Wallace, Ontario (1861 census)

Wallace was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,400. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115263091. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.782°N, 80.917°W.

Population

In 1861, Wallace had a population of 2,400: 1,293 male and 1,107 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, Wallace shared boundaries with:

• Elma
• Grey
• Howick
• Maryborough
• Minto

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 132 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,400 total population, 1,293 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,257, 1,107 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,090, 892 single males, 755 single females, 383 married males, 341 married females, 235 males attending school, 180 females attending school, 96 male births, 79 female births, Males present who are not members of the family: 36, 18 widowed males, Females present who are not members of the family: 17, 12 adult males unable to read or write, 11 widowed females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 154 single males aged 10 to 15, 152 married males aged 30 to 40, 149 single males aged 20 to 30, 147 males aged 5 to 10, 145 single females aged 10 to 15, 137 married females aged 20 to 30, 136 females aged 5 to 10, 110 single females aged 15 to 20, 107 single males aged 15 to 20, 101 married females aged 30 to 40, 84 married males aged 40 to 50, 71 married males aged 20 to 30, 62 females aged 1 to 2, 57 males aged 1 to 2, 55 females age 3 to 4, 53 single females aged 20 to 30, 52 males aged 2 to 3, 52 married females aged 40 to 50, 51 females aged 2 to 3, 44 males aged 3 to 4, 44 males aged 4 to 5, 42 married males aged 50 to 60, 41 females aged 4 to 5, 37 single males aged 30 to 40, 36 married females aged 50 to 60, 28 married males aged 60 to 70, 14 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 married females aged 60 to 70, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 females of unknown age, 1 males of unknown age, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females 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 1,491 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 532 persons originating in Ireland, 133 persons originating in Scotland, 125 persons originating in England or Wales, 72 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 43 persons originating in the United States, 4 persons originating in New Brunswick. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $408,040 value farms (dollars), 69,747 bushels of turnips, $67,418 value all livestock, 58,403 bushels of spring wheat, 43,437 acres of land in farms, 38,800 pounds of homemade butter, 32,264 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 24,946 bushels of oats, 20,852 pounds of maple sugar, 20,660 bushels of potatoes, $18,247 value horses aged over 3 years, 11,499 bushels of peas, 11,173 acres of farmland under cultivation, $10,904 value farm implements in dollars, 9,471 acres of farmland under crops, 3,112 acres of spring wheat, 2,783 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,742 bushels of barley, 1,612 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,477 swine, 1,132 tons of hay, 1,103 sheep, 881 acres of oats, 822 calves and heifers, 782 barrels of pork, 739 milk cows, 667 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 664 acres of peas, 506 bulls, oxen, or steers, 421 occupants of farms, 398 acres of turnips, 262 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 261 horses aged over 3 years, 252 acres of potatoes, 94 barrels of beef, 91 horses aged 3 years and under, 90 acres of farmland in gardens, 89 acres of barley, 82 bushels of carrots, 72 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 64 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 10 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 10 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 6 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 4 bushels of corn, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 3 pounds of hops. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 3,128 yards of flannel, $550 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 260 yards of fulled cloth, 30 yards of linen, 10 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 3, 3 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person 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: ON092014 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON137011 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115263091

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). "Wallace, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/wallace-on092014-1861/.