Medonte, Ontario (1861 census)

Medonte was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,638. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262292. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.632°N, 79.667°W.

Population

In 1861, Medonte had a population of 1,638: 874 male and 764 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, Medonte shared boundaries with:

• Flos
• Orillia and Matchedash
• Oro
• Tay and Tiny

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 153 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,638 total population, 874 males, Male members of the family who are present: 824, 764 females, Female members of the family who are present: 743, 627 single males, 526 single females, 238 married males, 214 married females, 176 males attending school, 169 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 50, 49 male births, 45 female births, 24 widowed females, Females present who are not members of the family: 21, 11 adult males unable to read or write, 10 adult females unable to read or write, 9 widowed males, 2 persons at sea, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 110 males aged 5 to 10, 108 single males aged 15 to 20, 106 females aged 5 to 10, 105 single males aged 10 to 15, 100 single females aged 10 to 15, 90 single females aged 15 to 20, 76 married males aged 30 to 40, 72 single males aged 20 to 30, 70 married females aged 20 to 30, 70 married females aged 30 to 40, 63 married males aged 20 to 30, 52 married males aged 40 to 50, 48 males aged 1 to 2, 39 females aged 2 to 3, 39 males aged 2 to 3, 37 females aged 1 to 2, 37 males aged 3 to 4, 33 married males aged 50 to 60, 32 single females aged 20 to 30, 30 females age 3 to 4, 30 males aged 4 to 5, 30 married females aged 40 to 50, 29 females aged 4 to 5, 28 married females aged 50 to 60, 14 single males aged 30 to 40, 10 married females aged 60 to 70, 10 married males aged 60 to 70, 10 single females aged 30 to 40, 9 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,023 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 283 persons originating in Ireland, 162 persons originating in Scotland, 120 persons originating in England or Wales, 27 French Canadians, 17 persons originating in the United States, 3 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $242,650 value farms (dollars), 50,555 bushels of turnips, $46,503 value all livestock, 31,330 bushels of potatoes, 26,514 bushels of oats, 25,705 pounds of homemade butter, 23,599 acres of land in farms, 23,446 bushels of spring wheat, $18,357 value horses aged over 3 years, 16,973 pounds of maple sugar, $16,656 value farm implements in dollars, 16,368 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,966 bushels of peas, 7,231 acres of farmland under cultivation, 4,353 acres of farmland under crops, 3,106 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,843 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,044 bushels of winter wheat, 1,307 sheep, 1,242 acres of spring wheat, 1,218 tons of hay, 1,190 swine, $932 value garden and orchard crops, 926 acres of oats, 842 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 775 bushels of corn, 719 acres of peas, 687 barrels of pork, 579 calves and heifers, 532 milk cows, 397 bushels of buckwheat, 279 acres of potatoes, 270 pounds of flax or hemp, 259 bushels of barley, 247 acres of turnips, 241 bulls, oxen, or steers, 229 horses aged over 3 years, 225 occupants of farms, 193 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 173 barrels of beef, 114 acres of winter wheat, 102 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 87 horses aged 3 years and under, 77 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 49 acres of corn, 37 bushels of carrots, 35 acres of farmland in gardens, 34 acres of buckwheat, 27 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 26 bushels of rye, 15 pounds of hops, 11 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 9 acres of barley, 7 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 5 bushels of beans, 2 acres of rye, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 2,274 yards of flannel, $438 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 421 yards of fulled cloth, $150 value carriages for hire (dollars), 15 carriages for pleasure, 4 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 6 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1861, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON098009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON144007_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262292

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). "Medonte, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/medonte-on098009-1861/.