Ennismore, Ontario (1861 census)

Ennismore was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 863. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261402. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.418°N, 78.434°W.

Population

In 1861, Ennismore had a population of 863: 461 male and 402 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, Ennismore shared boundaries with:

• Emily
• Harvey
• Smith

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 141 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 863 total population, 461 males, Male members of the family who are present: 441, 402 females, Female members of the family who are present: 388, 324 single males, 248 single females, 129 married females, 125 married males, 87 females attending school, 85 males attending school, 31 adult males unable to read or write, 25 widowed females, Males present who are not members of the family: 20, 20 adult females unable to read or write, 20 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 14, 14 female births, 12 widowed males, 2 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 66 males aged 5 to 10, 61 females aged 5 to 10, 57 single males aged 15 to 20, 56 single females aged 10 to 15, 53 single males aged 10 to 15, 49 married females aged 20 to 30, 45 single males aged 20 to 30, 34 single females aged 15 to 20, 31 married males aged 40 to 50, 29 married females aged 30 to 40, 29 married females aged 40 to 50, 29 married males aged 30 to 40, 28 married males aged 20 to 30, 23 married males aged 50 to 60, 22 males aged 2 to 3, 18 females aged 4 to 5, 18 males aged 4 to 5, 17 males aged 1 to 2, 15 females age 3 to 4, 15 females aged 2 to 3, 15 single females aged 20 to 30, 14 females aged 1 to 2, 12 married females aged 50 to 60, 10 males aged 3 to 4, 8 single males aged 30 to 40, 7 married males aged 60 to 70, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 married females aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 572 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 259 persons originating in Ireland, 22 persons originating in the United States, 11 persons originating in England or Wales, 8 persons originating in Scotland, 3 male negroes or coloured persons, 2 female negroes or coloured persons. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $170,986 value farms (dollars), $38,340 value all livestock, 25,865 pounds of homemade butter, 19,661 bushels of oats, 19,435 bushels of potatoes, 13,584 acres of land in farms, $12,345 value horses aged over 3 years, 12,282 bushels of peas, 11,667 bushels of spring wheat, 10,180 bushels of turnips, 8,608 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,059 bushels of winter wheat, $6,946 value farm implements in dollars, 5,065 pounds of maple sugar, 4,976 acres of farmland under cultivation, 4,303 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,815 acres of farmland under crops, 1,256 sheep, 1,127 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,104 swine, $1,058 value garden and orchard crops, 1,050 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,017 acres of spring wheat, 1,009 bushels of barley, 743 tons of hay, 724 acres of oats, 660 barrels of pork, 612 acres of peas, 561 calves and heifers, 474 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 399 milk cows, 395 acres of winter wheat, 199 bulls, oxen, or steers, 180 barrels of beef, 175 acres of potatoes, 167 horses aged over 3 years, 149 occupants of farms, 130 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 113 bushels of carrots, 88 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 87 horses aged 3 years and under, 61 acres of turnips, 46 acres of barley, 34 acres of farmland in gardens, 31 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 31 pounds of hops, 19 bushels of beans, 16 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 13 bushels of buckwheat, 9 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of buckwheat, 1 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 2,709 yards of flannel, 725 yards of fulled cloth, $112 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 3 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 15 pounds of fresh fish sold, 4 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, 3 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON093006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON138009 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261402

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). "Ennismore, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/ennismore-on093006-1861/.