Mornington, Ontario (1861 census)

Mornington was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,040. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262370. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.599°N, 80.872°W.

Population

In 1861, Mornington had a population of 3,040: 1,618 male and 1,422 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, Mornington shared boundaries with:

• Easthope, North
• Ellice
• Elma
• Maryborough
• Wellesley

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 165 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,040 total population, 1,618 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,496, 1,422 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,348, 1,126 single males, 935 single females, 470 married males, 454 married females, 277 males attending school, 216 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 122, 79 female births, Females present who are not members of the family: 74, 66 male births, 33 widowed females, 29 adult males unable to read or write, 26 adult females unable to read or write, 22 widowed males, 4 lunatic males, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 207 females aged 5 to 10, 201 single males aged 10 to 15, 200 males aged 5 to 10, 186 single females aged 10 to 15, 170 married males aged 30 to 40, 168 single males aged 20 to 30, 162 married females aged 20 to 30, 140 married females aged 30 to 40, 137 single males aged 15 to 20, 121 single females aged 15 to 20, 111 married males aged 40 to 50, 95 males aged 3 to 4, 87 females aged 1 to 2, 86 married males aged 20 to 30, 84 males aged 1 to 2, 79 married females aged 40 to 50, 71 single females aged 20 to 30, 63 females age 3 to 4, 62 males aged 4 to 5, 59 married males aged 50 to 60, 56 males aged 2 to 3, 53 females aged 2 to 3, 45 females aged 4 to 5, 37 married females aged 50 to 60, 34 married males aged 60 to 70, 32 single males aged 30 to 40, 23 married females aged 60 to 70, 14 single males aged 40 to 50, 10 single females aged 30 to 40, 8 married males aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 7 married females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 single females aged 50 to 60, 5 single males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 females of unknown age, 1 married males aged 15 to 20. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,750 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 568 persons originating in Ireland, 310 persons originating in Scotland, 232 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 106 persons originating in England or Wales, 55 persons originating in the United States, 11 negroes or coloured persons, 11 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 9 female negroes or coloured persons, 6 persons originating in New Brunswick, 2 male negroes or coloured persons, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Newfoundland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $592,995 value farms (dollars), 105,156 bushels of spring wheat, $82,376 value all livestock, 44,862 bushels of oats, 43,496 acres of land in farms, 40,090 pounds of homemade butter, $33,834 value horses aged over 3 years, 32,400 bushels of turnips, 28,858 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 25,962 bushels of potatoes, $22,166 value farm implements in dollars, 21,324 bushels of peas, 14,638 acres of farmland under cultivation, 14,090 pounds of maple sugar, 12,026 acres of farmland under crops, 6,875 acres of spring wheat, 4,404 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,599 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,037 swine, 1,600 sheep, 1,465 tons of hay, 1,452 acres of oats, 1,178 calves and heifers, 1,154 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,049 acres of peas, 948 milk cows, 910 bushels of winter wheat, 804 barrels of pork, 693 bushels of barley, 594 bulls, oxen, or steers, 468 occupants of farms, 410 horses aged over 3 years, 328 acres of potatoes, 288 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 254 acres of turnips, 225 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 169 horses aged 3 years and under, 163 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 161 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 84 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 81 barrels of beef, $73 value garden and orchard crops, 61 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 50 bushels of rye, 46 acres of winter wheat, 37 bushels of carrots, 32 acres of barley, 23 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 13 acres of farmland in gardens, 10 gallons of cider, 10 pounds of hops, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 acres of mangel wurtzel, 5 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 acres of rye. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 3,465 yards of flannel, $830 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 797 yards of fulled cloth, $250 value carriages for hire (dollars), 17 carriages for pleasure, 4 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 18 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, 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 aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 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 aged 80 to 90: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON092011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON137010 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262370

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). "Mornington, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/mornington-on092011-1861/.