Chippawa, Village, Ontario (1861 census)

Chippawa, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,095. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q602402. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.055°N, 79.052°W.

Population

In 1861, Chippawa, Village had a population of 1,095: 511 male and 584 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, Chippawa, Village shared boundaries with:

• Stamford
• Willoughby

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 129 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,095 total population, 584 females, Female members of the family who are present: 539, 511 males, Male members of the family who are present: 475, 364 single females, 326 single males, 186 married females, 177 married males, 104 males attending school, 92 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 45, Males present who are not members of the family: 36, 34 widowed females, 23 male births, 22 female births, 8 widowed males, 7 adult males unable to read or write, 5 adult females unable to read or write, 1 blind males, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 68 single females aged 10 to 15, 66 married females aged 30 to 40, 65 females aged 5 to 10, 61 single males aged 10 to 15, 58 males aged 5 to 10, 52 single females aged 20 to 30, 51 single females aged 15 to 20, 50 married males aged 30 to 40, 50 single males aged 20 to 30, 46 married females aged 20 to 30, 44 married males aged 40 to 50, 42 single males aged 15 to 20, 37 married males aged 50 to 60, 34 married females aged 40 to 50, 24 females aged 2 to 3, 24 males aged 3 to 4, 23 females age 3 to 4, 22 married males aged 20 to 30, 21 females aged 1 to 2, 21 females aged 4 to 5, 21 males aged 1 to 2, 21 married females aged 50 to 60, 16 males aged 2 to 3, 15 married males aged 60 to 70, 12 males aged 4 to 5, 9 married females aged 60 to 70, 8 single females aged 30 to 40, 8 single males aged 30 to 40, 8 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 married females aged 15 to 20, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 males of unknown age, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (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 609 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 129 persons originating in Scotland, 126 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 107 persons originating in the United States, 71 persons originating in England or Wales, 43 persons originating in Ireland, 32 negroes or coloured persons, 21 male negroes or coloured persons, 11 female negroes or coloured persons, 4 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in Switzerland, 1 persons originating in the East Indies, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $29,100 value farms (dollars), $9,103 value all livestock, 1,170 bushels of potatoes, $910 value farm implements in dollars, 460 bushels of corn, 400 bushels of oats, 240 pounds of wool produced on farms, $200 value garden and orchard crops, 118 acres of farmland under cultivation, 118 acres of land in farms, 102 swine, 94 horses aged over 3 years, 94 milk cows, 80 bushels of winter wheat, 69 acres of farmland under crops, 64 sheep, 60 bushels of buckwheat, 46 acres of farmland in pasture, 44 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 17 acres of potatoes, 15 tons of hay, 12 acres of oats, 8 acres of corn, 8 occupants of farms, 6 calves and heifers, 4 acres of buckwheat, 4 acres of winter wheat, 4 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 3 acres of farmland in gardens, 3 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $2,730 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $415 value carriages for hire (dollars), 33 carriages for pleasure, 12 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

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

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 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: ON102002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON151014 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q602402
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chippawa,_Ontario

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). "Chippawa, Village, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/chippawa-village-on102002-1861/.