Etobicoke, Ontario (1861 census)

Etobicoke was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,503. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1020159. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.672°N, 79.555°W.

Population

In 1861, Etobicoke had a population of 3,503: 1,755 male and 1,748 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, Etobicoke shared boundaries with:

• Toronto
• Toronto Gore
• Vaughan
• York

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 181 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,503 total population, 1,755 males, 1,748 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,599, Male members of the family who are present: 1,558, 1,200 single males, 1,082 single females, 602 married females, 522 married males, 354 males attending school, 284 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 197, Females present who are not members of the family: 149, 89 adult males unable to read or write, 79 adult females unable to read or write, 68 male births, 64 widowed females, 57 female births, 33 widowed males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic females, 1 lunatic males, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 220 single females aged 10 to 15, 217 single females aged 15 to 20, 213 single males aged 10 to 15, 210 single males aged 15 to 20, 198 females aged 5 to 10, 197 males aged 5 to 10, 190 single males aged 20 to 30, 180 married females aged 20 to 30, 175 married females aged 30 to 40, 140 married males aged 30 to 40, 140 married males aged 40 to 50, 136 married females aged 40 to 50, 129 single females aged 20 to 30, 98 married males aged 50 to 60, 74 males aged 1 to 2, 71 married males aged 20 to 30, 70 married females aged 50 to 60, 66 males aged 3 to 4, 57 females aged 1 to 2, 57 females aged 4 to 5, 55 females aged 2 to 3, 54 males aged 4 to 5, 52 females age 3 to 4, 52 married males aged 60 to 70, 50 males aged 2 to 3, 40 single males aged 30 to 40, 27 married females aged 60 to 70, 19 single males aged 40 to 50, 18 single females aged 30 to 40, 18 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 17 married males aged 70 to 80, 12 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 12 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 11 married females aged 70 to 80, 10 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 8 single females aged 40 to 50, 8 single males aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 6 males of unknown age, 6 single females aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 females of unknown age, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 married females aged 15 to 20, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 90 to 100, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 widowed females over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,972 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 650 persons originating in England or Wales, 591 persons originating in Ireland, 121 persons originating in Scotland, 90 persons originating in the United States, 65 negroes or coloured persons, 36 male negroes or coloured persons, 34 French Canadians, 29 female negroes or coloured persons, 19 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 13 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 4 persons originating in New Brunswick, 4 persons originating in Newfoundland, 2 persons originating in Spain or Portugal, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $1,565,475 value farms (dollars), $149,474 value all livestock, 102,346 pounds of homemade butter, 72,329 bushels of oats, $66,800 value horses aged over 3 years, $64,856 value farm implements in dollars, 55,190 bushels of turnips, 53,793 bushels of potatoes, 49,375 bushels of barley, 45,644 bushels of winter wheat, 35,981 bushels of peas, 25,687 acres of land in farms, 20,223 acres of farmland under cultivation, 17,286 bushels of carrots, 16,857 acres of farmland under crops, 13,631 bushels of spring wheat, 10,760 pounds of wool produced on farms, 8,153 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 7,220 pounds of flax or hemp, $6,436 value garden and orchard crops, 5,464 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,161 sheep, 3,036 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,882 acres of winter wheat, 2,785 tons of hay, 2,553 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,227 gallons of cider, 2,179 acres of oats, 2,076 swine, 1,964 acres of barley, 1,615 acres of peas, 1,389 milk cows, 1,049 bushels of corn, 1,043 acres of spring wheat, 947 horses aged over 3 years, 929 calves and heifers, 567 bushels of buckwheat, 518 barrels of pork, 442 acres of potatoes, 330 acres of farmland in gardens, 320 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 273 horses aged 3 years and under, 273 occupants of farms, 125 bulls, oxen, or steers, 124 acres of turnips, 116 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 112 pounds of hops, 100 pounds of maple sugar, 72 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 64 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 56 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 53 barrels of beef, 36 acres of buckwheat, 30 acres of corn, 30 bushels of beans, 20 acres of mangel wurtzel, 16 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 8 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 5 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $11,053 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 965 yards of flannel, 156 carriages for pleasure, 146 yards of fulled cloth, $10 value carriages for hire (dollars), 1 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 31 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 16, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 15, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 2, 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 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 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 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 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: ON105001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON136001_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1020159
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etobicoke
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etobicoke

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). "Etobicoke, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/etobicoke-on105001-1861/.