Moulton and Sherbrooke, Ontario (1861 census)
Moulton and Sherbrooke was a township in Haldimand County, Ontario (Canada West / 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
- In an earlier year, this CSD contained Moulton, 1851 (81.0% share).
- In an earlier year, this CSD contained Sherbrooke, 1851 (17.7% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861
In the 1861 census, Moulton and Sherbrooke shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1861
The 1861 census recorded 344 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 8 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (24 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Female members of the family who are present | 789 |
| Females present who are not members of the family | 54 |
| Male members of the family who are present | 854 |
| Males present who are not members of the family | 94 |
| Number of adult females unable to read or write | 22 |
| Number of adult males unable to read or write | 44 |
| Number of female births in the past year | 33 |
| Number of females | 843 |
| Number of females attending school | 164 |
| Number of lunatic females | 1 |
| Number of male births in the past year | 39 |
| Number of males | 948 |
| Number of males attending school | 178 |
| Number of married females | 197 |
| Number of married males | 285 |
| Number of single females | 613 |
| Number of single males | 645 |
| Number of widowed females | 33 |
| Number of widowed males | 18 |
| POP FX N.1 | 843 |
| POP MX N.1 | 948 |
| POP TOT | 1,791 |
| POP XX N.1 | 1,791 |
| Total population | 1,791 |
Age structure (56 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of females age 3 to 4 | 26 |
| Number of females aged 1 to 2 | 25 |
| Number of females aged 2 to 3 | 33 |
| Number of females aged 4 to 5 | 35 |
| Number of females aged 5 to 10 | 105 |
| Number of males aged 1 to 2 | 26 |
| Number of males aged 2 to 3 | 41 |
| Number of males aged 3 to 4 | 28 |
| Number of males aged 4 to 5 | 39 |
| Number of males aged 5 to 10 | 110 |
| Number of married females aged 15 to 20 | 3 |
| Number of married females aged 20 to 30 | 59 |
| Number of married females aged 30 to 40 | 48 |
| Number of married females aged 40 to 50 | 39 |
| Number of married females aged 50 to 60 | 30 |
| Number of married females aged 60 to 70 | 15 |
| Number of married females aged 70 to 80 | 3 |
| Number of married males aged 15 to 20 | 1 |
| Number of married males aged 20 to 30 | 31 |
| Number of married males aged 30 to 40 | 88 |
| Number of married males aged 40 to 50 | 72 |
| Number of married males aged 50 to 60 | 47 |
| Number of married males aged 60 to 70 | 35 |
| Number of married males aged 70 to 80 | 9 |
| Number of married males aged 80 to 90 | 2 |
| Number of single females aged 10 to 15 | 94 |
| Number of single females aged 15 to 20 | 93 |
| Number of single females aged 20 to 30 | 87 |
| Number of single females aged 30 to 40 | 30 |
| Number of single females aged 40 to 50 | 20 |
| Number of single females aged 50 to 60 | 22 |
| Number of single females aged 60 to 70 | 7 |
| Number of single females aged 70 to 80 | 2 |
| Number of single females aged 80 to 90 | 1 |
| Number of single males aged 10 to 15 | 110 |
| Number of single males aged 15 to 20 | 100 |
| Number of single males aged 20 to 30 | 106 |
| Number of single males aged 30 to 40 | 24 |
| Number of single males aged 40 to 50 | 13 |
| Number of single males aged 50 to 60 | 7 |
| Number of single males aged 60 to 70 | 1 |
| Number of single males aged 70 to 80 | 1 |
| Number of widowed females aged 20 to 30 | 2 |
| Number of widowed females aged 30 to 40 | 3 |
| Number of widowed females aged 40 to 50 | 5 |
