Toronto Gore, Ontario (1861 census)

Toronto Gore was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,728. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7826396. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.767°N, 79.681°W.

Population

In 1861, Toronto Gore had a population of 1,728: 898 male and 830 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, Toronto Gore shared boundaries with:

• Albion
• Chinguacousy
• Etobicoke
• Toronto
• Vaughan

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 1,728 total population, 898 males, 830 females, Male members of the family who are present: 778, Female members of the family who are present: 746, 617 single males, 545 single females, 260 married males, 252 married females, 195 males attending school, 155 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 120, Females present who are not members of the family: 84, 39 male births, 33 widowed females, 28 female births, 21 widowed males, 16 adult males unable to read or write, 15 adult females unable to read or write, 2 blind males, 2 lunatic males, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 134 females aged 5 to 10, 114 males aged 5 to 10, 110 single males aged 20 to 30, 108 single males aged 15 to 20, 95 married females aged 20 to 30, 95 married males aged 30 to 40, 94 single males aged 10 to 15, 92 single females aged 10 to 15, 92 single females aged 15 to 20, 64 married females aged 30 to 40, 59 married males aged 20 to 30, 59 single females aged 20 to 30, 44 married males aged 40 to 50, 38 married females aged 40 to 50, 35 females aged 1 to 2, 35 males aged 4 to 5, 34 females aged 2 to 3, 30 males aged 3 to 4, 30 married females aged 50 to 60, 30 married males aged 50 to 60, 28 males aged 1 to 2, 27 females age 3 to 4, 24 females aged 4 to 5, 24 males aged 2 to 3, 23 married males aged 60 to 70, 15 single males aged 30 to 40, 12 married females aged 15 to 20, 11 single males aged 40 to 50, 11 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 10 married females aged 60 to 70, 7 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 single females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 females of unknown age, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 males of unknown age, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 widowed males over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,018 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 325 persons originating in England or Wales, 299 persons originating in Ireland, 57 persons originating in Scotland, 13 persons originating in the United States, 4 French Canadians, 2 persons originating in all other places, 2 persons originating in France, 2 persons originating in the East Indies, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. 3 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $1,095,199 value farms (dollars), $103,062 value all livestock, 76,844 pounds of homemade butter, $44,864 value horses aged over 3 years, 43,595 bushels of oats, 38,130 bushels of barley, 36,066 bushels of winter wheat, $35,548 value farm implements in dollars, 27,755 bushels of potatoes, 25,897 bushels of peas, 18,330 acres of land in farms, 13,664 acres of farmland under cultivation, 13,635 bushels of turnips, 12,876 bushels of spring wheat, 11,076 acres of farmland under crops, 9,919 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,666 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,095 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 4,080 bushels of carrots, 3,853 pounds of flax or hemp, $3,413 value garden and orchard crops, 2,755 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 2,619 sheep, 2,568 acres of winter wheat, 2,437 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,696 swine, 1,648 gallons of cider, 1,353 acres of barley, 1,264 acres of oats, 1,195 tons of hay, 1,164 acres of peas, 888 acres of spring wheat, 878 barrels of pork, 831 milk cows, 646 calves and heifers, 609 horses aged over 3 years, 208 barrels of beef, 207 horses aged 3 years and under, 173 occupants of farms, 171 acres of potatoes, 151 acres of farmland in gardens, 105 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 100 pounds of maple sugar, 95 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 71 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 71 bulls, oxen, or steers, 52 acres of turnips, 42 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 28 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 8 acres of mangel wurtzel, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $7,198 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 1,598 yards of flannel, 171 carriages for pleasure, 154 yards of fulled cloth, 44 yards of linen. (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 males of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON091007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON136005 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7826396
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Gore

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). "Toronto Gore, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/toronto-gore-on091007-1861/.