Georgetown, Village, Ontario (1861 census)

Georgetown, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,158. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3103735. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.648°N, 79.930°W.

Population

In 1861, Georgetown, Village had a population of 1,158: 593 male and 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).

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Esquessing, 1851 (0.9% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Georgetown, Village shared boundaries with:

• Esquesing

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 144 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,158 total population, 593 males, 565 females, Female members of the family who are present: 512, Male members of the family who are present: 507, 399 single males, 359 single females, 181 married females, 171 married males, 100 males attending school, 95 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 86, Females present who are not members of the family: 53, 25 widowed females, 23 female births, 23 widowed males, 20 male births, 9 adult females unable to read or write, 3 adult males unable to read or write. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 94 males aged 5 to 10, 90 females aged 5 to 10, 70 single females aged 10 to 15, 68 single males aged 10 to 15, 67 married females aged 30 to 40, 67 single females aged 15 to 20, 64 married females aged 20 to 30, 59 married males aged 30 to 40, 59 single males aged 15 to 20, 52 single males aged 20 to 30, 46 married males aged 40 to 50, 34 married males aged 20 to 30, 28 males aged 3 to 4, 28 single females aged 20 to 30, 25 married females aged 40 to 50, 23 males aged 1 to 2, 20 males aged 2 to 3, 19 females age 3 to 4, 19 females aged 1 to 2, 19 females aged 2 to 3, 18 males aged 4 to 5, 18 married males aged 50 to 60, 17 females aged 4 to 5, 12 married females aged 50 to 60, 12 married males aged 60 to 70, 10 single males aged 30 to 40, 6 married females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 30 to 40, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 males of unknown age, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 688 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 228 persons originating in Ireland, 106 persons originating in England or Wales, 73 persons originating in Scotland, 42 persons originating in the United States, 15 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 5 persons originating in New Brunswick, 2 male negroes or coloured persons, 1 female negroes or coloured persons, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $64,500 value farms (dollars), 63,000 pounds of flax or hemp, $9,781 value all livestock, $2,350 value farm implements in dollars, $2,340 value horses aged over 3 years, 2,194 bushels of winter wheat, 2,175 bushels of potatoes, 1,906 pounds of homemade butter, 1,338 acres of land in farms, 1,000 bushels of turnips, 890 bushels of spring wheat, $750 value garden and orchard crops, 725 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 613 acres of farmland under cultivation, 560 bushels of peas, 550 bushels of oats, 496 bushels of beans, 401 acres of farmland under crops, 220 pounds of wool produced on farms, 196 acres of farmland in pasture, 160 gallons of cider, 145 tons of hay, 140 bushels of corn, 118 milk cows, 101 swine, 100 bushels of buckwheat, 100 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 89 horses aged over 3 years, 81 acres of winter wheat, 80 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 63 sheep, 43 acres of spring wheat, 25 acres of peas, 23 barrels of pork, 22 calves and heifers, 16 acres of farmland in gardens, 16 acres of oats, 11 acres of potatoes, 8 barrels of beef, 8 occupants of farms, 7 horses aged 3 years and under, 3 acres of buckwheat, 3 acres of corn, 3 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 2 bulls, oxen, or steers, 2 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 1 acres of turnips, 1 bushels of carrots, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $4,205 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $950 value carriages for hire (dollars), 43 carriages for pleasure, 8 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 11 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 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: ON077002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON117006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3103735
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgetown,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgetown_(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). "Georgetown, Village, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/georgetown-village-on077002-1861/.