Maryborough, Ontario (1861 census)

Maryborough was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,134. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262167. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.756°N, 80.746°W.

Population

In 1861, Maryborough had a population of 3,134: 1,676 male and 1,458 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, Maryborough shared boundaries with:

• Arthur
• Minto
• Mornington
• Peel
• Wallace

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 148 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,134 total population, 1,676 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,579, 1,458 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,404, 1,161 single males, 933 single females, 491 married males, 481 married females, 166 males attending school, 136 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 97, 81 male births, 73 female births, Females present who are not members of the family: 54, 44 widowed females, 33 adult males unable to read or write, 24 widowed males, 21 adult females unable to read or write, 1 lunatic males, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 227 single males aged 20 to 30, 196 males aged 5 to 10, 186 married males aged 30 to 40, 176 females aged 5 to 10, 173 single males aged 10 to 15, 170 married females aged 20 to 30, 161 married females aged 30 to 40, 150 single females aged 10 to 15, 149 single males aged 15 to 20, 122 single females aged 20 to 30, 119 single females aged 15 to 20, 108 married males aged 20 to 30, 91 married males aged 40 to 50, 83 males aged 2 to 3, 78 females aged 2 to 3, 73 married females aged 40 to 50, 71 females age 3 to 4, 70 males aged 3 to 4, 66 males aged 4 to 5, 65 males aged 1 to 2, 64 females aged 1 to 2, 60 females aged 4 to 5, 56 married males aged 50 to 60, 41 married males aged 60 to 70, 35 single males aged 30 to 40, 33 married females aged 50 to 60, 30 married females aged 60 to 70, 13 single females aged 30 to 40, 11 single males aged 40 to 50, 10 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 9 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 8 married females aged 15 to 20, 7 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 females of unknown age, 2 males of unknown age, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,031 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 498 persons originating in Ireland, 229 persons originating in England or Wales, 221 persons originating in Scotland, 59 persons originating in the United States, 40 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 26 negroes or coloured persons, 22 persons originating in New Brunswick, 21 French Canadians, 9 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. 1 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $858,500 value farms (dollars), 138,616 bushels of turnips, $96,466 value all livestock, 96,398 bushels of spring wheat, 80,740 pounds of homemade butter, 55,578 bushels of oats, $51,171 value farm implements in dollars, 43,752 acres of land in farms, $37,425 value horses aged over 3 years, 29,836 pounds of flax or hemp, 29,696 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 26,779 bushels of peas, 26,222 pounds of maple sugar, 14,056 acres of farmland under cultivation, 13,602 pounds of wool produced on farms, 11,214 bushels of potatoes, 10,521 acres of farmland under crops, 5,366 acres of spring wheat, 4,293 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 3,334 tons of hay, 3,126 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,191 swine, 2,000 sheep, 1,590 bushels of barley, 1,447 acres of oats, 1,358 calves and heifers, 1,246 acres of peas, 1,210 barrels of pork, 975 milk cows, 957 acres of turnips, 597 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 538 bulls, oxen, or steers, 476 horses aged over 3 years, 409 acres of farmland in gardens, 396 occupants of farms, 260 bushels of winter wheat, 253 horses aged 3 years and under, 232 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 218 acres of potatoes, 77 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 77 pounds of hops, 75 acres of barley, 74 barrels of beef, 69 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 10 acres of winter wheat, 9 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 6,065 yards of flannel, $2,172 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 1,106 yards of fulled cloth, $70 value carriages for hire (dollars), 54 carriages for pleasure, 2 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: 8, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON103011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON152007 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262167

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). "Maryborough, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/maryborough-on103011-1861/.