Hinchinbrooke, Ontario (1861 census)

Hinchinbrooke was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 760. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.601°N, 76.764°W.

Population

In 1861, Hinchinbrooke had a population of 760: 446 male and 314 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, Hinchinbrooke shared boundaries with:

• Bedford
• Camden
• Kennebec
• Olden
• Portland
• Sheffield

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 124 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 760 total population, 446 males, Male members of the family who are present: 362, 314 females, Female members of the family who are present: 310, 284 single males, 192 single females, 158 married males, 117 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 84, 70 females attending school, 39 males attending school, 15 male births, 11 female births, 5 widowed females, Females present who are not members of the family: 4, 4 widowed males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 86 single males aged 20 to 30, 54 married males aged 30 to 40, 44 single males aged 15 to 20, 43 females aged 5 to 10, 42 married males aged 40 to 50, 41 married females aged 20 to 30, 40 single females aged 10 to 15, 37 married females aged 30 to 40, 36 married males aged 20 to 30, 35 males aged 5 to 10, 34 single females aged 15 to 20, 34 single males aged 10 to 15, 23 married females aged 40 to 50, 15 females aged 2 to 3, 14 females age 3 to 4, 14 males aged 1 to 2, 14 single males aged 30 to 40, 12 females aged 4 to 5, 12 males aged 4 to 5, 12 married males aged 50 to 60, 11 males aged 3 to 4, 10 females aged 1 to 2, 10 males aged 2 to 3, 10 single females aged 20 to 30, 9 married males aged 60 to 70, 7 males of unknown age, 6 married females aged 50 to 60, 6 married females aged 60 to 70, 5 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 married females aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 520 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 215 persons originating in Ireland, 19 persons originating in England or Wales, 3 persons originating in Scotland, 3 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $34,540 value farms (dollars), $16,669 value all livestock, 15,600 pounds of homemade butter, 11,305 acres of land in farms, $10,410 value horses aged over 3 years, 9,194 bushels of potatoes, 9,117 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,045 bushels of oats, 7,164 pounds of maple sugar, $3,178 value farm implements in dollars, 2,236 bushels of peas, 2,188 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,946 bushels of spring wheat, 1,673 acres of farmland under crops, 1,329 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,306 bushels of turnips, 1,083 bushels of rye, 681 tons of hay, 511 acres of farmland in pasture, 427 sheep, 380 bushels of corn, 364 bushels of buckwheat, 323 swine, 294 acres of oats, 247 calves and heifers, 237 milk cows, 149 barrels of pork, 147 acres of peas, 129 horses aged over 3 years, 123 acres of spring wheat, 120 pounds of hops, 110 bulls, oxen, or steers, 109 bushels of winter wheat, 108 acres of potatoes, 98 acres of rye, 93 bushels of carrots, 85 occupants of farms, 49 horses aged 3 years and under, 41 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 39 barrels of beef, 26 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 19 acres of buckwheat, 16 acres of corn, 12 acres of turnips, 12 bushels of barley, 8 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 acres of winter wheat, 4 acres of farmland in gardens, 4 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 acres of barley, 1 bushels of beans. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 942 yards of flannel, $658 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 248 yards of fulled cloth, 3 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

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

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON072003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON111005 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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). "Hinchinbrooke, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/hinchinbrooke-on072003-1861/.