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Year: 1861  |  Province: Ontario  |  Wikidata: Q7167618

Percy, Ontario (1861 census)

Percy was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,515. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7167618. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.240°N, 77.924°W.

Population

In 1861, Percy had a population of 3,515: 1,793 male and 1,722 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18512,605
18613,515
18714,084
18813,768
18913,388
19013,216
19112,766
19212,593

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, Percy shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 167 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,515 total population, 1,793 males, 1,722 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,663, Female members of the family who are present: 1,633, 1,231 single males, 1,167 single females, 530 married males, 508 married females, 302 males attending school, 250 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 130, Females present who are not members of the family: 89, 65 adult males unable to read or write, 59 male births, 49 adult females unable to read or write, 47 female births, 47 widowed females, 32 widowed males, 3 persons at sea, 1 lunatic females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 278 males aged 5 to 10, 264 females aged 5 to 10, 260 single females aged 10 to 15, 257 single males aged 10 to 15, 214 single females aged 15 to 20, 186 married females aged 30 to 40, 172 married males aged 30 to 40, 167 single males aged 15 to 20, 154 single males aged 20 to 30, 139 married females aged 20 to 30, 125 married males aged 40 to 50, 119 single females aged 20 to 30, 94 married males aged 50 to 60, 88 married males aged 20 to 30, 80 males aged 3 to 4, 76 married females aged 40 to 50, 75 males aged 4 to 5, 66 females aged 4 to 5, 65 married females aged 50 to 60, 63 females age 3 to 4, 60 males aged 1 to 2, 60 males aged 2 to 3, 56 females aged 1 to 2, 55 females aged 2 to 3, 39 married males aged 60 to 70, 25 married females aged 60 to 70, 16 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 14 single males aged 30 to 40, 12 single males aged 40 to 50, 12 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 10 married males aged 70 to 80, 10 single females aged 30 to 40, 9 married females aged 15 to 20, 9 single females aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 7 single males aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 single males aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 single females aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,687 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 438 persons originating in Ireland, 150 persons originating in England or Wales, 137 persons originating in Scotland, 91 persons originating in the United States, 4 persons originating in New Brunswick, 2 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 2 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. 1 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $722,446 value farms (dollars), $105,484 value all livestock, 60,106 pounds of homemade butter, 47,020 bushels of oats, 46,754 acres of land in farms, 46,663 pounds of maple sugar, 46,625 bushels of peas, 46,240 bushels of potatoes, $40,875 value horses aged over 3 years, 29,309 bushels of winter wheat, 26,007 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 25,980 bushels of spring wheat, 20,747 acres of farmland under cultivation, $20,522 value farm implements in dollars, 17,585 bushels of turnips, 11,683 acres of farmland under crops, 10,376 pounds of wool produced on farms, 9,612 bushels of barley, 8,937 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,856 bushels of buckwheat, 4,267 bushels of rye, 4,211 bushels of corn, 3,452 sheep, 3,007 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,607 acres of peas, 2,441 bushels of carrots, 2,286 acres of winter wheat, 2,215 tons of hay, $2,172 value garden and orchard crops, 1,940 acres of spring wheat, 1,903 acres of oats, 1,862 swine, 1,261 barrels of pork, 1,214 calves and heifers, 1,197 milk cows, 1,075 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 716 horses aged over 3 years, 442 bulls, oxen, or steers, 427 occupants of farms, 414 acres of potatoes, 402 acres of barley, 374 acres of buckwheat, 365 acres of rye, 285 horses aged 3 years and under, 231 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 219 barrels of beef, 209 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 167 acres of corn, 127 acres of farmland in gardens, 107 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 97 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 78 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 66 acres of turnips, 32 gallons of cider, 27 bushels of beans, 13 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 acres of mangel wurtzel, 4 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 4 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 7,125 yards of flannel, $5,361 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 3,104 yards of fulled cloth, 110 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 20 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among males aged 90 to 100: 1, Deaths in the past year among females over 100: 1 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

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). "Percy, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/percy-on088011-1861/.