Innisfil, Ontario (1861 census)

Innisfil was a census subdivision in 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 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, Innisfil shared boundaries with:

• Barrie, Town of
• Essa
• Gwillimbury, west
• Gwillimhury, North
• Oro
• Vespra

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 164 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 4,573 total population, 2,338 males, 2,235 females, Male members of the family who are present: 2,161, Female members of the family who are present: 2,065, 1,522 single males, 1,369 single females, 831 married females, 798 married males, 264 females attending school, 250 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 177, Females present who are not members of the family: 170, 84 male births, 79 female births, 61 adult females unable to read or write, 52 adult males unable to read or write, 35 widowed females, 18 widowed males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 339 males aged 5 to 10, 326 females aged 5 to 10, 292 single females aged 10 to 15, 287 single males aged 15 to 20, 286 single males aged 10 to 15, 284 married females aged 20 to 30, 262 married males aged 20 to 30, 260 single females aged 15 to 20, 230 married females aged 30 to 40, 228 married males aged 30 to 40, 184 married females aged 40 to 50, 179 married males aged 40 to 50, 168 single males aged 20 to 30, 98 married males aged 50 to 60, 98 single females aged 20 to 30, 85 married females aged 50 to 60, 80 males aged 2 to 3, 79 females aged 2 to 3, 75 males aged 1 to 2, 74 females aged 1 to 2, 74 males aged 3 to 4, 74 males aged 4 to 5, 73 females age 3 to 4, 65 females aged 4 to 5, 33 married females aged 60 to 70, 30 single males aged 30 to 40, 24 married males aged 60 to 70, 15 single males aged 40 to 50, 10 single females aged 30 to 40, 9 married females aged 70 to 80, 9 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 females of unknown age, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,674 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1,062 persons originating in Ireland, 370 persons originating in England or Wales, 252 persons originating in Scotland, 144 persons originating in the United States, 37 French Canadians, 17 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 8 negroes or coloured persons, 5 Indigenous males, 3 Indigenous females, 3 persons originating in New Brunswick, 2 persons originating in Switzerland, 2 persons whose origin is unknown, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 7 persons originating in Russia or Poland — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $866,930 value farms (dollars), $147,920 value all livestock, 89,425 bushels of spring wheat, 86,638 pounds of homemade butter, 67,291 bushels of oats, 62,650 bushels of turnips, $61,910 value horses aged over 3 years, 57,926 bushels of potatoes, 38,763 acres of land in farms, $38,154 value farm implements in dollars, 36,527 bushels of winter wheat, 36,454 bushels of peas, 20,333 acres of farmland under cultivation, 19,024 pounds of maple sugar, 18,430 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 16,359 acres of farmland under crops, 8,533 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,614 acres of spring wheat, 3,906 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 3,860 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,089 swine, 2,871 sheep, 2,426 tons of hay, 2,026 acres of oats, 1,608 acres of peas, 1,385 barrels of pork, 1,373 acres of winter wheat, 1,325 milk cows, 1,166 calves and heifers, 865 horses aged over 3 years, 610 pounds of flax or hemp, 525 bushels of carrots, 434 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 432 acres of potatoes, 421 occupants of farms, 341 acres of turnips, 298 bulls, oxen, or steers, 256 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 242 horses aged 3 years and under, $224 value garden and orchard crops, 205 bushels of barley, 201 barrels of beef, 114 acres of farmland in gardens, 113 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 50 bushels of rye, 45 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 10 acres of barley, 10 pounds of hops, 8 bushels of buckwheat, 5 acres of rye, 5 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of buckwheat. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 6,984 yards of flannel, $3,427 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 1,153 yards of fulled cloth, 84 carriages for pleasure, $60 value carriages for hire (dollars), 1 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 14 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1861, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

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/.