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Year: 1861  |  Province: Ontario  |  Wikidata: Q3241437

Lindsay, Town of, Ontario (1861 census)

Lindsay, Town of was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,907. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3241437. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.360°N, 78.736°W.

Population

In 1861, Lindsay, Town of had a population of 1,907: 991 male and 916 female residents.

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.

Earlier boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Lindsay, Town of shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 112 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,907 total population, 991 males, 916 females, Male members of the family who are present: 858, Female members of the family who are present: 839, 680 single males, 587 single females, 302 married males, 291 married females, 169 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 133, 116 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 77, 46 male births, 39 adult females unable to read or write, 38 widowed females, 32 adult males unable to read or write, 32 female births, 9 widowed males, 1 blind males, 1 lunatic males, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 134 married females aged 20 to 30, 130 single males aged 20 to 30, 129 males aged 5 to 10, 116 females aged 5 to 10, 104 single females aged 15 to 20, 103 single females aged 10 to 15, 102 married males aged 30 to 40, 96 single males aged 15 to 20, 93 married males aged 20 to 30, 92 single males aged 10 to 15, 86 married females aged 30 to 40, 73 single females aged 20 to 30, 61 married males aged 40 to 50, 47 males aged 1 to 2, 39 females aged 4 to 5, 39 males aged 2 to 3, 37 females aged 1 to 2, 37 females aged 2 to 3, 34 married females aged 40 to 50, 32 females age 3 to 4, 30 males aged 3 to 4, 29 males aged 4 to 5, 26 married males aged 50 to 60, 26 single males aged 30 to 40, 13 married females aged 50 to 60, 13 married males aged 60 to 70, 12 married females aged 15 to 20, 11 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 10 single females aged 30 to 40, 9 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 8 married females aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 males of unknown age, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 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 1,153 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 403 persons originating in Ireland, 156 persons originating in England or Wales, 81 persons originating in the United States, 45 French Canadians, 39 persons originating in Scotland, 12 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 4 persons originating in Switzerland, 2 persons originating in all other places, 2 persons originating in Newfoundland, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in Sweden or Norway. 6 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $17,732 value all livestock, 332 swine, 212 milk cows, 195 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, $195 value garden and orchard crops, 161 horses aged over 3 years, 82 sheep. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $1,850 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $950 value carriages for hire (dollars), 41 carriages for pleasure, 28 carriages for hire. (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 males of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 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 50 to 60: 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). "Lindsay, Town of, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/lindsay-town-of-on100011-1861/.