Goulburn, Ontario (1861 census)

Goulburn was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,914. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4141332. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.191°N, 75.928°W.

Population

In 1861, Goulburn had a population of 2,914: 1,447 male and 1,467 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, Goulburn shared boundaries with:

• Beckwith
• Gower N
• Huntley
• March
• Marlborough
• Nepean
• Richmond, Village

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 166 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,914 total population, 1,467 females, 1,447 males, Female members of the family who are present: 1,407, Male members of the family who are present: 1,369, 1,032 single males, 1,016 single females, 414 married females, 392 married males, 344 males attending school, 252 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 78, Females present who are not members of the family: 60, 56 female births, 47 male births, 37 widowed females, 23 widowed males, 18 adult females unable to read or write, 13 adult males unable to read or write, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 221 single males aged 20 to 30, 206 single females aged 15 to 20, 202 single males aged 10 to 15, 192 single females aged 10 to 15, 173 single females aged 20 to 30, 164 single males aged 15 to 20, 158 females aged 5 to 10, 154 males aged 5 to 10, 121 married females aged 20 to 30, 99 married males aged 30 to 40, 98 married females aged 30 to 40, 74 married males aged 40 to 50, 71 married females aged 40 to 50, 67 married males aged 50 to 60, 65 married males aged 20 to 30, 64 married females aged 50 to 60, 58 females aged 1 to 2, 54 males aged 1 to 2, 52 married males aged 60 to 70, 50 females age 3 to 4, 46 males aged 4 to 5, 45 females aged 2 to 3, 43 males aged 2 to 3, 41 married females aged 60 to 70, 38 males aged 3 to 4, 36 single males aged 30 to 40, 32 married males aged 70 to 80, 31 females aged 4 to 5, 28 single females aged 30 to 40, 13 single males aged 40 to 50, 11 married females aged 70 to 80, 10 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 9 single females aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 7 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 5 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 single males aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 3 married females aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 males of unknown age, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 single males aged 90 to 100, 1 married males over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,137 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 657 persons originating in Ireland, 55 persons originating in Scotland, 41 persons originating in England or Wales, 11 persons originating in New Brunswick, 3 persons originating in the United States, 2 French Canadians, 2 persons originating in France, 2 persons whose origin is unknown, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in Spain or Portugal, 1 persons originating in Switzerland, 1 persons originating in the East Indies. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $562,162 value farms (dollars), $103,485 value all livestock, 100,670 bushels of potatoes, 94,235 pounds of homemade butter, 81,312 bushels of oats, $55,143 value horses aged over 3 years, 46,775 acres of land in farms, 40,284 bushels of spring wheat, $36,556 value farm implements in dollars, 28,466 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 18,309 acres of farmland under cultivation, 16,458 bushels of peas, 10,925 acres of farmland under crops, 10,031 bushels of winter wheat, 9,708 pounds of wool produced on farms, 9,504 bushels of turnips, 7,354 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,983 bushels of buckwheat, 3,166 acres of oats, 2,837 sheep, 2,544 tons of hay, 2,350 acres of spring wheat, 2,316 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,184 acres of potatoes, 1,850 pounds of maple sugar, 1,659 swine, 1,638 bushels of barley, 1,421 calves and heifers, 1,411 milk cows, 1,159 barrels of pork, 1,117 bushels of rye, 1,065 bushels of corn, 998 acres of peas, 847 bushels of carrots, 752 horses aged over 3 years, 549 acres of winter wheat, 428 occupants of farms, 414 barrels of beef, 303 horses aged 3 years and under, 254 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, $254 value garden and orchard crops, 191 acres of buckwheat, 107 bulls, oxen, or steers, 76 pounds of hops, 75 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 71 acres of rye, 69 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 56 acres of barley, 43 acres of corn, 40 acres of turnips, 40 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 30 acres of farmland in gardens, 20 bushels of beans, 19 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 16 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 10 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 6,484 yards of flannel, $5,226 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 1,554 yards of fulled cloth, 77 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 16 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 7, 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 females aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among males aged 90 to 100: 1 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

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: ON067003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON105003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q4141332
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goulbourn_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). "Goulburn, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/goulburn-on067003-1861/.