Hallowell, Ontario (1861 census)

Hallowell was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,629. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261670. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.989°N, 77.228°W.

Population

In 1861, Hallowell had a population of 3,629: 1,836 male and 1,793 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, Hallowell shared boundaries with:

• Athol
• Hillier
• Marysburgh
• Picton, T-V
• Sophiasburg

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 188 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,629 total population, 1,836 males, 1,793 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,692, Female members of the family who are present: 1,644, 1,225 single males, 1,148 single females, 577 married males, 570 married females, 480 males attending school, 408 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 149, Males present who are not members of the family: 144, 75 widowed females, 52 male births, 49 female births, 34 widowed males, 31 adult males unable to read or write, 28 adult females unable to read or write, 2 blind females, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 blind males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 259 females aged 5 to 10, 258 males aged 5 to 10, 235 single females aged 10 to 15, 230 single males aged 10 to 15, 211 single males aged 15 to 20, 210 single females aged 15 to 20, 189 married females aged 20 to 30, 184 single males aged 20 to 30, 179 married males aged 30 to 40, 174 married females aged 30 to 40, 167 married males aged 20 to 30, 139 single females aged 20 to 30, 134 married males aged 40 to 50, 122 married females aged 40 to 50, 65 married males aged 50 to 60, 61 males aged 2 to 3, 60 married females aged 50 to 60, 59 females aged 2 to 3, 59 males aged 1 to 2, 57 males aged 4 to 5, 55 females aged 4 to 5, 55 males aged 3 to 4, 53 females age 3 to 4, 52 females aged 1 to 2, 30 single males aged 30 to 40, 21 married males aged 60 to 70, 20 single females aged 30 to 40, 16 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 16 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 15 single males aged 40 to 50, 15 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 13 married females aged 60 to 70, 11 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 9 single females aged 40 to 50, 8 married males aged 70 to 80, 8 single males aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 5 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,938 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 280 persons originating in Ireland, 173 persons originating in the United States, 168 persons originating in England or Wales, 47 persons originating in New Brunswick, 13 persons originating in Scotland, 11 Indigenous males, 9 Indigenous females, 2 female negroes or coloured persons, 2 male negroes or coloured persons, 2 persons originating in all other places, 2 persons originating in France, 2 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 2 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 French Canadians, 1 persons originating in Sweden or Norway. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $1,392,270 value farms (dollars), $131,435 value all livestock, 103,303 pounds of homemade butter, 95,863 bushels of peas, $84,838 value horses aged over 3 years, 66,847 bushels of barley, 54,539 bushels of oats, 51,461 pounds of maple sugar, 44,067 bushels of rye, 43,675 bushels of potatoes, 41,765 acres of land in farms, $41,393 value farm implements in dollars, 36,479 bushels of spring wheat, 34,589 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 30,335 bushels of buckwheat, 28,014 acres of farmland under cultivation, 26,521 bushels of corn, 14,994 acres of farmland under crops, 14,446 gallons of cider, 14,218 pounds of wool produced on farms, 13,751 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 11,767 acres of farmland in pasture, 9,200 pounds of hops, 7,479 bushels of carrots, $5,432 value garden and orchard crops, 5,332 bushels of turnips, 4,530 sheep, 3,742 acres of peas, 2,891 acres of rye, 2,676 tons of hay, 2,268 acres of barley, 1,857 acres of spring wheat, 1,626 milk cows, 1,501 bushels of winter wheat, 1,497 acres of oats, 1,301 calves and heifers, 1,276 swine, 1,275 acres of buckwheat, 1,202 horses aged over 3 years, 1,070 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 939 acres of corn, 902 barrels of pork, 454 acres of potatoes, 441 horses aged 3 years and under, 369 occupants of farms, 297 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 253 acres of farmland in gardens, 218 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 161 pounds of flax or hemp, 150 acres of winter wheat, 148 bushels of beans, 145 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 143 bulls, oxen, or steers, 130 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 103 barrels of beef, 38 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 29 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 21 acres of turnips, 19 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 8 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 acres of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $30,186 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 7,354 yards of flannel, 2,126 yards of fulled cloth, 660 carriages for pleasure, 73 yards of linen. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 3,500 pounds of fresh fish sold, 637 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 26 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 14, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, 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 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 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.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 3 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: ON095003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON140003_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261670

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). "Hallowell, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/hallowell-on095003-1861/.