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Year: 1861  |  Province: Ontario

Moulton and Sherbrooke, Ontario (1861 census)

Moulton and Sherbrooke was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,791. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.909°N, 79.538°W.

Population

In 1861, Moulton and Sherbrooke had a population of 1,791: 948 male and 843 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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Moulton and Sherbrooke shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 168 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,791 total population, 948 males, Male members of the family who are present: 854, 843 females, Female members of the family who are present: 789, 645 single males, 613 single females, 285 married males, 197 married females, 178 males attending school, 164 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 94, Females present who are not members of the family: 54, 44 adult males unable to read or write, 39 male births, 33 female births, 33 widowed females, 22 adult females unable to read or write, 18 widowed males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 110 males aged 5 to 10, 110 single males aged 10 to 15, 106 single males aged 20 to 30, 105 females aged 5 to 10, 100 single males aged 15 to 20, 94 single females aged 10 to 15, 93 single females aged 15 to 20, 88 married males aged 30 to 40, 87 single females aged 20 to 30, 72 married males aged 40 to 50, 59 married females aged 20 to 30, 48 married females aged 30 to 40, 47 married males aged 50 to 60, 41 males aged 2 to 3, 39 males aged 4 to 5, 39 married females aged 40 to 50, 35 females aged 4 to 5, 35 married males aged 60 to 70, 33 females aged 2 to 3, 31 married males aged 20 to 30, 30 married females aged 50 to 60, 30 single females aged 30 to 40, 28 males aged 3 to 4, 26 females age 3 to 4, 26 males aged 1 to 2, 25 females aged 1 to 2, 24 single males aged 30 to 40, 22 single females aged 50 to 60, 20 single females aged 40 to 50, 15 married females aged 60 to 70, 13 single males aged 40 to 50, 13 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 9 married males aged 70 to 80, 7 single females aged 60 to 70, 7 single males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,327 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 172 persons originating in Ireland, 106 persons originating in England or Wales, 89 persons originating in the United States, 41 persons originating in Scotland, 35 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 12 persons originating in all other places, 3 persons originating in France, 2 persons originating in New Brunswick, 2 persons originating in Switzerland, 2 persons whose origin is unknown. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $258,516 value farms (dollars), $58,634 value all livestock, 35,308 pounds of homemade butter, 22,822 bushels of potatoes, $20,189 value horses aged over 3 years, 18,968 acres of land in farms, 14,537 bushels of oats, 13,372 bushels of spring wheat, $13,364 value farm implements in dollars, 11,671 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 10,631 bushels of peas, 7,297 acres of farmland under cultivation, 5,872 bushels of corn, 5,763 bushels of turnips, 5,337 bushels of barley, 5,321 gallons of cider, 4,202 acres of farmland under crops, 3,873 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,849 bushels of buckwheat, 3,067 bushels of carrots, 2,872 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,847 bushels of winter wheat, $1,999 value garden and orchard crops, 1,596 tons of hay, 1,475 sheep, 1,176 swine, 1,002 pounds of maple sugar, 901 bushels of rye, 822 acres of spring wheat, 750 acres of oats, 721 calves and heifers, 663 milk cows, 547 acres of peas, 490 horses aged over 3 years, 425 barrels of pork, 395 acres of winter wheat, 263 acres of buckwheat, 252 acres of barley, 240 occupants of farms, 224 acres of potatoes, 223 acres of farmland in gardens, 188 acres of corn, 154 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 136 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 131 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 120 barrels of beef, 119 bulls, oxen, or steers, 110 horses aged 3 years and under, 107 acres of rye, 97 bushels of beans, 94 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 90 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 76 pounds of hops, 50 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 30 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 28 acres of turnips, 11 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 8 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 7 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $5,199 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $4,882 value carriages for hire (dollars), 1,656 yards of flannel, 396 yards of fulled cloth, 110 carriages for hire, 109 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 1 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 27 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 15, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

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). "Moulton and Sherbrooke, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/moulton-and-sherbrooke-on076006-1861/.