Galt, Town—Ville, Ontario (1861 census)

Galt, Town—Ville was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,069. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q15982096. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.359°N, 80.318°W.

Population

In 1861, Galt, Town—Ville had a population of 3,069: 1,504 male and 1,565 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, Galt, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

• Dumfries N

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 176 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,069 total population, 1,565 females, 1,504 males, Female members of the family who are present: 1,405, Male members of the family who are present: 1,284, 1,014 single females, 468 married females, 367 males attending school, 315 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 220, Females present who are not members of the family: 160, 83 widowed females, 59 female births, 55 male births, 44 widowed males, 15 adult females unable to read or write, 8 adult males unable to read or write, 2 lunatic females, 2 lunatic males, 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 193 males aged 5 to 10, 191 females aged 5 to 10, 186 single females aged 10 to 15, 181 single males aged 10 to 15, 174 single females aged 15 to 20, 166 single males aged 15 to 20, 158 married females aged 30 to 40, 156 single males aged 20 to 30, 148 married females aged 20 to 30, 147 married males aged 30 to 40, 144 single females aged 20 to 30, 135 married males aged 40 to 50, 103 married females aged 40 to 50, 76 married males aged 20 to 30, 69 married males aged 50 to 60, 62 females aged 2 to 3, 49 females age 3 to 4, 49 females aged 1 to 2, 49 males aged 2 to 3, 48 males aged 4 to 5, 46 males aged 1 to 2, 44 females aged 4 to 5, 42 males aged 3 to 4, 38 married females aged 50 to 60, 32 single females aged 30 to 40, 32 single males aged 30 to 40, 30 married males aged 60 to 70, 19 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 18 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 17 married females aged 60 to 70, 17 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 15 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 14 single females aged 40 to 50, 14 single males aged 40 to 50, 14 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 8 males of unknown age, 7 married males aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 females of unknown age, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females 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 1,466 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 786 persons originating in Scotland, 318 persons originating in England or Wales, 268 persons originating in Ireland, 133 persons originating in the United States, 50 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 30 negroes or coloured persons, 10 female negroes or coloured persons, 10 French Canadians, 8 male negroes or coloured persons, 7 Indigenous males, 7 persons originating in all other places, 6 persons originating in France, 6 persons originating in the West Indies, 5 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 5 persons originating in the East Indies, 3 Indigenous females, 2 persons originating in Switzerland, 2 persons whose origin is unknown, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in Newfoundland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $40,560 value farms (dollars), $18,234 value all livestock, 4,075 bushels of turnips, $1,760 value farm implements in dollars, 1,680 pounds of homemade butter, 1,330 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,200 bushels of potatoes, 1,010 bushels of winter wheat, 575 bushels of oats, 516 acres of land in farms, 462 bushels of peas, 400 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 394 bushels of spring wheat, 349 acres of farmland under cultivation, 348 bushels of carrots, 274 bushels of barley, 260 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 260 bushels of mangel wurtzel, $230 value garden and orchard crops, 221 swine, 213 milk cows, 210 bushels of rye, 185 acres of farmland under crops, 167 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 164 horses aged over 3 years, 152 acres of farmland in pasture, 101 sheep, 70 gallons of cider, 61 tons of hay, 56 bushels of corn, 42 acres of winter wheat, 24 acres of peas, 22 acres of oats, 22 acres of spring wheat, 14 acres of rye, 12 acres of farmland in gardens, 12 bulls, oxen, or steers, 12 occupants of farms, 10 acres of barley, 9 acres of turnips, 8 acres of potatoes, 5 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 4 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 2 pounds of hops, 1 acres of corn, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel, 1 barrels of pork, 1 bushels of beans, 1 horses aged 3 years and under, 1 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $5,075 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $1,365 value carriages for hire (dollars), 50 carriages for pleasure, 32 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 45 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 23, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 22, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, 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 males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 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. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 5 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: ON101003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON150006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q15982096
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galt,_Ontario

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). "Galt, Town—Ville, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/galt-town-ville-on101003-1861/.