Howick, Ontario (1861 census)

Howick was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,252. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5921913. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.891°N, 81.069°W.

Population

In 1861, Howick had a population of 2,252: 1,208 male and 1,044 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, Howick shared boundaries with:

• Carrick
• Culross
• Grey
• Minto
• Turnbury
• Wallace

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 156 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,252 total population, 1,208 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,112, 1,044 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,011, 805 single males, 651 single females, 380 married males, 374 married females, 150 males attending school, 130 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 96, 53 male births, 44 female births, Females present who are not members of the family: 33, 23 widowed males, 20 adult males unable to read or write, 19 widowed females, 13 adult females unable to read or write, 2 lunatic males, 2 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 167 married females aged 20 to 30, 153 single males aged 20 to 30, 144 married males aged 30 to 40, 136 females aged 5 to 10, 136 single females aged 10 to 15, 124 males aged 5 to 10, 123 single females aged 15 to 20, 122 single males aged 10 to 15, 108 single males aged 15 to 20, 92 married females aged 30 to 40, 92 married males aged 20 to 30, 73 married males aged 40 to 50, 57 males aged 2 to 3, 56 married females aged 40 to 50, 55 females aged 1 to 2, 51 males aged 1 to 2, 51 males aged 3 to 4, 47 females aged 2 to 3, 46 females aged 4 to 5, 46 married males aged 50 to 60, 44 males aged 4 to 5, 43 females age 3 to 4, 30 married females aged 50 to 60, 23 single males aged 30 to 40, 19 married males aged 60 to 70, 15 married females aged 60 to 70, 10 single females aged 20 to 30, 9 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 8 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 single males aged 60 to 70, 4 males of unknown age, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 married females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 married males over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,408 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 384 persons originating in Ireland, 200 persons originating in Scotland, 181 persons originating in England or Wales, 31 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 29 persons originating in the United States, 15 persons originating in Switzerland, 3 persons originating in New Brunswick, 2 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in the East Indies, 1 persons whose origin is unknown. 1 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $309,444 value farms (dollars), 91,191 bushels of turnips, $54,547 value all livestock, 46,806 bushels of spring wheat, 43,913 acres of land in farms, 38,462 pounds of homemade butter, 38,244 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 24,503 bushels of potatoes, 24,043 pounds of maple sugar, 10,942 bushels of oats, $8,080 value horses aged over 3 years, $7,890 value farm implements in dollars, 5,669 acres of farmland under cultivation, 4,652 acres of farmland under crops, 3,767 bushels of peas, 2,334 acres of spring wheat, 1,745 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,679 bushels of barley, 1,600 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,360 swine, 993 acres of farmland in pasture, 991 tons of hay, 959 calves and heifers, 680 sheep, 645 milk cows, 518 bulls, oxen, or steers, 488 acres of turnips, 392 acres of oats, 383 barrels of pork, 362 occupants of farms, 268 acres of potatoes, 227 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 199 acres of peas, 148 pounds of hops, $147 value garden and orchard crops, 132 horses aged over 3 years, 116 barrels of beef, 115 bushels of winter wheat, 84 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 77 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 76 acres of barley, 66 horses aged 3 years and under, 60 bushels of carrots, 39 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 24 acres of farmland in gardens, 20 bushels of rye, 15 bushels of corn, 14 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 13 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 8 pounds of flax or hemp, 5 acres of winter wheat, 5 bushels of beans, 5 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 acres of corn, 1 acres of rye. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 1,505 yards of flannel, 174 yards of fulled cloth, $70 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 1 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 5 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON079009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON119006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q5921913
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howick,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fordwich_(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). "Howick, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/howick-on079009-1861/.