Morrison and Muskoka, Ontario (1861 census)

Morrison and Muskoka was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 297. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.091°N, 79.564°W.

Population

In 1861, Morrison and Muskoka had a population of 297: 1,121 male and 990 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.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in NO DATA, 1851 (0.0% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Wood, 1871 (13.1% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Monck, 1871 (7.4% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Morrison, 1871 (9.6% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Muskoka, 1871 (10.5% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Humphry, Medora, 1871 (27.9% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Watt, Cardwell, 1871 (20.4% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Morrison and Muskoka shared boundaries with:

• Dalton
• Macauley and Draper
• Nipissing
• NO DATA
• NO DATA
• Orillia and Matchedash
• Rama

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 123 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,121 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,022, 990 females, Female members of the family who are present: 896, 767 single males, 607 single females, 359 married females, 334 married males, 297 total population, 150 males attending school, 144 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 99, Females present who are not members of the family: 94, 51 male births, 42 female births, 36 adult females unable to read or write, 30 adult males unable to read or write, 24 widowed females, 20 widowed males, 1 blind females, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 148 males aged 5 to 10, 140 single males aged 10 to 15, 133 single males aged 15 to 20, 132 single females aged 10 to 15, 131 females aged 5 to 10, 108 married males aged 30 to 40, 108 single males aged 20 to 30, 105 married females aged 30 to 40, 100 married females aged 20 to 30, 100 married females aged 40 to 50, 99 single females aged 15 to 20, 92 married males aged 40 to 50, 54 married males aged 20 to 30, 49 married males aged 50 to 60, 42 single females aged 20 to 30, 39 males aged 4 to 5, 38 females aged 4 to 5, 38 males aged 1 to 2, 36 females aged 1 to 2, 36 males aged 2 to 3, 36 males aged 3 to 4, 34 married females aged 50 to 60, 33 females aged 2 to 3, 31 females age 3 to 4, 22 single males aged 30 to 40, 21 married males aged 60 to 70, 13 married females aged 60 to 70, 11 single females aged 30 to 40, 10 single males aged 40 to 50, 9 single females aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 152 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 60 persons originating in Ireland, 41 persons originating in Scotland, 19 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 17 persons originating in England or Wales, 6 persons originating in the United States, 2 Indigenous males, 2 persons originating in France. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $12,831 value farms (dollars), 7,122 acres of land in farms, 6,949 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,613 bushels of turnips, 5,123 bushels of potatoes, $2,294 value all livestock, $2,181 value horses aged over 3 years, 1,575 pounds of homemade butter, 1,332 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 912 pounds of maple sugar, $601 value farm implements in dollars, 558 bushels of spring wheat, $268 value garden and orchard crops, 205 pounds of flax or hemp, 173 acres of farmland under cultivation, 166 acres of farmland under crops, 160 bushels of oats, 74 occupants of farms, 63 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 61 bushels of corn, 51 acres of potatoes, 51 acres of turnips, 40 acres of spring wheat, 38 swine, 32 bushels of peas, 23 milk cows, 19 bulls, oxen, or steers, 14 bushels of barley, 14 calves and heifers, 10 horses aged over 3 years, 8 acres of corn, 8 acres of oats, 7 acres of farmland in gardens, 6 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 5 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 4 tons of hay, 2 acres of peas, 1 acres of barley. (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 females of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON098011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON098011 — 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). "Morrison and Muskoka, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/morrison-and-muskoka-on098011-1861/.