Charlotteville, Ontario (1861 census)

Charlotteville was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,475. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261089. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.759°N, 80.384°W.

Population

In 1861, Charlotteville had a population of 3,475: 1,775 male and 1,700 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, Charlotteville shared boundaries with:

• Middleton
• Simcoe, T-V
• Walsingham
• Windham
• Woodhouse and Gore

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 180 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,475 total population, 1,775 males, 1,700 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,673, Female members of the family who are present: 1,619, 1,210 single males, 1,121 single females, 528 married males, 509 married females, 273 males attending school, 243 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 102, 83 female births, Females present who are not members of the family: 81, 70 widowed females, 69 male births, 37 widowed males, 14 adult males unable to read or write, 8 lunatic males, 3 lunatic females, 2 adult females unable to read or write, 1 blind females, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 240 males aged 5 to 10, 230 females aged 5 to 10, 209 single males aged 20 to 30, 194 single females aged 15 to 20, 190 single females aged 10 to 15, 187 single males aged 10 to 15, 181 single males aged 15 to 20, 164 married females aged 20 to 30, 149 married males aged 30 to 40, 134 married females aged 30 to 40, 132 single females aged 20 to 30, 114 married males aged 20 to 30, 99 married males aged 40 to 50, 86 married males aged 50 to 60, 84 married females aged 40 to 50, 68 males aged 3 to 4, 64 females aged 1 to 2, 63 married females aged 50 to 60, 60 females aged 2 to 3, 58 females aged 4 to 5, 55 married males aged 60 to 70, 54 males aged 2 to 3, 54 males aged 4 to 5, 53 females age 3 to 4, 53 males aged 1 to 2, 53 single males aged 30 to 40, 40 married females aged 60 to 70, 32 single females aged 30 to 40, 20 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 19 married males aged 70 to 80, 18 single males aged 40 to 50, 17 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 16 married females aged 15 to 20, 14 single males aged 50 to 60, 12 single females aged 40 to 50, 11 single females aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 9 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 7 married females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 70 to 80, 5 single males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 males of unknown age, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 single males aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,812 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 196 persons originating in England or Wales, 189 persons originating in the United States, 109 persons originating in Ireland, 91 persons originating in Scotland, 34 persons originating in New Brunswick, 25 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 8 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 4 French Canadians, 3 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in the East Indies, 1 persons whose origin is unknown. 1 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $1,084,218 value farms (dollars), $129,518 value all livestock, 88,722 pounds of homemade butter, 67,247 bushels of winter wheat, $60,869 value horses aged over 3 years, 56,693 bushels of turnips, 53,199 bushels of potatoes, $40,722 value farm implements in dollars, 39,838 acres of land in farms, 34,372 bushels of oats, 31,398 gallons of cider, 22,941 acres of farmland under cultivation, 17,308 bushels of corn, 16,897 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 16,577 bushels of buckwheat, 16,017 bushels of peas, 15,444 acres of farmland under crops, 12,326 pounds of wool produced on farms, $12,121 value garden and orchard crops, 8,221 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 7,660 bushels of carrots, 7,660 bushels of rye, 7,197 pounds of maple sugar, 6,716 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,305 acres of winter wheat, 4,092 tons of hay, 4,063 bushels of spring wheat, 3,581 sheep, 2,493 swine, 1,672 bushels of barley, 1,418 acres of oats, 1,153 barrels of pork, 1,132 milk cows, 1,123 calves and heifers, 1,106 acres of peas, 1,017 acres of buckwheat, 891 horses aged over 3 years, 844 acres of corn, 781 acres of farmland in gardens, 690 acres of rye, 690 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 417 acres of potatoes, 401 occupants of farms, 395 acres of spring wheat, 365 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 363 barrels of beef, 276 bulls, oxen, or steers, 257 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 252 horses aged 3 years and under, 225 acres of turnips, 158 pounds of hops, 150 pounds of flax or hemp, 136 bushels of beans, 127 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 94 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 91 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 86 acres of barley, 47 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 30 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 12 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $16,494 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 5,356 yards of flannel, 2,156 yards of fulled cloth, 235 carriages for pleasure, $40 value carriages for hire (dollars), 30 yards of linen, 1 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 27 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 14, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 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 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 4 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: ON087001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON131001_1891 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261089

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). "Charlotteville, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/charlotteville-on087001-1861/.