Darlington, Ontario (1861 census)

Darlington was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 6,912. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.972°N, 78.750°W.

Population

In 1861, Darlington had a population of 6,912: 3,570 male and 3,342 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.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Darlington, 1851 (94.8% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Darlington shared boundaries with:

• Bowmanville, T-V
• Cartwright
• Clarke
• Manvers
• Whitby, East

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 187 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 6,912 total population, 3,570 males, Male members of the family who are present: 3,409, 3,342 females, Female members of the family who are present: 3,225, 2,420 single males, 2,149 single females, 1,101 married males, 1,075 married females, 630 males attending school, 592 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 161, 132 male births, 126 female births, 118 widowed females, Females present who are not members of the family: 117, 49 widowed males, 46 adult males unable to read or write, 38 adult females unable to read or write, 2 deaf and dumb males, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind females, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 560 males aged 5 to 10, 542 females aged 5 to 10, 481 single males aged 10 to 15, 466 single females aged 10 to 15, 422 single males aged 15 to 20, 359 single females aged 15 to 20, 326 married females aged 30 to 40, 324 married males aged 30 to 40, 318 married females aged 20 to 30, 276 married males aged 40 to 50, 267 married males aged 20 to 30, 258 single males aged 20 to 30, 209 married females aged 40 to 50, 147 females aged 1 to 2, 145 females aged 2 to 3, 145 married males aged 50 to 60, 142 males aged 1 to 2, 131 married females aged 50 to 60, 129 males aged 2 to 3, 122 single females aged 20 to 30, 118 females age 3 to 4, 116 males aged 3 to 4, 113 males aged 4 to 5, 101 females aged 4 to 5, 74 married males aged 60 to 70, 49 married females aged 60 to 70, 38 single males aged 30 to 40, 28 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 23 married females aged 15 to 20, 21 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 19 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 18 married females aged 70 to 80, 17 married males aged 70 to 80, 14 single males aged 40 to 50, 14 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 14 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 11 single males aged 50 to 60, 10 single females aged 30 to 40, 10 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 10 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 9 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 single females aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 5 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 5 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 3,850 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1,962 persons originating in England or Wales, 613 persons originating in Ireland, 281 persons originating in Scotland, 97 persons originating in the United States, 85 persons whose origin is unknown, 24 negroes or coloured persons, 14 male negroes or coloured persons, 10 female negroes or coloured persons, 9 persons originating in all other places, 8 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 5 persons originating in New Brunswick, 2 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $2,184,943 value farms (dollars), $303,653 value all livestock, 300,700 bushels of turnips, 241,775 bushels of spring wheat, $149,874 value horses aged over 3 years, 148,733 pounds of homemade butter, 145,672 bushels of oats, 88,406 bushels of potatoes, 82,656 bushels of carrots, $82,334 value farm implements in dollars, 74,779 bushels of peas, 61,047 acres of land in farms, 45,521 bushels of winter wheat, 44,403 acres of farmland under cultivation, 32,246 pounds of maple sugar, 32,055 pounds of wool produced on farms, 26,003 acres of farmland under crops, 23,550 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 17,909 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 17,177 acres of farmland in pasture, 16,644 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $14,238 value garden and orchard crops, 12,639 acres of spring wheat, 11,969 bushels of barley, 10,677 sheep, 7,228 bushels of corn, 5,101 gallons of cider, 4,344 tons of hay, 4,183 swine, 3,856 acres of oats, 3,493 acres of peas, 3,021 milk cows, 2,919 acres of winter wheat, 2,897 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 2,573 calves and heifers, 2,398 bushels of rye, 2,330 horses aged over 3 years, 1,869 barrels of pork, 1,513 bushels of beans, 1,223 acres of farmland in gardens, 1,018 bushels of buckwheat, 812 acres of potatoes, 756 pounds of flax or hemp, 733 occupants of farms, 720 acres of turnips, 711 horses aged 3 years and under, 487 barrels of beef, 461 acres of barley, 385 bulls, oxen, or steers, 302 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 278 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 226 pounds of hops, 205 acres of corn, 184 acres of rye, 181 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 157 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 62 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 52 acres of buckwheat, 52 acres of mangel wurtzel, 22 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $27,975 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 8,402 yards of flannel, 2,438 yards of fulled cloth, 481 carriages for pleasure, $75 value carriages for hire (dollars), 20 yards of linen, 1 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

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

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 36 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 21, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 15, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 8, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 2, 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 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 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 aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among males aged 90 to 100: 1 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 4 people connected to this place who were alive in 1861, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON069005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON108004_1891 — 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). "Darlington, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/darlington-on069005-1861/.