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Year: 1861  |  Province: Ontario  |  Wikidata: Q115261521

Pullarton, Ontario (1861 census)

Pullarton was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,890. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261521. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.394°N, 81.201°W.

Population

In 1861, Pullarton had a population of 2,890: 1,494 male and 1,396 female residents.

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Pullarton shared boundaries with:

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 2,890 total population, 1,494 males, 1,396 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,376, Female members of the family who are present: 1,328, 1,018 single males, 924 single females, 450 married males, 447 married females, 394 males attending school, 362 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 118, Females present who are not members of the family: 68, 64 female births, 54 male births, 40 adult males unable to read or write, 26 widowed males, 25 widowed females, 21 adult females unable to read or write, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 209 single females aged 10 to 15, 205 single males aged 10 to 15, 187 males aged 5 to 10, 184 females aged 5 to 10, 161 single males aged 15 to 20, 150 single females aged 15 to 20, 150 single males aged 20 to 30, 143 married males aged 30 to 40, 130 married females aged 20 to 30, 130 married females aged 30 to 40, 119 married males aged 40 to 50, 96 married females aged 40 to 50, 71 married males aged 50 to 60, 68 married males aged 20 to 30, 66 males aged 2 to 3, 64 single females aged 20 to 30, 63 females aged 1 to 2, 59 females aged 4 to 5, 58 females aged 2 to 3, 55 females age 3 to 4, 51 married females aged 50 to 60, 48 males aged 4 to 5, 46 males aged 1 to 2, 42 males aged 3 to 4, 32 single males aged 30 to 40, 30 married males aged 60 to 70, 24 married females aged 60 to 70, 14 married males aged 70 to 80, 12 males of unknown age, 11 single females aged 30 to 40, 9 married females aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 single males aged 50 to 60, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 5 married males aged 80 to 90, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 females of unknown age, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,710 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 567 persons originating in England or Wales, 270 persons originating in Scotland, 146 persons originating in Ireland, 133 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 31 persons originating in the United States, 19 persons originating in France, 8 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 4 French Canadians, 1 persons originating in Spain or Portugal. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 persons originating in Russia or Poland — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $1,000,846 value farms (dollars), 130,540 bushels of spring wheat, $120,186 value all livestock, 110,695 bushels of turnips, 76,704 pounds of homemade butter, 68,677 bushels of oats, $42,867 value horses aged over 3 years, $38,132 value farm implements in dollars, 36,566 acres of land in farms, 30,629 bushels of peas, 28,799 bushels of potatoes, 27,546 pounds of maple sugar, 18,633 acres of farmland under cultivation, 17,933 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 12,904 acres of farmland under crops, 10,921 pounds of wool produced on farms, 6,437 bushels of winter wheat, 5,985 acres of spring wheat, 5,576 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,101 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 3,864 pounds of flax or hemp, 3,088 sheep, 2,738 tons of hay, 2,222 swine, 2,061 bushels of barley, 1,972 acres of oats, 1,783 calves and heifers, 1,307 acres of peas, 1,154 milk cows, 1,111 bushels of carrots, 1,023 barrels of pork, $728 value garden and orchard crops, 594 bulls, oxen, or steers, 575 horses aged over 3 years, 478 acres of turnips, 407 barrels of beef, 405 occupants of farms, 274 horses aged 3 years and under, 270 acres of potatoes, 243 acres of winter wheat, 230 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 206 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 191 pounds of hops, 153 acres of farmland in gardens, 150 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 89 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 72 acres of barley, 71 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 56 bushels of corn, 40 bushels of rye, 25 bushels of buckwheat, 20 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 7 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 5 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 acres of corn, 2 bushels of beans, 1 acres of buckwheat, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel, 1 acres of rye. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 5,891 yards of flannel, $1,857 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 1,106 yards of fulled cloth, 52 carriages for pleasure, $50 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 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 males aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

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). "Pullarton, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/pullarton-on092007-1861/.