Loughborough, Ontario (1861 census)

Loughborough was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,452. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262081. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.460°N, 76.540°W.

Population

In 1861, Loughborough had a population of 2,452: 1,361 male and 1,091 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, Loughborough shared boundaries with:

• Bedford
• Kingston
• Portland
• Storrington

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 159 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,452 total population, 1,361 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,290, 1,091 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,042, 981 single males, 752 single females, 351 married males, 327 married females, 285 males attending school, 253 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 71, Females present who are not members of the family: 49, 47 male births, 44 female births, 29 adult females unable to read or write, 29 widowed males, 23 adult males unable to read or write, 12 widowed females, 4 deaf and dumb females, 1 blind females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 207 males aged 5 to 10, 179 single males aged 10 to 15, 176 females aged 5 to 10, 166 single females aged 10 to 15, 150 single males aged 20 to 30, 147 single males aged 15 to 20, 123 single females aged 15 to 20, 90 married males aged 30 to 40, 89 married females aged 30 to 40, 88 married females aged 20 to 30, 83 married males aged 40 to 50, 74 married males aged 20 to 30, 70 married females aged 40 to 50, 63 married males aged 50 to 60, 57 single females aged 20 to 30, 54 males aged 1 to 2, 50 married females aged 50 to 60, 45 males aged 2 to 3, 44 single males aged 30 to 40, 40 females age 3 to 4, 40 males aged 3 to 4, 37 females aged 4 to 5, 36 males aged 4 to 5, 35 females aged 1 to 2, 34 females aged 2 to 3, 34 married males aged 60 to 70, 21 single males aged 40 to 50, 20 single females aged 30 to 40, 14 married females aged 60 to 70, 8 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 married females aged 70 to 80, 8 single females aged 40 to 50, 7 single females aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 females of unknown age, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,913 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 319 persons originating in Ireland, 100 persons originating in England or Wales, 61 persons originating in the United States, 20 persons originating in Scotland, 3 French Canadians, 3 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 2 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. 1 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $365,535 value farms (dollars), $75,925 value all livestock, 75,035 pounds of homemade butter, 41,651 bushels of oats, $40,271 value horses aged over 3 years, 31,363 acres of land in farms, 27,005 bushels of potatoes, 23,810 bushels of spring wheat, $23,400 value farm implements in dollars, 22,535 bushels of peas, 18,725 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 18,530 pounds of maple sugar, 12,638 acres of farmland under cultivation, 11,395 bushels of rye, 7,667 acres of farmland under crops, 6,953 pounds of wool produced on farms, 6,278 bushels of buckwheat, 4,886 bushels of corn, 4,788 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,525 bushels of turnips, 3,394 bushels of barley, 2,477 sheep, $2,067 value garden and orchard crops, 1,950 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,905 tons of hay, 1,420 acres of oats, 1,402 acres of spring wheat, 1,128 acres of peas, 984 milk cows, 980 calves and heifers, 953 swine, 793 bushels of winter wheat, 760 acres of rye, 610 barrels of pork, 548 horses aged over 3 years, 411 gallons of cider, 345 acres of potatoes, 306 acres of buckwheat, 288 bushels of carrots, 278 occupants of farms, 264 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 232 horses aged 3 years and under, 191 acres of corn, 183 acres of farmland in gardens, 135 barrels of beef, 134 acres of barley, 130 bulls, oxen, or steers, 114 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 100 bushels of beans, 100 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 66 pounds of hops, 65 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 56 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 43 acres of winter wheat, 36 acres of turnips, 22 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 16 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 15 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $6,697 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 3,211 yards of flannel, 1,769 yards of fulled cloth, $280 value carriages for hire (dollars), 123 carriages for pleasure, 7 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 13 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON072006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON111009 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262081

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). "Loughborough, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/loughborough-on072006-1861/.