Douro, Ontario (1861 census)

Douro was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,519. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261304. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.405°N, 78.213°W.

Population

In 1861, Douro had a population of 2,519: 1,298 male and 1,221 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, Douro shared boundaries with:

• Dummer
• Otonabee
• Peterborough, C
• Smith

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 156 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,519 total population, 1,298 males, 1,221 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,210, Female members of the family who are present: 1,147, 885 single males, 802 single females, 393 married males, 376 married females, 252 females attending school, 239 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 88, 76 adult males unable to read or write, Females present who are not members of the family: 74, 70 adult females unable to read or write, 50 male births, 43 widowed females, 39 female births, 20 widowed males, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 195 males aged 5 to 10, 188 females aged 5 to 10, 155 single females aged 10 to 15, 149 single males aged 15 to 20, 146 single males aged 10 to 15, 141 married females aged 20 to 30, 141 single females aged 15 to 20, 131 married males aged 30 to 40, 101 married females aged 30 to 40, 96 single males aged 20 to 30, 86 married males aged 20 to 30, 83 married males aged 40 to 50, 63 married females aged 40 to 50, 61 males aged 1 to 2, 60 females aged 1 to 2, 59 males aged 2 to 3, 57 females aged 4 to 5, 55 females aged 2 to 3, 51 males aged 4 to 5, 50 married males aged 50 to 60, 47 females age 3 to 4, 45 males aged 3 to 4, 40 single females aged 20 to 30, 39 married females aged 50 to 60, 28 married males aged 60 to 70, 23 single males aged 30 to 40, 16 married females aged 60 to 70, 12 married males aged 70 to 80, 11 married females aged 15 to 20, 11 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 8 single females aged 30 to 40, 8 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 single females aged 80 to 90, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 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 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,703 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 595 persons originating in Ireland, 128 persons originating in England or Wales, 62 persons originating in Scotland, 17 persons originating in the United States, 5 persons originating in France, 4 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 2 persons originating in the West Indies, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in Newfoundland, 1 persons originating in Spain or Portugal. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $523,399 value farms (dollars), $98,593 value all livestock, 74,003 bushels of oats, 60,812 pounds of homemade butter, 49,949 bushels of potatoes, 41,092 bushels of turnips, $40,890 value horses aged over 3 years, 34,314 bushels of winter wheat, 29,712 acres of land in farms, $24,000 value farm implements in dollars, 22,106 bushels of peas, 15,119 acres of farmland under cultivation, 14,583 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 10,922 acres of farmland under crops, 9,039 bushels of spring wheat, 8,319 pounds of maple sugar, 8,210 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,205 bushels of carrots, 4,120 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,979 bushels of barley, 2,351 sheep, 2,298 acres of oats, 2,262 acres of winter wheat, 1,548 swine, 1,181 acres of peas, 1,159 tons of hay, $1,097 value garden and orchard crops, 966 milk cows, 948 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 915 calves and heifers, 888 barrels of pork, 880 acres of spring wheat, 478 horses aged over 3 years, 419 acres of potatoes, 318 occupants of farms, 253 bulls, oxen, or steers, 200 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 198 barrels of beef, 163 horses aged 3 years and under, 159 acres of turnips, 133 acres of barley, 80 bushels of corn, 77 acres of farmland in gardens, 60 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 50 bushels of rye, 37 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 34 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 26 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 16 pounds of hops, 8 bushels of buckwheat, 8 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 3 acres of corn, 3 acres of rye, 1 acres of buckwheat. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 3,635 yards of flannel, $2,570 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 1,350 yards of fulled cloth, 50 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 5 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 2, 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 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 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: ON093004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON138007 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261304

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). "Douro, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/douro-on093004-1861/.