Drummond, Ontario (1861 census)

Drummond was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,637. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.991°N, 76.237°W.

Population

In 1861, Drummond had a population of 2,637: 1,336 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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Drummond shared boundaries with:

• Bathurst
• Beckwith
• Elinsley
• Lanark
• Montague
• Perth, T-V
• Ramsay

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 174 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,637 total population, 1,336 males, 1,301 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,251, Female members of the family who are present: 1,235, 941 single males, 858 single females, 368 married females, 368 married males, 232 males attending school, 207 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 85, 75 widowed females, Females present who are not members of the family: 66, 56 male births, 48 female births, 27 widowed males, 9 adult males unable to read or write, 6 adult females unable to read or write, 2 lunatic females, 2 lunatic males, 1 blind females, 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 187 females aged 5 to 10, 177 males aged 5 to 10, 163 single males aged 10 to 15, 161 single males aged 20 to 30, 157 single males aged 15 to 20, 142 single females aged 15 to 20, 141 single females aged 10 to 15, 130 single females aged 20 to 30, 113 married females aged 20 to 30, 97 married males aged 30 to 40, 87 married females aged 30 to 40, 80 married males aged 40 to 50, 69 married females aged 40 to 50, 68 married males aged 20 to 30, 53 females aged 1 to 2, 46 married females aged 50 to 60, 45 males aged 1 to 2, 45 married males aged 60 to 70, 43 males aged 3 to 4, 42 males aged 4 to 5, 42 married males aged 50 to 60, 41 males aged 2 to 3, 39 females aged 4 to 5, 38 females aged 2 to 3, 36 females age 3 to 4, 31 married females aged 60 to 70, 30 single males aged 30 to 40, 24 married males aged 70 to 80, 20 single females aged 30 to 40, 19 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 17 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 15 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 11 married females aged 70 to 80, 11 single females aged 40 to 50, 11 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 10 married males aged 80 to 90, 9 single males aged 40 to 50, 8 married females aged 15 to 20, 7 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 6 single males aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 single females aged 50 to 60, 5 single females aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 single males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 females of unknown age, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 males of unknown age, 1 married females aged 90 to 100, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,909 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 409 persons originating in Ireland, 245 persons originating in Scotland, 47 persons originating in England or Wales, 43 French Canadians, 20 Indigenous persons, 12 Indigenous males, 8 Indigenous females, 8 persons originating in the United States, 2 persons whose origin is unknown, 1 persons originating in Spain or Portugal, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. 1 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $498,430 value farms (dollars), 100,140 pounds of homemade butter, $89,813 value all livestock, 64,365 bushels of potatoes, 52,521 bushels of oats, 51,359 bushels of spring wheat, 50,261 acres of land in farms, $38,101 value horses aged over 3 years, 28,495 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 21,766 acres of farmland under cultivation, $21,100 value farm implements in dollars, 14,294 bushels of peas, 11,996 pounds of wool produced on farms, 11,377 acres of farmland under crops, 11,015 bushels of turnips, 10,352 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,412 pounds of maple sugar, 4,983 bushels of barley, 3,858 sheep, 3,637 acres of spring wheat, 2,935 tons of hay, 2,213 acres of oats, 2,117 bushels of carrots, 1,938 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,611 calves and heifers, 1,552 milk cows, 1,474 swine, 1,207 barrels of pork, 830 acres of peas, 744 bushels of winter wheat, 678 horses aged over 3 years, 610 bushels of corn, 519 acres of potatoes, 466 bushels of buckwheat, 390 occupants of farms, $378 value garden and orchard crops, 347 barrels of beef, 314 bushels of rye, 262 horses aged 3 years and under, 235 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 219 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 196 acres of barley, 99 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 97 bulls, oxen, or steers, 50 pounds of flax or hemp, 48 acres of winter wheat, 38 acres of turnips, 37 acres of farmland in gardens, 35 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 29 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 27 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 25 acres of corn, 24 acres of buckwheat, 22 acres of rye, 20 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 15 pounds of hops, 14 gallons of cider, 4 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 4 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $5,399 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 4,814 yards of flannel, 1,293 yards of fulled cloth, 131 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 15 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 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 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person 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: ON082006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON123006_1911_1921 — 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). "Drummond, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/drummond-on082006-1861/.