Clifton, Town—Ville, Ontario (1861 census)
Clifton, Town—Ville was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,292. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1101352. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.100°N, 79.075°W.
Population
In 1861, Clifton, Town—Ville had a population of 1,292: 640 male and 652 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 1,292 |
| 1871 | 1,610 |
| 1881 | 2,347 |
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 Stamford, 1851 (6.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861
In the 1861 census, Clifton, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1861
The 1861 census recorded 147 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,292 total population, 652 females, 640 males, Female members of the family who are present: 624, Male members of the family who are present: 573, 422 single females, 416 single males, 213 married males, 197 married females, 87 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 67, 52 females attending school, 36 female births, 33 widowed females, 32 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 28, 20 adult females unable to read or write, 20 adult males unable to read or write, 11 widowed males, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)
Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 97 married males aged 30 to 40, 87 married females aged 20 to 30, 74 single males aged 20 to 30, 69 single females aged 20 to 30, 66 single females aged 15 to 20, 65 males aged 5 to 10, 60 married females aged 30 to 40, 56 females aged 5 to 10, 55 single females aged 10 to 15, 55 single males aged 15 to 20, 52 single males aged 10 to 15, 47 married males aged 40 to 50, 39 married males aged 20 to 30, 35 females aged 2 to 3, 28 females aged 4 to 5, 28 males aged 1 to 2, 28 single males aged 30 to 40, 26 married females aged 40 to 50, 25 males aged 2 to 3, 23 females age 3 to 4, 23 females aged 1 to 2, 22 males aged 3 to 4, 18 males aged 4 to 5, 14 married males aged 50 to 60, 14 married males aged 60 to 70, 13 single females aged 30 to 40, 11 married females aged 50 to 60, 11 single males aged 40 to 50, 9 married females aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 8 single females aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)
Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 556 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 297 persons originating in Ireland, 190 persons originating in England or Wales, 121 persons originating in the United States, 79 persons originating in Scotland, 35 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 16 negroes or coloured persons, 11 male negroes or coloured persons, 5 female negroes or coloured persons, 4 persons originating in Switzerland, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick. 8 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)
Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $29,660 value farms (dollars), $10,140 value all livestock, 1,730 bushels of oats, 1,411 bushels of carrots, 1,350 pounds of homemade butter, 1,035 bushels of corn, $831 value farm implements in dollars, 660 bushels of potatoes, $630 value garden and orchard crops, 488 acres of land in farms, 408 acres of farmland under cultivation, 350 bushels of spring wheat, 278 acres of farmland in pasture, 260 gallons of cider, 250 bushels of turnips, 220 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 217 bushels of beans, 200 bushels of rye, 167 bushels of buckwheat, 160 bushels of peas, 150 bushels of winter wheat, 130 pounds of wool produced on farms, 125 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 120 bushels of barley, 111 acres of farmland under crops, 108 milk cows, 101 swine, 93 horses aged over 3 years, 84 tons of hay, 80 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 79 sheep, 44 acres of oats, 28 acres of spring wheat, 25 barrels of pork, 20 acres of corn, 19 acres of farmland in gardens, 15 acres of barley, 13 calves and heifers, 12 acres of peas, 10 acres of rye, 8 acres of buckwheat, 8 acres of winter wheat, 7 occupants of farms, 6 acres of potatoes, 3 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 3 horses aged 3 years and under, 3 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel, 1 acres of turnips, 1 barrels of beef, 1 bulls, oxen, or steers, 1 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)
Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $2,400 value carriages for hire (dollars), $1,470 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 21 carriages for hire, 19 carriages for pleasure. (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 males of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 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. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among males aged 90 to 100: 1 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON102003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON142012— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q1101352
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). "Clifton, Town—Ville, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/clifton-town-ville-on102003-1861/.