Orillia and Matchedash, Ontario (1861 census)

Orillia and Matchedash was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,394. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.706°N, 79.477°W.

Population

In 1861, Orillia and Matchedash had a population of 1,394: 731 male and 663 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).

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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Orillia, Town—Ville, 1871 (0.7% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Orillia and Matchedash shared boundaries with:

• Georgina
• Mara
• Medonte
• Morrison and Muskoka
• NO DATA
• Oro
• Rama
• Tay and Tiny
• Thora

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 158 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,394 total population, 731 males, 663 females, Male members of the family who are present: 657, Female members of the family who are present: 610, 538 single males, 464 single females, 184 married females, 181 married males, 152 females attending school, 151 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 74, Females present who are not members of the family: 53, 40 adult females unable to read or write, 35 adult males unable to read or write, 31 female births, 30 male births, 15 widowed females, 12 widowed males, 2 lunatic females, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 105 males aged 5 to 10, 99 females aged 5 to 10, 98 single males aged 10 to 15, 97 single females aged 10 to 15, 89 single males aged 20 to 30, 88 single males aged 15 to 20, 87 single females aged 15 to 20, 59 married females aged 20 to 30, 49 married males aged 40 to 50, 48 married males aged 30 to 40, 46 married females aged 30 to 40, 43 married females aged 40 to 50, 34 single females aged 20 to 30, 33 married males aged 20 to 30, 31 married males aged 50 to 60, 29 females aged 1 to 2, 28 males aged 2 to 3, 27 males aged 1 to 2, 26 males aged 3 to 4, 25 females age 3 to 4, 25 females aged 2 to 3, 24 females aged 4 to 5, 22 males aged 4 to 5, 21 married females aged 50 to 60, 16 married females aged 60 to 70, 15 married males aged 60 to 70, 14 single males aged 30 to 40, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 single females aged 30 to 40, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 married females aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 792 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 234 persons originating in Ireland, 187 persons originating in England or Wales, 125 persons originating in Scotland, 63 Indigenous males, 34 Indigenous females, 25 persons originating in the United States, 16 negroes or coloured persons, 5 French Canadians, 5 persons originating in Newfoundland, 5 persons originating in the West Indies, 4 persons originating in France, 4 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 3 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 3 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 Indigenous persons, 1 persons originating in the East Indies. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $147,420 value farms (dollars), $25,220 value all livestock, 21,831 bushels of turnips, 16,975 pounds of homemade butter, 15,603 bushels of potatoes, 10,647 acres of land in farms, 9,802 bushels of oats, 8,991 bushels of spring wheat, 7,645 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $7,375 value horses aged over 3 years, 5,620 pounds of maple sugar, $5,459 value farm implements in dollars, 3,845 bushels of peas, 3,002 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,994 acres of farmland under crops, 1,196 pounds of wool produced on farms, 980 acres of farmland in pasture, 865 bushels of winter wheat, 542 acres of spring wheat, 497 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 476 tons of hay, 445 swine, 403 sheep, 373 acres of oats, 350 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 315 bushels of barley, 280 milk cows, 213 calves and heifers, 196 acres of peas, 194 barrels of pork, $180 value garden and orchard crops, 154 horses aged over 3 years, 117 bulls, oxen, or steers, 109 occupants of farms, 100 acres of potatoes, 100 acres of turnips, 98 pounds of flax or hemp, 82 bushels of corn, 42 acres of winter wheat, 42 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 40 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 33 barrels of beef, 31 horses aged 3 years and under, 28 acres of farmland in gardens, 22 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 16 bushels of rye, 14 bushels of buckwheat, 12 acres of barley, 4 acres of corn, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 acres of rye, 1 acres of buckwheat, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $2,385 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $1,470 value carriages for hire (dollars), 421 yards of flannel, 51 carriages for pleasure, 28 carriages for hire, 20 yards of fulled cloth. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 10 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 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 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 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 under age 1: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON098014 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON098014 — 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). "Orillia and Matchedash, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/orillia-and-matchedash-on098014-1861/.