 347 bushels of carrots, 345 acres of buckwheat, 342 occupants of farms, 285 acres of potatoes, 236 acres of farmland in gardens, 217 bulls, oxen, or steers, 212 bushels of beans, 201 horses aged 3 years and under, 150 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 127 acres of barley, 125 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 116 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 102 acres of turnips, 88 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 67 barrels of beef, 49 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 36 pounds of flax or hemp, 30 acres of rye, 30 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 16 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 14 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 8 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 pounds of hops. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 4,608 yards of flannel, $3,007 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 1,030 yards of fulled cloth, $375 value carriages for hire (dollars), 55 carriages for pleasure, 36 yards of linen, 5 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 males of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 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 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 90 to 100: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 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 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 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). "Camden and Gore, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/camden-and-gore-on080001-1861/.