Port Hope, Town—Ville, Ontario (1861 census)

Port Hope, Town—Ville was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 4,162. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q613870. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.954°N, 78.299°W.

Population

In 1861, Port Hope, Town—Ville had a population of 4,162: 2,140 male and 2,022 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, Port Hope, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

• Hope

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 162 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 4,162 total population, 2,140 males, 2,022 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,828, Female members of the family who are present: 1,719, 1,518 single males, 1,381 single females, 573 married females, 571 married males, 356 males attending school, 335 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 312, Females present who are not members of the family: 303, 68 widowed females, 61 male births, 58 female births, 51 widowed males, 34 adult males unable to read or write, 31 adult females unable to read or write, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 blind females, 1 blind males, 1 lunatic females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 310 females aged 5 to 10, 298 males aged 5 to 10, 275 single males aged 10 to 15, 248 single males aged 20 to 30, 244 single females aged 15 to 20, 243 single males aged 15 to 20, 235 single females aged 10 to 15, 186 married females aged 20 to 30, 171 married males aged 30 to 40, 166 single females aged 20 to 30, 162 married females aged 30 to 40, 136 married males aged 40 to 50, 100 married females aged 40 to 50, 100 married males aged 50 to 60, 87 females aged 1 to 2, 85 males aged 1 to 2, 85 married males aged 20 to 30, 76 males aged 3 to 4, 73 females aged 2 to 3, 72 married females aged 50 to 60, 71 males aged 2 to 3, 69 females age 3 to 4, 65 males aged 4 to 5, 61 females aged 4 to 5, 53 single males aged 30 to 40, 48 married males aged 60 to 70, 39 single females aged 30 to 40, 28 married females aged 60 to 70, 25 married males aged 70 to 80, 24 single males aged 40 to 50, 22 single females aged 40 to 50, 17 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 16 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 16 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 13 married females aged 70 to 80, 13 single males aged 50 to 60, 13 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 11 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 10 married females aged 15 to 20, 9 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 8 single females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 married males aged 80 to 90, 5 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,220 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 847 persons originating in Ireland, 710 persons originating in England or Wales, 189 persons originating in the United States, 140 persons originating in Scotland, 21 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 13 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 5 French Canadians, 4 persons originating in Newfoundland, 3 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 2 persons originating in France, 2 persons originating in New Brunswick, 2 persons originating in the West Indies, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in Sweden or Norway, 1 persons originating in the East Indies. 1 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $98,550 value farms (dollars), $21,180 value all livestock, 1,000 bushels of potatoes, 836 bushels of oats, 550 bushels of carrots, 350 bushels of peas, 279 milk cows, 230 bushels of winter wheat, 222 swine, $220 value garden and orchard crops, 219 bushels of spring wheat, 191 acres of land in farms, 189 horses aged over 3 years, 181 acres of farmland under cultivation, 150 bushels of turnips, 145 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 103 acres of farmland under crops, 100 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 90 bushels of corn, 76 acres of farmland in pasture, $60 value horses aged over 3 years, 39 tons of hay, 37 sheep, 30 occupants of farms, 26 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 21 acres of oats, 15 acres of peas, 11 acres of potatoes, 10 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 10 acres of spring wheat, 10 acres of winter wheat, 9 barrels of pork, 5 bushels of beans, 3 acres of corn, 2 acres of farmland in gardens, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel, 1 calves and heifers. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $8,803 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $3,685 value carriages for hire (dollars), 173 carriages for pleasure, 34 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 3,600 pounds of fresh fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 26 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 14, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, 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 males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 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: ON069009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON108008 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q613870
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Hope,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Hope

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). "Port Hope, Town—Ville, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/port-hope-town-ville-on069009-1861/.