Marmon and Lake, Ontario (1861 census)

Marmon and Lake was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,499. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.581°N, 77.708°W.

Population

In 1861, Marmon and Lake had a population of 1,499: 924 male and 575 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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Marmora & Lake, 1871 (70.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Marmon and Lake shared boundaries with:

• Belmont, Methuen
• Hastings Road
• Rawdon
• Tudor and Lake

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 150 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,499 total population, 924 males, 704 single males, Male members of the family who are present: 640, 575 females, Female members of the family who are present: 538, 359 single females, Males present who are not members of the family: 284, 208 married males, 201 married females, 44 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 37, 35 females attending school, 32 adult males unable to read or write, 21 female births, 19 male births, 15 widowed females, 12 widowed males, 10 adult females unable to read or write, 2 blind males, 2 lunatic males, 1 lunatic females, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 212 single males aged 20 to 30, 88 single males aged 15 to 20, 87 males aged 5 to 10, 80 single males aged 10 to 15, 78 females aged 5 to 10, 74 married males aged 30 to 40, 69 married females aged 20 to 30, 68 single females aged 15 to 20, 68 single males aged 30 to 40, 59 single females aged 10 to 15, 56 married females aged 30 to 40, 38 married males aged 20 to 30, 37 married males aged 50 to 60, 36 single females aged 20 to 30, 34 married females aged 40 to 50, 33 males aged 2 to 3, 32 males aged 1 to 2, 32 males aged 3 to 4, 30 married males aged 40 to 50, 27 females age 3 to 4, 27 females aged 2 to 3, 25 married females aged 50 to 60, 24 females aged 1 to 2, 21 males aged 4 to 5, 21 single males aged 40 to 50, 19 married males aged 60 to 70, 17 females aged 4 to 5, 11 married females aged 60 to 70, 8 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 30 to 40, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,037 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 337 persons originating in Ireland, 54 persons originating in the United States, 44 persons originating in England or Wales, 20 persons originating in Scotland, 2 persons originating in all other places, 2 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in Sweden or Norway. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $89,190 value farms (dollars), $43,894 value all livestock, 31,848 pounds of homemade butter, 25,310 pounds of maple sugar, 20,848 bushels of potatoes, 17,704 bushels of spring wheat, 17,386 acres of land in farms, 17,268 bushels of oats, $14,260 value horses aged over 3 years, 11,033 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 10,651 bushels of peas, 10,010 bushels of turnips, 9,837 pounds of wool produced on farms, 6,353 acres of farmland under cultivation, $4,817 value farm implements in dollars, 3,447 acres of farmland under crops, 2,793 acres of farmland in pasture, $1,402 value garden and orchard crops, 1,390 bushels of buckwheat, 1,134 bushels of winter wheat, 1,120 bushels of barley, 1,006 acres of spring wheat, 990 sheep, 856 tons of hay, 723 swine, 627 acres of oats, 568 bushels of rye, 550 acres of peas, 493 barrels of pork, 428 milk cows, 413 calves and heifers, 249 bulls, oxen, or steers, 223 horses aged over 3 years, 197 acres of potatoes, 154 occupants of farms, 114 horses aged 3 years and under, 113 acres of farmland in gardens, 79 acres of winter wheat, 76 acres of buckwheat, 76 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 75 bushels of corn, 58 barrels of beef, 49 acres of barley, 48 acres of turnips, 40 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 35 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 34 acres of rye, 31 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 27 bushels of carrots, 10 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 5 bushels of beans, 4 acres of corn, 2 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 2,348 yards of flannel, 1,131 yards of fulled cloth, $385 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 9 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 8 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON078007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON078007 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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). "Marmon and Lake, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/marmon-and-lake-on078007-1861/.