| Number of widowed females aged 50 to 60 | 5 |
| Number of widowed females aged 60 to 70 | 13 |
| Number of widowed females aged 70 to 80 | 2 |
| Number of widowed females aged 80 to 90 | 2 |
| Number of widowed females aged 90 to 100 | 1 |
| Number of widowed males aged 20 to 30 | 2 |
| Number of widowed males aged 30 to 40 | 3 |
| Number of widowed males aged 40 to 50 | 3 |
| Number of widowed males aged 50 to 60 | 6 |
| Number of widowed males aged 60 to 70 | 2 |
| Number of widowed males aged 70 to 80 | 2 |
Ethnic origin (11 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of persons native to Canada, not of French origin | 1,327 |
| Number of persons originating in all other places | 12 |
| Number of persons originating in England or Wales | 106 |
| Number of persons originating in France | 3 |
| Number of persons originating in Germany or Holland | 35 |
| Number of persons originating in Ireland | 172 |
| Number of persons originating in New Brunswick | 2 |
| Number of persons originating in Scotland | 41 |
| Number of persons originating in Switzerland | 2 |
| Number of persons originating in the United States | 89 |
| Number of persons whose origin is unknown | 2 |
Agriculture (79 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 252 |
| Acres of buckwheat | 263 |
| Acres of corn | 188 |
| Acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers | 154 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens | 223 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 2,872 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 11,671 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 4,202 |
| Acres of farmland under cultivation | 7,297 |
| Acres of land in farms | 18,968 |
| Acres of oats | 750 |
| Acres of peas | 547 |
| Acres of potatoes | 224 |
| Acres of rye | 107 |
| Acres of spring wheat | 822 |
| Acres of turnips | 28 |
| Acres of winter wheat | 395 |
| Barrels of beef produced in the past year | 120 |
| Barrels of pork produced in the past year | 425 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 5,337 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 97 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 3,849 |
| Bushels of carrots produced in the past year | 3,067 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 136 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 5,872 |
| Bushels of mangel wurtzel produced in the past year | 50 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 14,537 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 10,631 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 22,822 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 901 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 13,372 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 5,763 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 2,847 |
| C18 WHT FALL AC | 395 |
| C19 WHT FALL BU | 2,847 |
| C20 WHT SP AC | 822 |
| C21 WHT SP BU | 13,372 |
| C22 BAR AC | 252 |
| C23 BAR BU | 5,337 |
| C24 RYE AC | 107 |
| C25 RYE BU | 901 |
| C26 PEA AC | 547 |
| C27 PEA BU | 10,631 |
| C28 OAT AC | 750 |
| C29 OAT BU | 14,537 |
| C30 BWT AC | 263 |
| C31 BWT BU | 3,849 |
| C34 POT AC | 224 |
| C35 POT BU | 22,822 |
| C43 HAY TONS | 1,596 |
| C47 WOOL LBS | 3,873 |
| C63 BEEF BAR | 120 |
| C64 PORK BAR | 425 |
| Gallons of cider produced in the past year | 5,321 |
| HRS ov03 V | 20,189 |
| Number of bulls, oxen, or steers | 119 |
| Number of calves and heifers | 721 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 110 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 490 |
