Pilkington, Ontario (1861 census)

Pilkington was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,397. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262592. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.647°N, 80.443°W.

Population

In 1861, Pilkington had a population of 2,397: 1,269 male and 1,128 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, Pilkington shared boundaries with:

• Guelph
• Nichol
• Peel
• Waterloo, North
• Woolwich

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 163 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,397 total population, 1,269 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,174, 1,128 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,079, 867 single males, 725 single females, 380 married males, 366 married females, 318 males attending school, 306 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 95, 54 male births, 50 female births, Females present who are not members of the family: 49, 37 widowed females, 22 widowed males, 10 adult males unable to read or write, 4 adult females unable to read or write, 2 persons at sea, 1 blind females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 147 single males aged 20 to 30, 144 single females aged 10 to 15, 140 single males aged 10 to 15, 138 single males aged 15 to 20, 130 single females aged 15 to 20, 129 males aged 5 to 10, 121 females aged 5 to 10, 120 married males aged 30 to 40, 112 married females aged 20 to 30, 109 married females aged 30 to 40, 87 married males aged 40 to 50, 70 married females aged 40 to 50, 65 married males aged 50 to 60, 65 single females aged 20 to 30, 53 males aged 1 to 2, 52 married males aged 20 to 30, 50 females aged 1 to 2, 50 females aged 4 to 5, 50 males aged 4 to 5, 47 males aged 3 to 4, 46 males aged 2 to 3, 46 married females aged 50 to 60, 43 females age 3 to 4, 41 married males aged 60 to 70, 40 females aged 2 to 3, 39 single males aged 30 to 40, 16 married females aged 60 to 70, 14 married males aged 70 to 80, 13 single females aged 30 to 40, 12 single males aged 40 to 50, 10 single females aged 40 to 50, 10 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 7 married females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 6 single males aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 single females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 males of unknown age, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 females of unknown age, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,430 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 351 persons originating in England or Wales, 267 persons originating in Scotland, 195 persons originating in Ireland, 112 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 15 negroes or coloured persons, 14 persons originating in the United States, 8 male negroes or coloured persons, 8 persons originating in France, 7 female negroes or coloured persons, 7 French Canadians, 5 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 4 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in all other places. 1 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $939,150 value farms (dollars), 287,700 bushels of turnips, $114,352 value all livestock, 88,318 bushels of oats, 84,915 pounds of maple sugar, 80,344 bushels of spring wheat, 64,922 pounds of homemade butter, $41,762 value horses aged over 3 years, $31,789 value farm implements in dollars, 31,546 bushels of potatoes, 27,508 acres of land in farms, 25,948 bushels of peas, 16,127 acres of farmland under cultivation, 12,889 acres of farmland under crops, 11,381 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 11,158 bushels of winter wheat, 8,144 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 6,941 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,177 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,088 acres of spring wheat, 2,970 bushels of barley, 2,532 acres of oats, 2,390 sheep, 1,886 swine, 1,360 calves and heifers, 1,277 tons of hay, 1,258 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,097 acres of peas, 970 milk cows, 613 acres of turnips, 600 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 596 horses aged over 3 years, 428 barrels of pork, 401 acres of winter wheat, 383 bulls, oxen, or steers, 358 occupants of farms, 278 acres of potatoes, 231 horses aged 3 years and under, 186 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 122 acres of barley, 120 bushels of carrots, 115 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 112 barrels of beef, 61 acres of farmland in gardens, 52 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 39 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 6 bushels of buckwheat, 6 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $3,857 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 2,475 yards of flannel, 442 yards of fulled cloth, 58 carriages for pleasure, $30 value carriages for hire (dollars), 1 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 12 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 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 1 person 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: ON103015 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON152011 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262592

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). "Pilkington, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/pilkington-on103015-1861/.