Cartwright, Ontario (1861 census)

Cartwright was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,727. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.161°N, 78.824°W.

Population

In 1861, Cartwright had a population of 2,727: 1,426 male and 1,301 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).

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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Cartwright, 1871 (61.9% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Cartwright shared boundaries with:

• Brock
• Darlington
• Manvers
• Mariposa
• Ops
• Reach
• Scugog Island
• Whitby, East

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 158 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,727 total population, 1,426 males, 1,301 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,260, Female members of the family who are present: 1,200, 987 single males, 850 single females, 420 married males, 415 married females, 318 males attending school, 289 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 166, Females present who are not members of the family: 101, 80 female births, 58 male births, 36 widowed females, 19 widowed males, 9 adult males unable to read or write, 7 adult females unable to read or write, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 205 females aged 5 to 10, 199 males aged 5 to 10, 190 single males aged 10 to 15, 178 married females aged 20 to 30, 169 single females aged 10 to 15, 162 single males aged 15 to 20, 129 single males aged 20 to 30, 123 single females aged 15 to 20, 122 married males aged 30 to 40, 110 married males aged 20 to 30, 105 married females aged 30 to 40, 99 married males aged 40 to 50, 69 married females aged 40 to 50, 65 females aged 1 to 2, 62 females aged 2 to 3, 60 males aged 1 to 2, 53 single females aged 20 to 30, 52 males aged 2 to 3, 52 males aged 4 to 5, 52 married males aged 50 to 60, 46 females aged 4 to 5, 43 females age 3 to 4, 40 males aged 3 to 4, 37 single males aged 30 to 40, 29 married females aged 50 to 60, 27 married females aged 60 to 70, 24 married males aged 60 to 70, 10 married males aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,733 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 697 persons originating in Ireland, 226 persons originating in England or Wales, 48 persons originating in Scotland, 20 persons originating in the United States, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in Newfoundland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $712,237 value farms (dollars), $94,510 value all livestock, 72,289 bushels of oats, 54,968 bushels of potatoes, 52,403 bushels of winter wheat, 46,426 bushels of spring wheat, $41,560 value horses aged over 3 years, 38,955 bushels of turnips, 38,543 pounds of homemade butter, 31,127 acres of land in farms, 27,280 pounds of maple sugar, $20,871 value farm implements in dollars, 16,580 acres of farmland under cultivation, 15,950 bushels of peas, 14,547 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 10,687 acres of farmland under crops, 9,485 pounds of wool produced on farms, 5,693 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,148 bushels of carrots, 2,849 swine, 2,775 acres of spring wheat, 2,576 sheep, 2,302 acres of winter wheat, 2,170 acres of oats, 1,241 tons of hay, 1,105 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 1,096 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,082 bushels of barley, 936 milk cows, 925 barrels of pork, 874 acres of peas, 791 calves and heifers, 760 bushels of rye, $759 value garden and orchard crops, 695 horses aged over 3 years, 462 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 440 acres of potatoes, 321 occupants of farms, 223 bushels of corn, 200 acres of farmland in gardens, 200 horses aged 3 years and under, 190 bulls, oxen, or steers, 184 acres of turnips, 173 barrels of beef, 172 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 127 pounds of flax or hemp, 126 pounds of hops, 109 bushels of beans, 63 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 61 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 54 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 45 acres of barley, 39 acres of rye, 24 bushels of buckwheat, 11 acres of corn, 11 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 11 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 5 acres of mangel wurtzel, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of buckwheat. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 6,219 yards of flannel, $4,882 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 1,663 yards of fulled cloth, 93 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 603 pounds of fresh fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 2 quintals of dried fish sold — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 11 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 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 age 3 to 4: 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. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON069003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON108001_1871 — 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). "Cartwright, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/cartwright-on069003-1861/.