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Year: 1861  |  Province: Ontario

Humberstone, Ontario (1861 census)

Humberstone was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,039. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.917°N, 79.197°W.

Population

In 1861, Humberstone had a population of 3,039: 1,603 male and 1,436 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18512,201
18613,039

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Humberstone shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 174 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,039 total population, 1,603 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,450, 1,436 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,332, 1,097 single males, 856 single females, 518 married females, 477 married males, 365 males attending school, 262 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 153, Females present who are not members of the family: 104, 63 male births, 62 widowed females, 41 female births, 29 widowed males, 19 adult males unable to read or write, 17 adult females unable to read or write, 6 lunatic females, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 185 single males aged 20 to 30, 181 single males aged 10 to 15, 175 males aged 5 to 10, 172 females aged 5 to 10, 167 single males aged 15 to 20, 166 married females aged 20 to 30, 161 married females aged 30 to 40, 157 single females aged 10 to 15, 148 married males aged 30 to 40, 144 single females aged 15 to 20, 124 married males aged 40 to 50, 100 single females aged 20 to 30, 87 married females aged 40 to 50, 76 married males aged 20 to 30, 74 married males aged 50 to 60, 66 males aged 1 to 2, 63 females aged 4 to 5, 62 married females aged 50 to 60, 61 males aged 2 to 3, 59 females aged 2 to 3, 52 males aged 3 to 4, 52 males aged 4 to 5, 47 females age 3 to 4, 43 married males aged 60 to 70, 41 females aged 1 to 2, 32 single males aged 30 to 40, 30 married females aged 60 to 70, 29 males of unknown age, 22 single males aged 40 to 50, 16 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 16 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 13 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 12 single females aged 30 to 40, 11 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 10 married males aged 70 to 80, 9 single females aged 40 to 50, 7 single males aged 50 to 60, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 single females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 females of unknown age, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,913 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 428 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 248 persons originating in Ireland, 205 persons originating in the United States, 84 persons originating in France, 58 persons originating in England or Wales, 43 persons originating in Scotland, 25 persons whose origin is unknown, 23 French Canadians, 17 negroes or coloured persons, 11 persons originating in Switzerland, 9 male negroes or coloured persons, 8 female negroes or coloured persons. 1 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $703,970 value farms (dollars), $92,293 value all livestock, 64,843 bushels of oats, 49,950 pounds of homemade butter, $38,958 value horses aged over 3 years, 36,932 gallons of cider, 26,275 acres of land in farms, 23,038 bushels of barley, $20,742 value farm implements in dollars, 19,276 bushels of spring wheat, 14,407 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 14,252 bushels of potatoes, 13,846 bushels of corn, 11,868 acres of farmland under cultivation, 8,798 acres of farmland under crops, 8,661 bushels of buckwheat, 8,332 bushels of peas, $6,772 value garden and orchard crops, 6,292 pounds of wool produced on farms, 6,120 pounds of maple sugar, 5,183 bushels of winter wheat, 3,924 bushels of rye, 2,702 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,482 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,191 tons of hay, 1,941 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 1,921 sheep, 1,750 acres of oats, 1,562 bushels of turnips, 1,492 swine, 1,156 acres of spring wheat, 1,030 calves and heifers, 986 milk cows, 914 bushels of carrots, 878 acres of barley, 736 barrels of pork, 726 acres of winter wheat, 659 horses aged over 3 years, 595 pounds of flax or hemp, 483 acres of buckwheat, 445 acres of peas, 418 acres of corn, 375 acres of rye, 368 acres of farmland in gardens, 304 occupants of farms, 293 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 236 acres of potatoes, 194 horses aged 3 years and under, 186 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 155 bushels of beans, 138 barrels of beef, 134 bulls, oxen, or steers, 108 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 87 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 75 pounds of hops, 58 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 22 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 17 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 12 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 7 acres of mangel wurtzel, 5 acres of turnips. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $4,633 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 3,523 yards of flannel, 437 yards of fulled cloth, 340 yards of linen, 92 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 30 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 17, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 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. (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). "Humberstone, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/humberstone-on102006-1861/.