Storrington, Ontario (1861 census)

Storrington was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,894. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.437°N, 76.395°W.

Population

In 1861, Storrington had a population of 2,894: 1,484 male and 1,410 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, Storrington shared boundaries with:

• Bedford
• Crosby, South
• Kingston
• Leeds
• Loughborough
• Pittsburgh

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 170 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,894 total population, 1,484 males, 1,410 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,352, Female members of the family who are present: 1,330, 975 single males, 916 single females, 485 married males, 450 married females, 259 males attending school, 241 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 132, Females present who are not members of the family: 80, 59 female births, 56 adult males unable to read or write, 55 male births, 47 adult females unable to read or write, 44 widowed females, 24 widowed males, 2 deaf and dumb females, 1 blind females, 1 blind males, 1 lunatic females, 1 lunatic males, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 241 single males aged 20 to 30, 198 females aged 5 to 10, 196 married males aged 20 to 30, 177 single males aged 15 to 20, 176 single females aged 10 to 15, 168 single males aged 10 to 15, 162 single females aged 15 to 20, 149 married females aged 20 to 30, 132 married males aged 30 to 40, 129 married females aged 30 to 40, 118 single females aged 20 to 30, 101 males aged 5 to 10, 83 married males aged 40 to 50, 82 married females aged 40 to 50, 56 married females aged 50 to 60, 50 males aged 1 to 2, 49 married males aged 50 to 60, 46 females aged 1 to 2, 44 females aged 2 to 3, 42 females age 3 to 4, 42 males aged 2 to 3, 41 females aged 4 to 5, 41 males aged 3 to 4, 36 males aged 4 to 5, 35 single males aged 30 to 40, 23 single males aged 40 to 50, 22 married males aged 60 to 70, 20 married females aged 60 to 70, 14 single females aged 30 to 40, 11 single females aged 60 to 70, 11 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 10 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 8 married females aged 15 to 20, 7 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,101 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 486 persons originating in Ireland, 154 persons originating in England or Wales, 75 persons originating in the United States, 72 persons originating in Scotland, 12 French Canadians, 7 negroes or coloured persons, 4 male negroes or coloured persons, 4 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 3 female negroes or coloured persons, 2 persons originating in France, 2 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 2 persons originating in Newfoundland, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in Spain or Portugal, 1 persons originating in Switzerland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $436,423 value farms (dollars), $85,010 value all livestock, 58,057 pounds of homemade butter, 49,065 bushels of oats, $43,659 value horses aged over 3 years, 35,346 bushels of potatoes, 31,767 acres of land in farms, 31,179 bushels of spring wheat, $22,771 value farm implements in dollars, 22,112 bushels of peas, 16,423 acres of farmland under cultivation, 15,343 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 13,780 pounds of maple sugar, 10,827 acres of farmland under crops, 9,896 pounds of wool produced on farms, 6,280 bushels of rye, 5,352 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,367 bushels of corn, $4,348 value garden and orchard crops, 3,907 bushels of barley, 3,737 bushels of buckwheat, 3,301 sheep, 3,255 bushels of winter wheat, 2,414 gallons of cider, 2,393 tons of hay, 1,816 acres of oats, 1,753 bushels of turnips, 1,752 acres of spring wheat, 1,447 swine, 1,175 milk cows, 1,155 acres of peas, 910 calves and heifers, 895 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 721 bushels of carrots, 655 horses aged over 3 years, 501 acres of potatoes, 497 barrels of pork, 467 acres of rye, 339 occupants of farms, 244 acres of farmland in gardens, 242 horses aged 3 years and under, 225 acres of winter wheat, 210 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 206 acres of corn, 153 acres of barley, 145 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 134 acres of buckwheat, 129 bulls, oxen, or steers, 106 barrels of beef, 98 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 92 pounds of hops, 70 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 67 bushels of beans, 50 pounds of flax or hemp, 30 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 15 acres of turnips, 13 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 9 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 9 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 4 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 acres of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 5,515 yards of flannel, $4,662 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 2,008 yards of fulled cloth, 86 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 4 barrels of salted fish sold. (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: 9, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, 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 females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON072014 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON111015 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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). "Storrington, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/storrington-on072014-1861/.