Gloucester, Ontario (1861 census)

Gloucester was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 4,522. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5572083. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.365°N, 75.588°W.

Population

In 1861, Gloucester had a population of 4,522: 2,388 male and 2,134 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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained New Edinburgh, Village, 1871 (0.3% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Gloucester shared boundaries with:

• By Ward
• Cumberland
• Nepean
• Osgoode
• Ottawa Ward
• St. Georges’ Ward

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 173 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 4,522 total population, 2,388 males, 2,134 females, Male members of the family who are present: 2,128, Female members of the family who are present: 1,948, 1,728 single males, 1,498 single females, 618 married males, 574 married females, 414 males attending school, 358 females attending school, 264 adult males unable to read or write, Males present who are not members of the family: 260, Females present who are not members of the family: 186, 154 adult females unable to read or write, 102 male births, 84 female births, 62 widowed females, 42 widowed males, 2 blind males, 2 deaf and dumb females, 2 deaf and dumb males, 2 lunatic males, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 314 single females aged 15 to 20, 312 single males aged 20 to 30, 294 single females aged 10 to 15, 280 single males aged 10 to 15, 266 males aged 5 to 10, 260 single males aged 15 to 20, 234 females aged 5 to 10, 234 single females aged 20 to 30, 206 married males aged 30 to 40, 166 married females aged 30 to 40, 154 married females aged 40 to 50, 144 married males aged 40 to 50, 142 married females aged 20 to 30, 108 males aged 1 to 2, 106 married males aged 20 to 30, 90 males aged 3 to 4, 88 married males aged 50 to 60, 88 single males aged 30 to 40, 82 females aged 1 to 2, 80 females aged 2 to 3, 76 males aged 2 to 3, 68 males aged 4 to 5, 68 married females aged 50 to 60, 60 females age 3 to 4, 52 married males aged 60 to 70, 48 single males aged 40 to 50, 44 females aged 4 to 5, 36 single females aged 30 to 40, 32 married females aged 60 to 70, 18 single females aged 40 to 50, 18 single males aged 50 to 60, 18 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 16 married males aged 70 to 80, 14 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 10 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 8 single females aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 8 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 8 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 single females aged 60 to 70, 6 single males aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 5 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 males of unknown age, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 females of unknown age, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 15 to 20. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 2 single males aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,313 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 856 persons originating in Ireland, 805 French Canadians, 272 persons originating in Scotland, 190 persons originating in England or Wales, 34 persons originating in the United States, 13 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 11 persons whose origin is unknown, 9 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 6 persons originating in New Brunswick, 2 persons originating in all other places, 2 persons originating in France. 7 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 persons originating in Russia or Poland — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $884,243 value farms (dollars), 102,841 bushels of oats, $101,393 value all livestock, 82,908 bushels of potatoes, $69,943 value horses aged over 3 years, 53,744 acres of land in farms, 34,963 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 33,528 bushels of spring wheat, $33,310 value farm implements in dollars, 28,890 bushels of turnips, 18,781 acres of farmland under cultivation, 16,021 bushels of peas, 13,251 bushels of carrots, 12,769 acres of farmland under crops, 10,084 bushels of winter wheat, 9,241 pounds of homemade butter, 6,443 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 6,440 pounds of wool produced on farms, 5,933 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,138 acres of oats, 4,424 tons of hay, 3,608 bushels of rye, 3,570 bushels of corn, 2,959 bushels of buckwheat, 2,655 horses aged 3 years and under, 2,482 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 1,772 acres of spring wheat, 1,681 sheep, 1,675 pounds of maple sugar, 1,507 milk cows, 1,349 swine, 1,196 calves and heifers, 1,169 acres of peas, $1,122 value garden and orchard crops, 1,103 bushels of barley, 1,034 barrels of pork, 992 horses aged over 3 years, 725 acres of potatoes, 631 acres of turnips, 503 occupants of farms, 381 acres of winter wheat, 361 barrels of beef, 275 pounds of hops, 244 acres of rye, 233 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 190 acres of corn, 154 bushels of beans, 148 acres of buckwheat, 137 bulls, oxen, or steers, 100 pounds of flax or hemp, 95 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 94 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 79 acres of farmland in gardens, 55 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 47 acres of barley, 43 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 35 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 27 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 11 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 5 acres of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $7,624 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 4,891 yards of flannel, 563 yards of fulled cloth, 115 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). The 1861 enumerator also recorded 8 quintals of dried fish sold — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 36 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 19, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 17, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 4, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among males aged 90 to 100: 2 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

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: ON067002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON118004_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q5572083
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloucester_Township,_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). "Gloucester, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/gloucester-on067002-1861/.