Bowmanville, T-V, Ontario (1861 census)

Bowmanville, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,721. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2922719. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.915°N, 78.682°W.

Population

In 1861, Bowmanville, T-V had a population of 2,721: 1,398 male and 1,323 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).

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 Darlington, 1851 (5.2% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Bowmanville, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Darlington

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 2,721 total population, 1,398 males, 1,323 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,314, Female members of the family who are present: 1,255, 947 single males, 854 single females, 435 married females, 430 married males, 267 females attending school, 231 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 84, Females present who are not members of the family: 68, 67 female births, 58 male births, 34 widowed females, 21 widowed males, 10 adult males unable to read or write, 6 adult females unable to read or write, 4 lunatic females, 2 blind males, 1 blind females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 230 males aged 5 to 10, 229 females aged 5 to 10, 179 married females aged 20 to 30, 170 single males aged 10 to 15, 160 single females aged 10 to 15, 140 single males aged 15 to 20, 136 single females aged 15 to 20, 131 married males aged 30 to 40, 107 married females aged 30 to 40, 103 married males aged 20 to 30, 93 married males aged 40 to 50, 89 single males aged 20 to 30, 71 married females aged 40 to 50, 70 males aged 3 to 4, 69 married males aged 50 to 60, 67 males aged 1 to 2, 55 females aged 1 to 2, 54 females age 3 to 4, 51 males aged 2 to 3, 50 males aged 4 to 5, 49 single females aged 20 to 30, 46 females aged 4 to 5, 44 females aged 2 to 3, 41 married females aged 50 to 60, 22 married males aged 60 to 70, 16 married females aged 15 to 20, 14 single males aged 30 to 40, 10 married females aged 60 to 70, 10 married males aged 70 to 80, 10 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 married females aged 80 to 90, 6 single females aged 60 to 70, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 30 to 40, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 single females aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,333 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 882 persons originating in England or Wales, 248 persons originating in Ireland, 171 persons originating in Scotland, 75 persons originating in the United States, 5 persons originating in New Brunswick, 3 persons originating in all other places, 3 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $180,080 value farms (dollars), $32,925 value all livestock, 11,555 bushels of spring wheat, $10,115 value horses aged over 3 years, 9,550 bushels of turnips, 5,685 bushels of oats, 3,931 bushels of peas, $3,835 value farm implements in dollars, 3,698 bushels of potatoes, 3,675 pounds of homemade butter, 2,400 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 1,967 acres of land in farms, 1,595 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,535 bushels of carrots, 1,260 acres of farmland under crops, 1,202 pounds of wool produced on farms, 920 gallons of cider, 885 bushels of barley, 800 pounds of maple sugar, 580 bushels of corn, 522 acres of spring wheat, 520 bushels of winter wheat, 507 swine, 438 milk cows, 405 tons of hay, 390 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 372 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 318 acres of farmland in pasture, $315 value garden and orchard crops, 306 sheep, 280 bushels of rye, 275 horses aged over 3 years, 183 acres of peas, 150 bushels of buckwheat, 128 acres of oats, 125 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 123 calves and heifers, 85 barrels of pork, 60 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 39 occupants of farms, 35 acres of potatoes, 33 acres of turnips, 30 acres of winter wheat, 29 acres of barley, 25 horses aged 3 years and under, 20 pounds of hops, 17 acres of farmland in gardens, 16 acres of corn, 16 acres of rye, 14 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 14 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 13 acres of buckwheat, 13 barrels of beef, 7 bulls, oxen, or steers, 5 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 4 acres of mangel wurtzel, 4 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $8,480 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $120 value carriages for hire (dollars), 108 carriages for pleasure, 52 yards of flannel, 35 yards of fulled cloth, 10 yards of linen, 2 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 19 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 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: ON069001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON108007_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q2922719
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowmanville
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowmanville

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). "Bowmanville, T-V, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/bowmanville-t-v-on069001-1861/.