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Year: 1861  |  Province: Ontario  |  Wikidata: Q115261812

Huntingdon, Ontario (1861 census)

Huntingdon was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,917. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261812. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.415°N, 77.441°W.

Population

In 1861, Huntingdon had a population of 2,917: 1,514 male and 1,403 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18512,548
18612,917
18712,853
18812,555
18912,562
19012,612
19112,153
19211,758

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, Huntingdon shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 171 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,917 total population, 1,514 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,473, 1,403 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,381, 1,061 single males, 920 single females, 438 married females, 430 married males, 284 males attending school, 233 females attending school, 58 male births, 53 female births, 45 widowed females, Males present who are not members of the family: 41, 23 adult males unable to read or write, 23 widowed males, Females present who are not members of the family: 22, 20 adult females unable to read or write, 3 lunatic females, 1 blind females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 212 single males aged 10 to 15, 192 single females aged 10 to 15, 189 males aged 5 to 10, 183 females aged 5 to 10, 173 single males aged 20 to 30, 172 single males aged 15 to 20, 163 single females aged 15 to 20, 125 married females aged 20 to 30, 118 married females aged 30 to 40, 118 married males aged 40 to 50, 116 married males aged 30 to 40, 97 married females aged 40 to 50, 93 single females aged 20 to 30, 73 married males aged 20 to 30, 69 married males aged 50 to 60, 67 married females aged 50 to 60, 66 females aged 1 to 2, 52 males aged 3 to 4, 49 males aged 2 to 3, 47 males aged 4 to 5, 44 females age 3 to 4, 44 females aged 2 to 3, 44 males aged 1 to 2, 42 females aged 4 to 5, 39 married males aged 60 to 70, 36 single males aged 30 to 40, 20 single females aged 40 to 50, 17 married females aged 60 to 70, 14 married males aged 70 to 80, 11 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 10 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 9 married females aged 15 to 20, 9 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 males of unknown age, 6 single females aged 60 to 70, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 6 single males aged 60 to 70, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 single males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 females of unknown age, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,202 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 467 persons originating in Ireland, 98 persons originating in England or Wales, 63 persons originating in Scotland, 51 persons originating in the United States, 21 French Canadians, 9 persons whose origin is unknown, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $436,865 value farms (dollars), $75,272 value all livestock, 61,341 pounds of homemade butter, 49,500 bushels of oats, 44,814 bushels of potatoes, 38,657 acres of land in farms, 36,422 bushels of peas, $35,542 value horses aged over 3 years, 31,643 pounds of maple sugar, 29,190 bushels of spring wheat, $27,173 value farm implements in dollars, 20,115 bushels of rye, 19,491 acres of farmland under cultivation, 19,166 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 13,827 bushels of turnips, 9,671 acres of farmland in pasture, 9,583 acres of farmland under crops, 8,932 bushels of barley, 8,627 pounds of wool produced on farms, 7,033 bushels of buckwheat, 4,517 bushels of corn, 3,196 bushels of carrots, 2,773 sheep, 2,682 bushels of winter wheat, 2,149 acres of peas, $1,983 value garden and orchard crops, 1,791 tons of hay, 1,766 acres of spring wheat, 1,733 acres of oats, 1,618 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,441 acres of rye, 1,307 swine, 1,182 calves and heifers, 1,026 barrels of pork, 1,023 milk cows, 588 horses aged over 3 years, 509 acres of potatoes, 404 acres of barley, 404 acres of buckwheat, 390 acres of winter wheat, 386 occupants of farms, 368 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 318 bulls, oxen, or steers, 295 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 262 horses aged 3 years and under, 237 acres of farmland in gardens, 236 acres of corn, 205 gallons of cider, 190 barrels of beef, 183 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 102 bushels of beans, 97 pounds of hops, 90 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 65 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 50 acres of turnips, 22 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 20 pounds of flax or hemp, 14 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 12 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 8 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 2 acres of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 7,187 yards of flannel, $5,431 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 2,279 yards of fulled cloth, 123 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 5 barrels of salted fish sold. (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 females of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 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 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 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). "Huntingdon, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/huntingdon-on078005-1861/.