Year: 1861 | Province: Ontario | County: Simcoe | Wikidata: Q3492080

Innisfil, Ontario (1861 census)

Name: Innisfil (1861)
Address: Ontario, CA

Innisfil was a census subdivision in Simcoe County, Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 4,573. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3492080. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.304°N, 79.617°W.

Population

In 1861, Innisfil had a population of 4,573: 2,338 male and 2,235 female residents. Population density was 32.6 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1851	2,341
1861	4,573
1871	5,480
1881	5,499
1891	5,110
1901	3,858
1911	3,499
1921	3,330

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, Innisfil shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 336 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (26 variables)

Variable	Value
Female members of the family who are present	2,065
Females present who are not members of the family	170
Male members of the family who are present	2,161
Males present who are not members of the family	177
Number of adult females unable to read or write	61
Number of adult males unable to read or write	52
Number of deaf and dumb females	1
Number of deaf and dumb males	1
Number of female births in the past year	79
Number of females	2,235
Number of females attending school	264
Number of male births in the past year	84
Number of males	2,338
Number of males attending school	250
Number of married females	831
Number of married males	798
Number of persons at sea	1
Number of single females	1,369
Number of single males	1,522
Number of widowed females	35
Number of widowed males	18
POP FX N.1	2,235
POP MX N.1	2,338
POP TOT	4,573
POP XX N.1	4,573
Total population	4,573

Age structure (55 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of females age 3 to 4	73
Number of females aged 1 to 2	74
Number of females aged 2 to 3	79
Number of females aged 4 to 5	65
Number of females aged 5 to 10	326
Number of females of unknown age	3
Number of males aged 1 to 2	75
Number of males aged 2 to 3	80
Number of males aged 3 to 4	74
Number of males aged 4 to 5	74
Number of males aged 5 to 10	339
Number of married females aged 15 to 20	5
Number of married females aged 20 to 30	284
Number of married females aged 30 to 40	230
Number of married females aged 40 to 50	184
Number of married females aged 50 to 60	85
Number of married females aged 60 to 70	33
Number of married females aged 70 to 80	9
Number of married females aged 80 to 90	1
Number of married males aged 20 to 30	262
Number of married males aged 30 to 40	228
Number of married males aged 40 to 50	179
Number of married males aged 50 to 60	98
Number of married males aged 60 to 70	24
Number of married males aged 70 to 80	6
Number of married males aged 80 to 90	1
Number of single females aged 10 to 15	292
Number of single females aged 15 to 20	260
Number of single females aged 20 to 30	98
Number of single females aged 30 to 40	10
Number of single females aged 40 to 50	5
Number of single females aged 50 to 60	2
Number of single females aged 60 to 70	3
Number of single males aged 10 to 15	286
Number of single males aged 15 to 20	287
Number of single males aged 20 to 30	168
Number of single males aged 30 to 40	30
Number of single males aged 40 to 50	15
Number of single males aged 50 to 60	6
Number of single males aged 60 to 70	3
Number of single males aged 70 to 80	1
Number of widowed females aged 20 to 30	3
Number of widowed females aged 30 to 40	7
Number of widowed females aged 40 to 50	5
Number of widowed females aged 50 to 60	9
Number of widowed females aged 60 to 70	6
Number of widowed females aged 70 to 80	4
Number of widowed females aged 80 to 90	1
Number of widowed males aged 20 to 30	2
Number of widowed males aged 30 to 40	2
Number of widowed males aged 40 to 50	3
Number of widowed males aged 50 to 60	3
Number of widowed males aged 60 to 70	4
Number of widowed males aged 70 to 80	3
Number of widowed males aged 80 to 90	1

Ethnic origin (16 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	37
Number of Indigenous females	3
Number of Indigenous males	5
Number of negroes or coloured persons	8
Number of persons native to Canada, not of French origin	2,674
Number of persons originating in England or Wales	370
Number of persons originating in France	1
Number of persons originating in Germany or Holland	17
Number of persons originating in Ireland	1,062
Number of persons originating in New Brunswick	3
Number of persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island	1
Number of persons originating in Russia or Poland	7
Number of persons originating in Scotland	252
Number of persons originating in Switzerland	2
Number of persons originating in the United States	144
Number of persons whose origin is unknown	2

