Amherstburg, T-V, Ontario (1861 census)

Amherstburg, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,360. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q385335. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.099°N, 83.100°W.

Population

In 1861, Amherstburg, T-V had a population of 2,360: 1,184 male and 1,176 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, Amherstburg, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Anderdon
• Malden

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 133 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,360 total population, 1,184 males, 1,176 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,128, Male members of the family who are present: 1,118, 735 single males, 702 single females, 428 married males, 388 married females, 228 males attending school, 207 females attending school, 125 adult females unable to read or write, 109 adult males unable to read or write, 86 widowed females, Males present who are not members of the family: 66, Females present who are not members of the family: 48, 44 male births, 34 female births, 21 widowed males, 5 persons at sea, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 142 males aged 5 to 10, 139 single females aged 10 to 15, 132 females aged 5 to 10, 131 single males aged 10 to 15, 123 married males aged 50 to 60, 110 married females aged 20 to 30, 106 married females aged 30 to 40, 106 married males aged 30 to 40, 106 single females aged 15 to 20, 98 single males aged 15 to 20, 93 single males aged 20 to 30, 90 married males aged 20 to 30, 79 single females aged 20 to 30, 78 married females aged 40 to 50, 68 married males aged 40 to 50, 56 married females aged 50 to 60, 47 single males aged 30 to 40, 41 single females aged 30 to 40, 40 females age 3 to 4, 40 males aged 2 to 3, 38 females aged 1 to 2, 36 females aged 2 to 3, 35 males aged 4 to 5, 34 single males aged 40 to 50, 27 females aged 4 to 5, 26 males aged 3 to 4, 25 males aged 1 to 2, 24 married males aged 60 to 70, 23 single females aged 40 to 50, 23 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 17 married females aged 15 to 20, 16 married males aged 70 to 80, 15 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 15 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 14 married females aged 60 to 70, 12 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 9 single males aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 7 single males aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 90 to 100, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,311 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 361 persons originating in Ireland, 329 persons originating in the United States, 318 negroes or coloured persons, 176 female negroes or coloured persons, 154 persons originating in England or Wales, 142 male negroes or coloured persons, 95 persons originating in Scotland, 55 Indigenous persons, 38 French Canadians, 30 Indigenous females, 25 Indigenous males, 15 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 10 persons originating in the West Indies, 9 persons originating in the East Indies, 5 persons originating in all other places, 5 persons originating in New Brunswick, 5 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 3 persons originating in Newfoundland, 2 persons originating in France. 10 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $19,710 value horses aged over 3 years, 543 swine, 247 milk cows, 236 horses aged over 3 years, 228 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 5 sheep. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $1,875 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $700 value carriages for hire (dollars), 42 carriages for pleasure, 7 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 34 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 20, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 14, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 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 aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 8 people 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: ON071001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON110017 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q385335
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amherstburg
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amherstburg

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). "Amherstburg, T-V, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/amherstburg-t-v-on071001-1861/.