| Number of milk cows | 663 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 240 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres | 7 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres | 30 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres | 90 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres | 94 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 11 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 8 |
| Number of sheep | 1,475 |
| Number of swine | 1,176 |
| Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year | 131 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 35,308 |
| Pounds of hops produced in the past year | 76 |
| Pounds of maple sugar produced in the past year | 1,002 |
| Pounds of wool produced on farms in the past year | 3,873 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,596 |
| Value of all livestock | 58,634 |
| Value of farm implements in dollars | 13,364 |
| Value of farms (dollars) | 258,516 |
| Value of garden and orchard crops produced in the past year | 1,999 |
Manufacturing & industry (6 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of carriages for hire | 110 |
| Number of carriages for pleasure | 109 |
| Value of carriages for hire (dollars) | 4,882 |
| Value of carriages for pleasure (dollars) | 5,199 |
| Yards of flannel produced in the past year | 1,656 |
| Yards of fulled cloth produced in the past year | 396 |
Fisheries (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Barrels of salted fish sold in the past year | 1 |
Deaths & mortality (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2 | 3 |
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30 | 3 |
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among females of all ages | 15 |
| Deaths in the past year among females under age 1 | 3 |
| 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 |
| 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 males under age 1 | 3 |
| Total number of deaths in the past year | 27 |
Other recorded variables (152 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| All other Places | 12 |
| C01 TOTAL | 240 |
| C02 OCC UNDR 10 | 8 |
| C03 OCC 10 TO 20 | 7 |
| C04 OCC 20 TO 50 | 90 |
| C05 OCC 50 TO 100 | 94 |
| C06 OCC 100 TO 200 | 30 |
| C07 OCC OVR 200 | 11 |
| C08 HELD | 18,968 |
| C09 UNDR CULT | 7,297 |
| C1 Males | 948 |
| C10 Deaths under 1 year M | 3 |
| C10 UNDR CROP | 4,202 |
| C105 Between 90 and 100 years Widows F | 1 |
| C11 Deaths under 1 year F | 3 |
| C11 UNDR PAST | 2,872 |
| C118 Ages not given Deaths M | 4 |
| C12 GARDENS | 223 |
| C12 Under 2 Years M | 26 |
| C120 Married M | 285 |
| C121 Single M | 645 |
| C122 Widowed M | 18 |
| C123 Total M | 948 |
| C124 Married F | 197 |
| C125 Single F | 613 |
| C126 Widows F | 33 |
| C127 Total F | 843 |
| C128 Grand Total | 1,791 |
| C129 Deaths M | 12 |
| C13 Under 2 Years F | 25 |
| C13 WOOD WILD | 11,671 |
| C130 Deaths F | 15 |
| C131 Deaths Total | 27 |
| C136 Attending School M | 178 |
| C137 Attending School F | 164 |
| C138 Adults unable to read or write M | 44 |
| C139 Adults unable to read or write F | 22 |
| C14 CASH FARM | 258,516 |
| C14 Deaths under 2 years M | 1 |
| C145 Lunatics F | 1 |
| C15 CASH IMP | 13,364 |
| C15 Deaths under 2 years F | 3 |
| C16 GARDN VALUE | 1,999 |
| C16 Under 3 years M | 41 |
| C17 LAND HELD | 154 |
| C17 Under 3 years F | 33 |
| C19 Deaths under 3 years F | 1 |
| C2 Females | 843 |
| C20 Under 4 years M | 28 |
| C21 Under 4 years F | 26 |
| C24 Under 5 years M | 39 |
| C25 Under 5 years F | 35 |
| C28 Between 5 and 10 Years M | 110 |
| C29 Between 5 and 10 years F | 105 |
| C3 Total | 1,791 |
| C31 Deaths between 5 and 10 years F | 1 |
| C32 INDN CRN AC | 188 |
| C33 Between 10 and 15 years Single M | 110 |
| C33 INDN CRN BU | 5,872 |
