Delaware, Ontario (1861 census)

Delaware was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,324. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261257. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.875°N, 81.376°W.

Population

In 1861, Delaware had a population of 2,324: 1,230 male and 1,094 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, Delaware shared boundaries with:

• Caradoc
• Lobo
• London
• Southwold
• Westminster

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 175 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,324 total population, 1,230 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,164, 1,094 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,050, 825 single males, 672 single females, 373 married males, 370 married females, 263 males attending school, 182 females attending school, 134 adult males unable to read or write, 133 adult females unable to read or write, Males present who are not members of the family: 66, 52 widowed females, 51 male births, 47 female births, Females present who are not members of the family: 44, 32 widowed males, 5 lunatic males, 3 lunatic females, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 173 males aged 5 to 10, 168 single males aged 10 to 15, 137 single females aged 10 to 15, 137 single males aged 15 to 20, 133 single females aged 15 to 20, 131 females aged 5 to 10, 117 single males aged 20 to 30, 112 married females aged 20 to 30, 106 married males aged 30 to 40, 103 married females aged 30 to 40, 100 married females aged 40 to 50, 92 married males aged 40 to 50, 70 married males aged 20 to 30, 66 married males aged 50 to 60, 51 single females aged 20 to 30, 48 females aged 2 to 3, 43 females aged 1 to 2, 40 females age 3 to 4, 38 males aged 2 to 3, 38 males aged 4 to 5, 36 females aged 4 to 5, 36 males aged 1 to 2, 36 married females aged 50 to 60, 31 males aged 3 to 4, 28 married males aged 60 to 70, 15 single males aged 30 to 40, 14 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 14 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 10 married females aged 60 to 70, 10 single males aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 6 males of unknown age, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 married females aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,493 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 531 Indigenous persons, 275 persons originating in England or Wales, 274 Indigenous females, 272 persons originating in the United States, 250 Indigenous males, 128 persons originating in Ireland, 102 persons originating in Scotland, 21 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 12 persons originating in Switzerland, 10 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 7 persons whose origin is unknown, 6 negroes or coloured persons, 3 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in France. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $314,510 value farms (dollars), $59,079 value all livestock, 39,487 bushels of turnips, 34,781 pounds of homemade butter, 24,467 bushels of oats, $20,435 value horses aged over 3 years, 17,819 bushels of potatoes, 17,505 bushels of peas, 16,663 bushels of spring wheat, 14,659 acres of land in farms, 13,003 pounds of maple sugar, $9,388 value farm implements in dollars, 7,728 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,931 acres of farmland under cultivation, 6,209 bushels of corn, 5,497 acres of farmland under crops, 5,225 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,020 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,740 bushels of buckwheat, 1,607 sheep, 1,502 tons of hay, $1,404 value garden and orchard crops, 1,354 bushels of barley, 1,324 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,265 bushels of carrots, 1,226 swine, 1,027 bushels of winter wheat, 959 acres of spring wheat, 797 acres of peas, 781 calves and heifers, 767 acres of oats, 591 milk cows, 529 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 480 barrels of pork, 379 horses aged over 3 years, 244 acres of corn, 227 occupants of farms, 162 bushels of beans, 156 acres of potatoes, 152 horses aged 3 years and under, 130 gallons of cider, 128 bushels of rye, 111 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 110 acres of farmland in gardens, 107 bulls, oxen, or steers, 93 acres of turnips, 91 barrels of beef, 87 acres of buckwheat, 70 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 69 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 64 acres of winter wheat, 44 acres of barley, 41 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 24 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 20 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 8 acres of rye, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $2,815 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 955 yards of flannel, 262 yards of fulled cloth, 55 carriages for pleasure, $35 value carriages for hire (dollars), 1 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 under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 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 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 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 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among females over 100: 1 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON086003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON128004 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261257

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). "Delaware, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/delaware-on086003-1861/.