Oro, Ontario (1861 census)

Oro was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,036. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262509. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.498°N, 79.549°W.

Population

In 1861, Oro had a population of 3,036: 1,567 male and 1,469 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, Oro shared boundaries with:

• Barrie, Town of
• Georgina
• Gwillimhury, North
• Innisfil
• Medonte
• Orillia and Matchedash
• Vespra

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 170 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,036 total population, 1,567 males, 1,469 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,453, Female members of the family who are present: 1,370, 1,155 single males, 1,032 single females, 415 married females, 393 married males, Males present who are not members of the family: 114, 114 females attending school, 112 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 99, 74 male births, 71 female births, 31 adult males unable to read or write, 29 adult females unable to read or write, 22 widowed females, 19 widowed males, 2 lunatic males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 207 males aged 5 to 10, 206 females aged 5 to 10, 205 single females aged 10 to 15, 200 single males aged 10 to 15, 170 single males aged 20 to 30, 158 single females aged 15 to 20, 154 single males aged 15 to 20, 135 married females aged 20 to 30, 120 married females aged 30 to 40, 115 married males aged 30 to 40, 106 married males aged 40 to 50, 91 married females aged 40 to 50, 89 males aged 1 to 2, 85 females aged 1 to 2, 84 married males aged 20 to 30, 75 females aged 2 to 3, 74 single females aged 20 to 30, 71 males aged 2 to 3, 69 males aged 3 to 4, 68 females age 3 to 4, 62 males aged 4 to 5, 61 females aged 4 to 5, 50 married males aged 50 to 60, 42 married females aged 50 to 60, 41 single males aged 30 to 40, 27 married males aged 60 to 70, 20 single females aged 30 to 40, 19 married females aged 60 to 70, 10 married males aged 70 to 80, 10 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,816 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 561 persons originating in Scotland, 380 persons originating in England or Wales, 195 persons originating in Ireland, 97 negroes or coloured persons, 66 persons originating in the United States, 6 persons whose origin is unknown, 4 persons originating in France, 3 Indigenous males, 3 persons originating in the East Indies, 1 persons originating in Switzerland, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. 2 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 persons originating in Russia or Poland — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $550,051 value farms (dollars), 133,405 bushels of turnips, $110,802 value all livestock, 65,030 bushels of potatoes, 63,791 bushels of oats, 61,803 bushels of spring wheat, 60,572 pounds of homemade butter, $58,570 value horses aged over 3 years, 40,627 acres of land in farms, 36,487 pounds of maple sugar, 25,488 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $25,413 value farm implements in dollars, 24,482 bushels of peas, 15,139 acres of farmland under cultivation, 10,342 acres of farmland under crops, 8,146 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 7,514 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,729 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,246 acres of spring wheat, 2,712 bushels of winter wheat, 2,241 sheep, 2,058 tons of hay, 2,047 acres of oats, 2,019 swine, 1,364 calves and heifers, 1,263 bushels of corn, 1,259 acres of peas, 1,248 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,073 milk cows, 1,056 barrels of pork, $839 value garden and orchard crops, 541 horses aged over 3 years, 519 bulls, oxen, or steers, 513 acres of turnips, 459 acres of potatoes, 438 occupants of farms, 333 bushels of barley, 309 bushels of buckwheat, 300 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 282 bushels of carrots, 254 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 226 horses aged 3 years and under, 140 acres of winter wheat, 139 barrels of beef, 119 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 109 pounds of hops, 68 acres of farmland in gardens, 57 acres of corn, 39 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 23 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 20 bushels of rye, 17 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 16 acres of barley, 15 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 10 acres of buckwheat, 8 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel, 1 acres of rye. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 4,332 yards of flannel, $2,416 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 653 yards of fulled cloth, 33 carriages for pleasure, $20 value carriages for hire (dollars), 1 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 22 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 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 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 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 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1861, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON098015 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON144010 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262509

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). "Oro, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/oro-on098015-1861/.