Eldon, Ontario (1861 census)

Eldon was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,508. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5354067. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.492°N, 78.981°W.

Population

In 1861, Eldon had a population of 2,508: 1,436 male and 1,072 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, Eldon shared boundaries with:

• Bexley
• Brock
• Carden
• Fenelon
• Mara
• Mariposa
• Thora

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 170 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,508 total population, 1,436 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,322, 1,072 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,042, 1,036 single males, 705 single females, 362 married males, 310 married females, 230 males attending school, 175 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 114, 57 widowed females, 51 male births, 39 female births, 38 widowed males, Females present who are not members of the family: 30, 8 adult males unable to read or write, 6 adult females unable to read or write, 3 lunatic males, 3 persons at sea, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 blind females, 1 blind males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 239 single males aged 20 to 30, 176 males aged 5 to 10, 155 females aged 5 to 10, 152 single males aged 15 to 20, 144 single males aged 10 to 15, 137 single females aged 10 to 15, 121 married males aged 30 to 40, 114 married females aged 20 to 30, 102 single females aged 15 to 20, 84 married females aged 30 to 40, 84 married males aged 20 to 30, 78 single females aged 20 to 30, 70 married males aged 40 to 50, 58 females aged 1 to 2, 54 males aged 3 to 4, 52 married females aged 40 to 50, 50 males aged 1 to 2, 48 married males aged 50 to 60, 47 males aged 2 to 3, 42 single males aged 30 to 40, 37 females age 3 to 4, 36 females aged 2 to 3, 35 males aged 4 to 5, 34 married females aged 50 to 60, 33 females aged 4 to 5, 29 married males aged 60 to 70, 21 males of unknown age, 12 married females aged 60 to 70, 11 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 11 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 10 married females aged 15 to 20, 10 single females aged 30 to 40, 10 single males aged 40 to 50, 10 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 10 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 9 single females aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 9 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 females of unknown age, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,440 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 823 persons originating in Scotland, 101 persons originating in Ireland, 72 persons originating in England or Wales, 27 persons originating in the United States, 24 French Canadians, 9 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 8 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $530,316 value farms (dollars), $81,760 value all livestock, 73,550 bushels of spring wheat, 53,065 bushels of oats, 42,256 bushels of potatoes, 36,479 acres of land in farms, $31,892 value horses aged over 3 years, 24,247 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 24,085 pounds of homemade butter, $20,375 value farm implements in dollars, 19,255 bushels of turnips, 13,111 bushels of peas, 12,232 acres of farmland under cultivation, 9,764 pounds of maple sugar, 7,528 acres of farmland under crops, 6,136 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,692 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,229 acres of spring wheat, 3,515 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,543 sheep, 2,466 bushels of winter wheat, 1,907 swine, 1,607 acres of oats, 1,241 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 807 calves and heifers, 800 milk cows, 730 acres of peas, 659 barrels of pork, 648 tons of hay, 580 horses aged over 3 years, 437 bushels of barley, 314 occupants of farms, 306 acres of potatoes, 285 bulls, oxen, or steers, 208 barrels of beef, 204 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 197 horses aged 3 years and under, $125 value garden and orchard crops, 103 acres of turnips, 101 bushels of carrots, 96 acres of winter wheat, 72 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 30 bushels of buckwheat, 26 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 25 bushels of corn, 23 pounds of hops, 15 acres of barley, 12 acres of farmland in gardens, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 3 acres of buckwheat, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of corn, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 3,165 yards of flannel, 2,167 yards of fulled cloth, $1,422 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 33 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 18 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, 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 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 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: ON100006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON149005 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q5354067
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldon_Township

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). "Eldon, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/eldon-on100006-1861/.