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Year: 1861  |  Province: Ontario  |  Wikidata: Q115263026

Tuckersmith, Ontario (1861 census)

Tuckersmith was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,226. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115263026. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.513°N, 81.456°W.

Population

In 1861, Tuckersmith had a population of 3,226: 1,631 male and 1,595 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18511,727
18613,226
18713,699
18813,550
18912,867
19012,463
19112,221
19212,094

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, Tuckersmith shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 178 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,226 total population, 1,631 males, 1,595 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,495, Male members of the family who are present: 1,443, 1,054 single males, 997 single females, 552 married females, 552 married males, 347 males attending school, 310 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 188, Females present who are not members of the family: 100, 49 female births, 46 widowed females, 44 male births, 34 adult males unable to read or write, 25 widowed males, 23 adult females unable to read or write, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 244 males aged 5 to 10, 238 females aged 5 to 10, 209 single males aged 10 to 15, 206 single females aged 15 to 20, 177 single females aged 10 to 15, 172 married females aged 20 to 30, 172 single males aged 15 to 20, 168 single males aged 20 to 30, 164 married males aged 30 to 40, 145 married females aged 30 to 40, 117 married males aged 20 to 30, 115 married males aged 40 to 50, 108 single females aged 20 to 30, 103 married females aged 40 to 50, 83 married males aged 50 to 60, 63 married females aged 50 to 60, 54 females aged 2 to 3, 53 females aged 1 to 2, 51 males aged 1 to 2, 50 males aged 2 to 3, 46 married males aged 60 to 70, 44 females aged 4 to 5, 42 males aged 4 to 5, 41 males aged 3 to 4, 37 females age 3 to 4, 36 married females aged 60 to 70, 26 single males aged 30 to 40, 25 married females aged 15 to 20, 24 single females aged 30 to 40, 18 married males aged 70 to 80, 11 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 10 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 married males aged 15 to 20, 4 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 90 to 100, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,706 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 852 persons originating in Scotland, 307 persons originating in England or Wales, 216 persons originating in Ireland, 56 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 52 persons originating in the United States, 25 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 6 persons originating in New Brunswick, 3 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in Switzerland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $909,192 value farms (dollars), 138,167 bushels of spring wheat, $126,770 value all livestock, 79,790 bushels of turnips, 66,947 bushels of oats, 63,124 pounds of homemade butter, $44,575 value horses aged over 3 years, $36,393 value farm implements in dollars, 35,845 acres of land in farms, 32,496 bushels of peas, 26,884 bushels of potatoes, 21,873 pounds of maple sugar, 18,106 acres of farmland under cultivation, 17,740 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 13,083 pounds of wool produced on farms, 12,519 acres of farmland under crops, 9,048 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 5,739 acres of spring wheat, 5,385 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,640 sheep, $3,213 value garden and orchard crops, 2,469 tons of hay, 2,340 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,306 swine, 1,824 bushels of barley, 1,821 acres of oats, 1,789 calves and heifers, 1,485 bushels of carrots, 1,442 bushels of winter wheat, 1,241 milk cows, 1,160 acres of peas, 978 barrels of pork, 679 bulls, oxen, or steers, 613 horses aged over 3 years, 384 occupants of farms, 342 acres of turnips, 270 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 248 barrels of beef, 246 horses aged 3 years and under, 238 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 235 acres of potatoes, 201 acres of farmland in gardens, 90 bushels of corn, 86 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 59 pounds of hops, 57 acres of barley, 51 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 46 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 43 acres of winter wheat, 39 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 6 bushels of beans, 6 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of corn, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 6,299 yards of flannel, $4,075 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 1,247 yards of fulled cloth, $286 value carriages for hire (dollars), 49 carriages for pleasure, 4 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 42 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 25, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 17, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 9, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 4, 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 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 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 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among males over 100: 1 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

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). "Tuckersmith, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/tuckersmith-on079016-1861/.