Agriculture (73 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	10
Acres of buckwheat	1
Acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers	434
Acres of farmland in gardens	114
Acres of farmland in pasture	3,860
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	18,430
Acres of farmland under crops	16,359
Acres of farmland under cultivation	20,333
Acres of land in farms	38,763
Acres of oats	2,026
Acres of peas	1,608
Acres of potatoes	432
Acres of rye	5
Acres of spring wheat	4,614
Acres of turnips	341
Acres of winter wheat	1,373
Barrels of beef produced in the past year	201
Barrels of pork produced in the past year	1,385
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	205
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year	8
Bushels of carrots produced in the past year	525
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	67,291
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	36,454
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	57,926
Bushels of rye produced in the past year	50
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	89,425
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	62,650
Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year	36,527
C18 WHT FALL AC	1,373
C19 WHT FALL BU	36,527
C20 WHT SP AC	4,614
C21 WHT SP BU	89,425
C22 BAR AC	10
C23 BAR BU	205
C24 RYE AC	5
C25 RYE BU	50
C26 PEA AC	1,608
C27 PEA BU	36,454
C28 OAT AC	2,026
C29 OAT BU	67,291
C30 BWT AC	1
C31 BWT BU	8
C34 POT AC	432
C35 POT BU	57,926
C43 HAY TONS	2,426
C47 WOOL LBS	8,533
C63 BEEF BAR	201
C64 PORK BAR	1,385
HRS ov03 V	61,910
Number of bulls, oxen, or steers	298
Number of calves and heifers	1,166
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	242
Number of horses aged over 3 years	865
Number of milk cows	1,325
Number of occupants of farms	421
Number of persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres	5
Number of persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres	45
Number of persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres	113
Number of persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres	256
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	2
Number of sheep	2,871
Number of swine	3,089
Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year	3,906
Pounds of flax or hemp produced in the past year	610
Pounds of homemade butter	86,638
Pounds of hops produced in the past year	10
Pounds of maple sugar produced in the past year	19,024
Pounds of wool produced on farms in the past year	8,533
Tons of hay produced in the past year	2,426
Value of all livestock	147,920
Value of farm implements in dollars	38,154
Value of farms (dollars)	866,930
Value of garden and orchard crops produced in the past year	224

Manufacturing & industry (6 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of carriages for hire	1
Number of carriages for pleasure	84
Value of carriages for hire (dollars)	60
Value of carriages for pleasure (dollars)	3,427
Yards of flannel produced in the past year	6,984
Yards of fulled cloth produced in the past year	1,153

Deaths & mortality (12 variables)

Variable	Value
Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2	1
Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40	2
Deaths in the past year among females of all ages	5
Deaths in the past year among females under age 1	2
Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30	1
Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40	2
Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50	1
Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60	2
Deaths in the past year among males of all ages	9
Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age	3
Deaths in the past year among males under age 1	1
Total number of deaths in the past year	14

Other recorded variables (148 variables)

