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Year: 1861  |  Province: Ontario

Kincaraio, Ontario (1861 census)

Kincaraio was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,906. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.187°N, 81.525°W.

Population

In 1861, Kincaraio had a population of 2,906: 1,518 male and 1,388 female residents.

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Kincaraio 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 2,906 total population, 1,518 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,465, 1,388 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,344, 1,058 single males, 895 single females, 441 married females, 431 married males, 213 females attending school, 141 males attending school, 62 male births, 59 female births, Males present who are not members of the family: 53, 52 widowed females, Females present who are not members of the family: 44, 29 widowed males, 20 adult males unable to read or write, 16 adult females unable to read or write, 4 blind males, 3 lunatic males, 2 blind females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 208 males aged 5 to 10, 204 single males aged 20 to 30, 199 females aged 5 to 10, 189 single males aged 10 to 15, 188 single females aged 10 to 15, 180 married females aged 20 to 30, 152 single males aged 15 to 20, 143 married males aged 30 to 40, 140 single females aged 15 to 20, 133 married males aged 20 to 30, 108 married females aged 30 to 40, 90 married males aged 40 to 50, 73 married females aged 40 to 50, 63 males aged 2 to 3, 63 single females aged 20 to 30, 56 females age 3 to 4, 56 females aged 1 to 2, 53 males aged 3 to 4, 52 females aged 2 to 3, 50 females aged 4 to 5, 45 males aged 1 to 2, 43 married males aged 50 to 60, 34 males aged 4 to 5, 30 married females aged 15 to 20, 29 married females aged 50 to 60, 29 single males aged 30 to 40, 22 single females aged 30 to 40, 20 married females aged 60 to 70, 17 married males aged 60 to 70, 15 single males aged 40 to 50, 15 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 11 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 7 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 6 single females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,532 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 762 persons originating in Scotland, 231 persons originating in Ireland, 212 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 109 persons originating in England or Wales, 57 persons originating in the United States, 19 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 6 persons originating in New Brunswick, 5 French Canadians, 3 male negroes or coloured persons, 2 negroes or coloured persons. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $538,010 value farms (dollars), $74,349 value all livestock, 70,203 bushels of spring wheat, 53,105 bushels of turnips, 51,605 bushels of potatoes, 45,293 acres of land in farms, 32,837 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 29,614 bushels of oats, 29,074 pounds of homemade butter, 18,822 pounds of maple sugar, $18,370 value farm implements in dollars, 17,646 bushels of peas, $16,721 value horses aged over 3 years, 12,456 acres of farmland under cultivation, 9,255 bushels of winter wheat, 8,114 acres of farmland under crops, 5,302 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,249 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,835 acres of spring wheat, 2,357 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,992 tons of hay, 1,882 sheep, 1,691 swine, 1,626 bushels of barley, 1,263 calves and heifers, 1,159 acres of oats, 975 milk cows, 774 acres of peas, 672 bulls, oxen, or steers, 576 barrels of pork, 451 occupants of farms, 434 acres of potatoes, 366 acres of turnips, 338 acres of winter wheat, 245 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 217 horses aged over 3 years, 207 pounds of hops, 169 barrels of beef, 150 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 148 bushels of carrots, 145 bushels of rye, 127 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, $125 value garden and orchard crops, 109 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 101 bushels of buckwheat, 100 pounds of flax or hemp, 96 horses aged 3 years and under, 93 acres of farmland in gardens, 83 bushels of corn, 65 acres of barley, 63 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 37 bushels of beans, 31 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 14 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 8 acres of rye, 5 acres of buckwheat, 3 acres of corn, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 1,162 yards of fulled cloth, $710 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 313 yards of flannel, $75 value carriages for hire (dollars), 40 yards of linen, 11 carriages for pleasure, 1 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 600 pounds of fresh fish sold, 333 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 80 quintals of dried fish sold — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 22 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 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). "Kincaraio, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/kincaraio-on066011-1861/.