Stanley, Ontario (1861 census)

Stanley was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,423. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262896. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.514°N, 81.613°W.

Population

In 1861, Stanley had a population of 3,423: 1,790 male and 1,633 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, Stanley shared boundaries with:

• Clinton, Village
• Goderich
• Hay
• Tuckersmith

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 162 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,423 total population, 1,790 males, 1,633 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,632, Female members of the family who are present: 1,541, 1,231 single males, 1,060 single females, 529 married males, 527 married females, 355 males attending school, 294 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 158, Females present who are not members of the family: 92, 51 male births, 48 female births, 46 widowed females, 30 widowed males, 28 adult males unable to read or write, 15 adult females unable to read or write, 1 lunatic males, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 244 females aged 5 to 10, 232 males aged 5 to 10, 228 single males aged 20 to 30, 217 single males aged 10 to 15, 215 single females aged 10 to 15, 211 single males aged 15 to 20, 191 single females aged 15 to 20, 170 married females aged 20 to 30, 151 married females aged 30 to 40, 149 married males aged 30 to 40, 146 married males aged 40 to 50, 114 married males aged 20 to 30, 108 married females aged 40 to 50, 87 single females aged 20 to 30, 75 married males aged 50 to 60, 68 males aged 4 to 5, 65 females aged 4 to 5, 62 females age 3 to 4, 60 males aged 3 to 4, 57 females aged 2 to 3, 57 married females aged 50 to 60, 53 females aged 1 to 2, 51 males aged 2 to 3, 50 males aged 1 to 2, 36 single males aged 30 to 40, 32 married males aged 60 to 70, 18 single females aged 30 to 40, 17 married females aged 15 to 20, 17 married females aged 60 to 70, 16 single males aged 40 to 50, 12 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 12 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 11 married males aged 70 to 80, 9 single females aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 7 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 single females aged 50 to 60, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 single females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 males of unknown age, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,855 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 486 persons originating in Scotland, 444 persons originating in Ireland, 322 persons originating in England or Wales, 125 French Canadians, 92 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 48 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 28 persons originating in the United States, 10 persons originating in France, 6 persons originating in New Brunswick, 3 persons originating in Switzerland, 2 persons whose origin is unknown, 1 persons originating in the East Indies. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $1,017,130 value farms (dollars), 154,357 bushels of spring wheat, $125,333 value all livestock, 60,213 bushels of oats, $48,401 value horses aged over 3 years, 41,113 bushels of winter wheat, 39,449 bushels of potatoes, 39,416 bushels of turnips, 38,480 acres of land in farms, 36,675 bushels of peas, 35,375 pounds of homemade butter, $34,580 value farm implements in dollars, 33,928 pounds of maple sugar, 19,670 acres of farmland under cultivation, 18,810 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 13,604 pounds of wool produced on farms, 13,166 acres of farmland under crops, 6,343 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,993 acres of spring wheat, 3,971 sheep, 3,468 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,675 swine, 2,357 bushels of barley, 2,109 tons of hay, 1,838 acres of winter wheat, $1,607 value garden and orchard crops, 1,546 acres of oats, 1,509 calves and heifers, 1,435 acres of peas, 1,222 milk cows, 1,118 bushels of carrots, 756 barrels of pork, 690 horses aged over 3 years, 552 bulls, oxen, or steers, 496 bushels of corn, 449 occupants of farms, 319 horses aged 3 years and under, 287 acres of potatoes, 258 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 178 acres of turnips, 161 acres of farmland in gardens, 160 pounds of flax or hemp, 118 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 112 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 85 barrels of beef, 84 acres of barley, 67 bushels of buckwheat, 65 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 60 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 33 pounds of hops, 20 acres of corn, 14 bushels of rye, 8 bushels of beans, 8 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 7 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 5 gallons of cider, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 acres of buckwheat, 1 acres of rye. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 7,127 yards of flannel, $2,385 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 2,240 yards of fulled cloth, 53 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 9 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 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 2 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: ON079014 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON119010 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262896

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). "Stanley, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/stanley-on079014-1861/.