Variable	Value
At Sea	1
C01 TOTAL	421
C03 OCC 10 TO 20	5
C04 OCC 20 TO 50	113
C05 OCC 50 TO 100	256
C06 OCC 100 TO 200	45
C07 OCC OVR 200	2
C08 HELD	38,763
C09 UNDR CULT	20,333
C1 Males	2,338
C10 Deaths under 1 year M	1
C10 UNDR CROP	16,359
C11 Deaths under 1 year F	2
C11 UNDR PAST	3,860
C117 Ages not given F	3
C118 Ages not given Deaths M	3
C12 GARDENS	114
C12 Under 2 Years M	75
C120 Married M	798
C121 Single M	1,522
C122 Widowed M	18
C123 Total M	2,338
C124 Married F	831
C125 Single F	1,369
C126 Widows F	35
C127 Total F	2,235
C128 Grand Total	4,573
C129 Deaths M	9
C13 Under 2 Years F	74
C13 WOOD WILD	18,430
C130 Deaths F	5
C131 Deaths Total	14
C132 Indians M	5
C133 Indians F	3
C136 Attending School M	250
C137 Attending School F	264
C138 Adults unable to read or write M	52
C139 Adults unable to read or write F	61
C14 CASH FARM	866,930
C140 Deaf and Dumb M	1
C141 Deaf and Dumb F	1
C15 CASH IMP	38,154
C15 Deaths under 2 years F	1
C16 GARDN VALUE	224
C16 Under 3 years M	80
C17 LAND HELD	434
C17 Under 3 years F	79
C2 Females	2,235
C20 Under 4 years M	74
C21 Under 4 years F	73
C24 Under 5 years M	74
C25 Under 5 years F	65
C28 Between 5 and 10 Years M	339
C29 Between 5 and 10 years F	326
C3 Total	4,573
C33 Between 10 and 15 years Single M	286
C35 Between 10 and 15 years Single F	292
C36 TUR AC	341
C37 TUR BU	62,650
C38 CAR BU	525
C39 Between 15 and 20 years Single M	287
C4 Members of Family M	2,161
C40 Between 15 and 20 years Married F	5
C41 Between 15 and 20 years Single F	260
C44 Between 20 and 30 years Married M	262
C44 HOP LBS	10
C45 Between 20 and 30 years Single M	168
C45 MPL SGR LBS	19,024
C46 Between 20 and 30 years Widowers M	2
C47 Between 20 and 30 years Married F	284
C48 Between 20 and 30 years Single F	98
C48 FLLD CLOTH YRDS	1,153
C49 Between 20 and 30 years Widows F	3
C49 FLAN YRDS	6,984
C5 Members of Family F	2,065
C50 Between 20 and 30 years Deaths M	1
C50 FLX HEM LBS	610
C52 Between 30 and 40 years Married M	228
C52 BULLS OX STEERS	298
C53 Between 30 and 40 years Single M	30
C53 MILK COWS	1,325
C54 Between 30 and 40 years Widowers M	2
C54 CALVES HEIFERS	1,166
C55 Between 30 and 40 years Married F	230
C55 HORSES	865
C56 Between 30 and 40 years Single F	10
C56 HORSES VAL	61,910
C57 Between 30 and 40 years Widows F	7
C57 COLTS FILLIES	242
C58 Between 30 and 40 years Deaths M	2
C58 SHEEP	2,871
C59 Between 30 and 40 years Deaths F	2
C59 SWINE	3,089
C6 Not Members of Family M	177
C60 Between 40 and 50 years Married M	179
C60 TOT VALUE	147,920
C61 Between 40 and 50 years Single M	15
C61 BUTTER LB	86,638
C62 Between 40 and 50 years Widowers M	3
C62 CHEESE LB	3,906
C63 Between 40 and 50 years Married F	184
C64 Between 40 and 50 years Single F	5
C65 Between 40 and 50 years Widows F	5
C66 Between 40 and 50 years Deaths M	1
C68 Between 50 and 60 years Married M	98
C68 CAR PLEASURE	84
C69 Between 50 and 60 years Single M	6
C69 VALUE DOL P	3,427
C7 Not Members of Family F	170
C70 Between 50 and 60 years Widowers M	3
C70 CAR HIRE	1
C71 Between 50 and 60 years Married F	85
C71 VALUE DOL H	60
C72 Between 50 and 60 years Single F	2
C73 Between 50 and 60 years Widows F	9
C74 Between 50 and 60 years Deaths M	2
C76 Between 60 and 70 years Married M	24
C77 Between 60 and 70 years Single M	3
C78 Between 60 and 70 years Widowers M	4
C79 Between 60 and 70 years Married F	33
C8 Births in 1860 M	84
C80 Between 60 and 70 years Single F	3
C81 Between 60 and 70 years Widows F	6
C84 Between 70 and 80 years Married M	6
C85 Between 70 and 80 years Single M	1
C86 Between 70 and 80 years Widowers M	3
C87 Between 70 and 80 years Married F	9
C89 Between 70 and 80 years Widows F	4
C9 Births in 1860 F	79
C92 Between 80 and 90 years Married M	1
C94 Between 80 and 90 years Widowers M	1
C95 Between 80 and 90 years Married F	1
C97 Between 80 and 90 years Widows F	1
CD NAME	Simcoe
Colored Persons	8
England and Wales	370
France	1
Ireland	1,062
Natives of Canada French Origin	37
Natives of Canada Not of French Origin	2,674
New Brunswick	3
Not Known	2
Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island	1
Prussia German States and Holland	17
Russia and Poland	7
Scotland	252
Switzerland	2
United States	144

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON098008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON144005 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q3492080
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innisfil
Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innisfil

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). "Innisfil, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/innisfil-on098008-1861/.