Turnbury, Ontario (1861 census)

Turnbury was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,264. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.896°N, 81.246°W.

Population

In 1861, Turnbury had a population of 1,264: 652 male and 612 female residents.

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Grey, Morris & Turnbury, 1851 (23.2% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Turnbury shared boundaries with:

• Culross
• Grey
• Howick
• Kinlas
• Morris
• Wawanosh

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 135 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,264 total population, 652 males, 612 females, Male members of the family who are present: 593, Female members of the family who are present: 581, 449 single males, 404 single females, 192 married females, 192 married males, 63 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 59, 57 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 31, 22 female births, 21 adult females unable to read or write, 21 male births, 17 adult males unable to read or write, 16 widowed females, 11 widowed males, 3 lunatic males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 85 single males aged 15 to 20, 82 females aged 5 to 10, 81 males aged 5 to 10, 76 married females aged 20 to 30, 69 single females aged 10 to 15, 68 single males aged 20 to 30, 67 single males aged 10 to 15, 64 married males aged 30 to 40, 54 married females aged 30 to 40, 53 married males aged 20 to 30, 52 single females aged 15 to 20, 48 married males aged 40 to 50, 41 females age 3 to 4, 35 females aged 2 to 3, 33 females aged 1 to 2, 32 single females aged 20 to 30, 31 married females aged 40 to 50, 30 males aged 2 to 3, 30 males aged 3 to 4, 27 males aged 1 to 2, 23 males aged 4 to 5, 22 females aged 4 to 5, 20 married males aged 50 to 60, 14 married females aged 50 to 60, 13 married females aged 15 to 20, 12 single males aged 30 to 40, 10 single females aged 30 to 40, 6 married males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 married females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 708 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 241 persons originating in Scotland, 185 persons originating in Ireland, 79 persons originating in England or Wales, 21 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 18 persons originating in the United States, 8 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 3 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons whose origin is unknown. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $197,258 value farms (dollars), 54,835 bushels of turnips, $30,164 value all livestock, 25,993 bushels of spring wheat, 25,021 acres of land in farms, 22,133 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 17,905 pounds of homemade butter, 14,891 bushels of potatoes, 8,363 pounds of maple sugar, 5,605 bushels of oats, $3,597 value farm implements in dollars, 2,889 bushels of peas, 2,888 acres of farmland under cultivation, $2,856 value horses aged over 3 years, 2,296 acres of farmland under crops, 1,343 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,306 acres of spring wheat, 770 pounds of wool produced on farms, 589 acres of farmland in pasture, 487 swine, 475 calves and heifers, 473 tons of hay, 366 milk cows, 353 sheep, 307 bulls, oxen, or steers, 246 acres of turnips, 244 barrels of pork, 229 occupants of farms, 195 bushels of barley, 190 acres of oats, 160 bushels of winter wheat, 139 acres of potatoes, 137 acres of peas, 129 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 64 horses aged over 3 years, 62 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 49 barrels of beef, 33 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 32 pounds of hops, 30 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, $20 value garden and orchard crops, 12 horses aged 3 years and under, 8 acres of barley, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 acres of winter wheat, 4 bushels of carrots, 3 acres of farmland in gardens, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 356 yards of flannel, $65 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 3 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 6 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON079017 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON079017 — 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). "Turnbury, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/turnbury-on079017-1861/.