Glenelg, Ontario (1861 census)

Glenelg was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,065. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261586. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.242°N, 80.738°W.

Population

In 1861, Glenelg had a population of 3,065: 1,603 male and 1,462 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, Glenelg shared boundaries with:

• Artemesia
• Bentinck
• Egremont
• Holland

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 152 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,065 total population, 1,603 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,518, 1,462 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,400, 1,049 single males, 900 single females, 531 married females, 531 married males, 340 males attending school, 210 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 85, 81 female births, 77 male births, 67 adult males unable to read or write, 66 adult females unable to read or write, Females present who are not members of the family: 62, 31 widowed females, 23 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 234 females aged 5 to 10, 212 males aged 5 to 10, 209 married females aged 20 to 30, 189 single males aged 10 to 15, 183 single females aged 10 to 15, 175 married males aged 30 to 40, 162 married males aged 20 to 30, 149 single males aged 15 to 20, 140 married females aged 30 to 40, 122 single males aged 20 to 30, 110 married males aged 40 to 50, 99 single females aged 15 to 20, 89 females aged 1 to 2, 88 males aged 1 to 2, 88 married females aged 40 to 50, 77 males aged 2 to 3, 75 females aged 2 to 3, 59 males aged 3 to 4, 55 married males aged 50 to 60, 54 females aged 4 to 5, 50 females age 3 to 4, 49 males aged 4 to 5, 45 married females aged 50 to 60, 29 married females aged 15 to 20, 22 married males aged 60 to 70, 22 single females aged 20 to 30, 18 married females aged 60 to 70, 16 single males aged 30 to 40, 10 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 single females aged 30 to 40, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,436 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 904 persons originating in Scotland, 468 persons originating in Ireland, 176 persons originating in England or Wales, 49 persons originating in the United States, 10 French Canadians, 7 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 4 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 4 persons originating in New Brunswick, 3 persons originating in France, 1 Indigenous persons. 3 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $344,211 value farms (dollars), 121,370 bushels of turnips, $73,223 value all livestock, 56,590 bushels of spring wheat, 54,454 bushels of potatoes, 49,389 acres of land in farms, 40,230 pounds of homemade butter, 37,712 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 32,961 bushels of oats, $17,211 value farm implements in dollars, 11,677 acres of farmland under cultivation, $11,401 value horses aged over 3 years, 11,321 pounds of maple sugar, 8,544 acres of farmland under crops, 7,025 bushels of peas, 5,306 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,887 acres of spring wheat, 3,127 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,057 sheep, 1,856 swine, 1,527 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,476 tons of hay, 1,429 calves and heifers, 1,229 acres of oats, 1,095 bushels of barley, 1,022 milk cows, 668 bulls, oxen, or steers, 486 occupants of farms, 466 acres of potatoes, 398 acres of peas, 342 barrels of pork, $337 value garden and orchard crops, 330 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 312 acres of turnips, 190 horses aged over 3 years, 141 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 129 pounds of hops, 91 horses aged 3 years and under, 68 bushels of winter wheat, 67 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 62 acres of barley, 52 barrels of beef, 46 pounds of flax or hemp, 26 bushels of carrots, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 8 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 6 acres of farmland in gardens, 5 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 4 acres of winter wheat, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 5,016 yards of flannel, $535 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 347 yards of fulled cloth, 10 carriages for pleasure, 3 yards of linen. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 1 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 17 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 8, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 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 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 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: ON075007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON114007_1891 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261586

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). "Glenelg, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/glenelg-on075007-1861/.