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Year: 1861  |  Province: Ontario

Gwillimbury, W-O, Ontario (1861 census)

Gwillimbury, W-O was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,603. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.137°N, 79.611°W.

Population

In 1861, Gwillimbury, W-O had a population of 3,603: 1,884 male and 1,719 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18613,603
18713,036

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, Gwillimbury, W-O shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 180 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,603 total population, 1,884 males, 1,719 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,694, Female members of the family who are present: 1,545, 1,300 single males, 1,114 single females, 553 married males, 551 married females, 212 females attending school, 200 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 190, Females present who are not members of the family: 174, 76 male births, 71 female births, 54 widowed females, 50 adult females unable to read or write, 44 adult males unable to read or write, 31 widowed males, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 272 males aged 5 to 10, 269 females aged 5 to 10, 221 single males aged 10 to 15, 210 single females aged 10 to 15, 200 married females aged 20 to 30, 200 single males aged 15 to 20, 200 single males aged 20 to 30, 194 married females aged 30 to 40, 191 single females aged 15 to 20, 190 married males aged 30 to 40, 135 married males aged 20 to 30, 102 married males aged 40 to 50, 102 single females aged 20 to 30, 89 married females aged 40 to 50, 76 married males aged 50 to 60, 71 males aged 1 to 2, 70 females aged 1 to 2, 68 males aged 2 to 3, 61 females aged 2 to 3, 59 males aged 3 to 4, 58 single males aged 30 to 40, 56 males aged 4 to 5, 54 females age 3 to 4, 51 females aged 4 to 5, 43 married females aged 50 to 60, 39 married males aged 60 to 70, 25 single females aged 30 to 40, 17 married females aged 60 to 70, 10 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 8 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 7 single males aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 males of unknown age, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 females of unknown age, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,364 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 757 persons originating in Ireland, 208 persons originating in England or Wales, 169 persons originating in Scotland, 70 persons originating in the United States, 13 Indigenous persons, 9 male negroes or coloured persons, 9 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 7 negroes or coloured persons, 6 persons whose origin is unknown, 5 Indigenous males, 5 persons originating in the West Indies, 3 female negroes or coloured persons, 3 persons originating in New Brunswick, 3 persons originating in Switzerland, 2 French Canadians, 2 Indigenous females, 2 persons originating in all other places, 2 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 1 persons originating in the East Indies. 1 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $1,556,429 value farms (dollars), $178,825 value all livestock, 111,880 bushels of spring wheat, 101,650 bushels of turnips, 95,264 pounds of homemade butter, 86,284 bushels of oats, 84,705 bushels of winter wheat, $83,870 value horses aged over 3 years, $68,272 value farm implements in dollars, 52,318 bushels of peas, 43,822 bushels of potatoes, 37,276 acres of land in farms, 23,864 acres of farmland under cultivation, 19,929 acres of farmland under crops, 14,091 pounds of maple sugar, 13,412 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 13,375 pounds of wool produced on farms, 9,625 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 7,532 bushels of carrots, $5,409 value garden and orchard crops, 5,079 acres of spring wheat, 4,697 swine, 4,284 sheep, 3,619 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,547 gallons of cider, 3,317 acres of winter wheat, 2,289 acres of oats, 2,283 acres of peas, 1,970 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 1,954 tons of hay, 1,738 barrels of pork, 1,545 calves and heifers, 1,376 milk cows, 1,150 bushels of barley, 1,093 horses aged over 3 years, 600 pounds of flax or hemp, 406 horses aged 3 years and under, 360 acres of potatoes, 352 barrels of beef, 345 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 335 occupants of farms, 286 acres of farmland in gardens, 276 acres of turnips, 198 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 136 bulls, oxen, or steers, 124 bushels of corn, 64 bushels of buckwheat, 56 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 51 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 49 bushels of beans, 36 acres of barley, 22 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 20 bushels of rye, 18 pounds of hops, 6 acres of buckwheat, 6 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 3 acres of corn, 3 acres of mangel wurtzel, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of rye, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $16,231 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 6,510 yards of flannel, 2,162 yards of fulled cloth, 281 carriages for pleasure, $80 value carriages for hire (dollars), 1 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 20 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, 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 aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

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). "Gwillimbury, W-O, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/gwillimbury-w-o-on098007-1861/.