Pakenham, Ontario (1861 census)

Pakenham was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,442. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262528. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.305°N, 76.360°W.

Population

In 1861, Pakenham had a population of 2,442: 1,297 male and 1,145 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, Pakenham shared boundaries with:

• Darling
• Fitzroy
• McNab
• Ramsay

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 2,442 total population, 1,297 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,183, 1,145 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,058, 916 single males, 778 single females, 353 married males, 336 married females, 225 males attending school, 187 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 114, Females present who are not members of the family: 87, 56 male births, 43 adult females unable to read or write, 40 adult males unable to read or write, 33 female births, 31 widowed females, 28 widowed males, 3 lunatic males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 208 males aged 5 to 10, 178 single females aged 10 to 15, 175 females aged 5 to 10, 163 single males aged 10 to 15, 151 single males aged 15 to 20, 137 single males aged 20 to 30, 126 single females aged 15 to 20, 117 married females aged 20 to 30, 101 married males aged 30 to 40, 95 married females aged 30 to 40, 87 married males aged 20 to 30, 86 married males aged 40 to 50, 77 single females aged 20 to 30, 67 married females aged 40 to 50, 48 males aged 1 to 2, 48 males aged 3 to 4, 48 married males aged 50 to 60, 46 females aged 1 to 2, 45 females aged 4 to 5, 44 females aged 2 to 3, 42 males aged 4 to 5, 37 married females aged 50 to 60, 35 males aged 2 to 3, 33 females age 3 to 4, 24 married males aged 60 to 70, 15 single males aged 30 to 40, 14 single females aged 30 to 40, 14 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 12 married females aged 60 to 70, 12 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 7 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,570 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 657 persons originating in Ireland, 136 persons originating in Scotland, 40 persons originating in England or Wales, 23 persons originating in the United States, 13 French Canadians, 3 Indigenous males, 3 Indigenous persons, 2 negroes or coloured persons, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in the West Indies, 1 persons whose origin is unknown. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $331,410 value farms (dollars), $75,216 value all livestock, 66,487 pounds of homemade butter, 43,452 bushels of potatoes, 38,990 bushels of oats, $30,686 value horses aged over 3 years, 30,179 acres of land in farms, 21,950 bushels of spring wheat, $21,831 value farm implements in dollars, 19,198 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 10,981 acres of farmland under cultivation, 10,312 bushels of peas, 7,968 acres of farmland under crops, 6,361 pounds of wool produced on farms, 6,027 bushels of winter wheat, 5,076 bushels of turnips, 4,972 pounds of maple sugar, 2,999 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,915 sheep, 1,576 acres of oats, 1,484 tons of hay, 1,463 bushels of carrots, 1,441 acres of spring wheat, 1,435 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,361 swine, 1,066 bushels of barley, 992 milk cows, 934 barrels of pork, 906 calves and heifers, 879 bushels of corn, 588 horses aged over 3 years, 580 acres of peas, 533 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 400 acres of potatoes, 391 acres of winter wheat, 358 barrels of beef, 261 bushels of buckwheat, 261 occupants of farms, 174 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 169 bushels of rye, 165 horses aged 3 years and under, 143 bulls, oxen, or steers, 70 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 51 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 45 acres of barley, 40 acres of corn, 28 pounds of hops, 25 acres of turnips, 25 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, $23 value garden and orchard crops, 15 acres of buckwheat, 15 acres of rye, 14 acres of farmland in gardens, 9 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 bushels of beans, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel, 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 $6,494 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 3,159 yards of flannel, 976 yards of fulled cloth, 137 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 7 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON082011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON123011 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262528

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). "Pakenham, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/pakenham-on082011-1861/.