Picton, T-V, Ontario (1861 census)

Picton, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,067. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7191105. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.007°N, 77.145°W.

Population

In 1861, Picton, T-V had a population of 2,067: 1,014 male and 1,053 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, Picton, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Hallowell

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 157 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,067 total population, 1,053 females, 1,014 males, Female members of the family who are present: 905, Male members of the family who are present: 892, 654 single males, 621 single females, 367 married females, 344 married males, 185 males attending school, 154 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 148, Males present who are not members of the family: 122, 65 widowed females, 36 adult females unable to read or write, 30 female births, 29 male births, 27 adult males unable to read or write, 16 widowed males, 2 deaf and dumb females, 2 lunatic females, 1 lunatic males, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 140 married females aged 20 to 30, 129 females aged 5 to 10, 128 males aged 5 to 10, 127 single males aged 10 to 15, 126 single females aged 10 to 15, 123 single females aged 15 to 20, 120 married females aged 30 to 40, 120 single males aged 15 to 20, 108 married males aged 30 to 40, 101 single males aged 20 to 30, 97 married males aged 20 to 30, 81 married males aged 40 to 50, 68 single females aged 20 to 30, 64 married females aged 40 to 50, 37 married males aged 50 to 60, 35 single males aged 30 to 40, 30 males aged 2 to 3, 29 females age 3 to 4, 29 females aged 1 to 2, 29 females aged 2 to 3, 28 males aged 1 to 2, 28 married females aged 50 to 60, 27 males aged 3 to 4, 26 females aged 4 to 5, 24 males aged 4 to 5, 22 single females aged 30 to 40, 19 married males aged 60 to 70, 17 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 16 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 12 married females aged 60 to 70, 12 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 10 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 married females aged 15 to 20, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,316 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 430 persons originating in Ireland, 149 persons originating in England or Wales, 86 persons originating in the United States, 47 persons originating in Scotland, 12 French Canadians, 8 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 5 persons originating in New Brunswick, 5 persons whose origin is unknown, 3 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 2 Indigenous males, 2 male negroes or coloured persons, 1 female negroes or coloured persons, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Switzerland, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. 1 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $68,300 value farms (dollars), $16,451 value all livestock, 1,995 bushels of oats, 1,900 bushels of rye, 1,665 pounds of maple sugar, 1,320 bushels of potatoes, $1,065 value farm implements in dollars, 1,040 bushels of spring wheat, 980 bushels of carrots, 905 bushels of peas, 874 bushels of barley, 852 acres of land in farms, 561 acres of farmland under cultivation, 540 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 380 bushels of buckwheat, 299 acres of farmland under crops, 291 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 290 bushels of corn, 275 pounds of homemade butter, 257 acres of farmland in pasture, 196 milk cows, 175 horses aged over 3 years, 152 swine, 90 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 75 sheep, 64 acres of spring wheat, 58 acres of rye, 50 acres of oats, 50 gallons of cider, 47 acres of peas, 38 pounds of wool produced on farms, 30 acres of barley, 23 acres of buckwheat, 23 tons of hay, 17 acres of corn, 17 acres of potatoes, 14 barrels of pork, 9 occupants of farms, 6 calves and heifers, 5 acres of farmland in gardens, 4 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 3 acres of mangel wurtzel, 2 bulls, oxen, or steers, 2 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 1 barrels of beef, 1 horses aged 3 years and under, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $7,351 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $995 value carriages for hire (dollars), 117 carriages for pleasure, 22 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 16 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 4 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: ON095006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON140008 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7191105
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picton,_Ontario

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). "Picton, T-V, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/picton-t-v-on095006-1861/.