McKillop, Ontario (1861 census)

McKillop was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,425. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q6801880. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.599°N, 81.310°W.

Population

In 1861, McKillop had a population of 2,425: 1,224 male and 1,201 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, McKillop shared boundaries with:

• Grey
• Hibbert
• Hullett
• Logan
• Morris
• Tuckersmith

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 170 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,425 total population, 1,224 males, 1,201 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,162, Male members of the family who are present: 1,158, 834 single males, 790 single females, 372 married females, 371 married males, 237 males attending school, 192 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 66, 59 adult males unable to read or write, 58 adult females unable to read or write, Females present who are not members of the family: 39, 39 widowed females, 36 female births, 35 male births, 19 widowed males, 2 persons at sea, 1 blind females, 1 blind males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 210 females aged 5 to 10, 183 single females aged 10 to 15, 182 males aged 5 to 10, 163 single males aged 10 to 15, 162 single males aged 15 to 20, 122 married females aged 20 to 30, 102 married females aged 30 to 40, 102 single females aged 15 to 20, 99 single males aged 20 to 30, 96 married males aged 30 to 40, 94 married males aged 40 to 50, 87 married males aged 20 to 30, 70 single females aged 20 to 30, 68 married females aged 40 to 50, 62 married males aged 50 to 60, 50 males aged 4 to 5, 45 females aged 1 to 2, 43 married females aged 50 to 60, 42 females age 3 to 4, 41 females aged 4 to 5, 41 males aged 2 to 3, 40 males aged 1 to 2, 38 females aged 2 to 3, 37 males aged 3 to 4, 22 married males aged 60 to 70, 20 married females aged 15 to 20, 17 single males aged 30 to 40, 15 single females aged 30 to 40, 10 married females aged 60 to 70, 10 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 7 married males aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,313 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 593 persons originating in Ireland, 338 persons originating in Scotland, 46 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 45 persons originating in England or Wales, 30 French Canadians, 25 persons originating in the United States, 22 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 7 persons originating in Switzerland, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in Newfoundland, 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 $563,860 value farms (dollars), 75,792 bushels of spring wheat, $71,246 value all livestock, 57,191 bushels of turnips, 54,611 pounds of homemade butter, 39,512 bushels of oats, 30,841 bushels of potatoes, 29,055 acres of land in farms, $24,200 value horses aged over 3 years, $20,006 value farm implements in dollars, 19,333 bushels of peas, 18,768 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 18,011 pounds of maple sugar, 10,287 acres of farmland under cultivation, 8,187 acres of farmland under crops, 6,155 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,876 acres of spring wheat, 2,415 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,033 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,804 sheep, 1,605 swine, 1,555 tons of hay, 1,300 acres of peas, 1,214 acres of oats, 1,202 calves and heifers, 1,062 bushels of winter wheat, 914 milk cows, 821 bushels of barley, 722 barrels of pork, 535 bulls, oxen, or steers, 357 occupants of farms, 337 acres of turnips, $323 value garden and orchard crops, 304 horses aged over 3 years, 301 acres of potatoes, 241 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 196 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 153 barrels of beef, 121 horses aged 3 years and under, 120 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 106 pounds of hops, 80 pounds of flax or hemp, 67 acres of farmland in gardens, 51 bushels of carrots, 33 acres of barley, 33 acres of winter wheat, 23 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 17 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 15 bushels of corn, 10 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 bushels of beans. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 4,001 yards of flannel, $675 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 608 yards of fulled cloth, $200 value carriages for hire (dollars), 13 carriages for pleasure, 9 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 16 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 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 40 to 50: 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: ON079012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON119008_1891 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q6801880
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKillop,_Ontario

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). "McKillop, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/mckillop-on079012-1861/.