| C35 Between 10 and 15 years Single F | 94 |
| C36 Between 10 and 15 years Deaths M | 1 |
| C36 TUR AC | 28 |
| C37 TUR BU | 5,763 |
| C38 Between 15 and 20 years Married M | 1 |
| C38 CAR BU | 3,067 |
| C39 Between 15 and 20 years Single M | 100 |
| C4 Members of Family M | 854 |
| C40 Between 15 and 20 years Married F | 3 |
| C40 MAN WURT BU | 50 |
| C41 BEN BU | 97 |
| C41 Between 15 and 20 years Single F | 93 |
| C42 CLV TIM GRA | 136 |
| C44 Between 20 and 30 years Married M | 31 |
| C44 HOP LBS | 76 |
| C45 Between 20 and 30 years Single M | 106 |
| C45 MPL SGR LBS | 1,002 |
| C46 Between 20 and 30 years Widowers M | 2 |
| C46 CID GAL | 5,321 |
| C47 Between 20 and 30 years Married F | 59 |
| C48 Between 20 and 30 years Single F | 87 |
| C48 FLLD CLOTH YRDS | 396 |
| C49 Between 20 and 30 years Widows F | 2 |
| C49 FLAN YRDS | 1,656 |
| C5 Members of Family F | 789 |
| C51 Between 20 and 30 years Deaths F | 3 |
| C52 Between 30 and 40 years Married M | 88 |
| C52 BULLS OX STEERS | 119 |
| C53 Between 30 and 40 years Single M | 24 |
| C53 MILK COWS | 663 |
| C54 Between 30 and 40 years Widowers M | 3 |
| C54 CALVES HEIFERS | 721 |
| C55 Between 30 and 40 years Married F | 48 |
| C55 HORSES | 490 |
| C56 Between 30 and 40 years Single F | 30 |
| C56 HORSES VAL | 20,189 |
| C57 Between 30 and 40 years Widows F | 3 |
| C57 COLTS FILLIES | 110 |
| C58 Between 30 and 40 years Deaths M | 1 |
| C58 SHEEP | 1,475 |
| C59 SWINE | 1,176 |
| C6 Not Members of Family M | 94 |
| C60 Between 40 and 50 years Married M | 72 |
| C60 TOT VALUE | 58,634 |
| C61 Between 40 and 50 years Single M | 13 |
| C61 BUTTER LB | 35,308 |
| C62 Between 40 and 50 years Widowers M | 3 |
| C62 CHEESE LB | 131 |
| C63 Between 40 and 50 years Married F | 39 |
| C64 Between 40 and 50 years Single F | 20 |
| C65 Between 40 and 50 years Widows F | 5 |
| C66 FISH SALTED | 1 |
| C68 Between 50 and 60 years Married M | 47 |
| C68 CAR PLEASURE | 109 |
| C69 Between 50 and 60 years Single M | 7 |
| C69 VALUE DOL P | 5,199 |
| C7 Not Members of Family F | 54 |
| C70 Between 50 and 60 years Widowers M | 6 |
| C70 CAR HIRE | 110 |
| C71 Between 50 and 60 years Married F | 30 |
| C71 VALUE DOL H | 4,882 |
| C72 Between 50 and 60 years Single F | 22 |
| C73 Between 50 and 60 years Widows F | 5 |
| C74 Between 50 and 60 years Deaths M | 1 |
| C76 Between 60 and 70 years Married M | 35 |
| C77 Between 60 and 70 years Single M | 1 |
| C78 Between 60 and 70 years Widowers M | 2 |
| C79 Between 60 and 70 years Married F | 15 |
| C8 Births in 1860 M | 39 |
| C80 Between 60 and 70 years Single F | 7 |
| C81 Between 60 and 70 years Widows F | 13 |
| C84 Between 70 and 80 years Married M | 9 |
| C85 Between 70 and 80 years Single M | 1 |
| C86 Between 70 and 80 years Widowers M | 2 |
| C87 Between 70 and 80 years Married F | 3 |
| C88 Between 70 and 80 years Single F | 2 |
| C89 Between 70 and 80 years Widows F | 2 |
| C9 Births in 1860 F | 33 |
| C92 Between 80 and 90 years Married M | 2 |
| C96 Between 80 and 90 years Single F | 1 |
| C97 Between 80 and 90 years Widows F | 2 |
| C98 Between 80 and 90 years Deaths M | 1 |
| CD NAME | Haldimand |
| England and Wales | 106 |
| France | 3 |
| Ireland | 172 |
| Natives of Canada Not of French Origin | 1,327 |
| New Brunswick | 2 |
| Not Known | 2 |
| Prussia German States and Holland | 35 |
| Scotland | 41 |
| Switzerland | 2 |
| United States | 89 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON076006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON076006— 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). "Moulton and Sherbrooke, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/moulton-and-sherbrooke-on076006-1861/.