Cobourg, T-V, Ontario (1861 census)

Cobourg, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 4,975. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1007418. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.968°N, 78.170°W.

Population

In 1861, Cobourg, T-V had a population of 4,975: 2,517 male and 2,458 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, Cobourg, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Hamilton

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 158 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 4,975 total population, 2,517 males, 2,458 females, Male members of the family who are present: 2,403, Female members of the family who are present: 2,351, 1,667 single males, 1,519 single females, 801 married males, 783 married females, 456 males attending school, 422 females attending school, 156 widowed females, 115 male births, Males present who are not members of the family: 114, 109 female births, Females present who are not members of the family: 107, 49 widowed males, 16 adult males unable to read or write, 7 adult females unable to read or write, 2 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 385 males aged 5 to 10, 379 females aged 5 to 10, 335 single males aged 10 to 15, 328 single females aged 10 to 15, 315 single males aged 15 to 20, 269 married females aged 20 to 30, 255 single females aged 15 to 20, 240 married males aged 30 to 40, 230 married males aged 20 to 30, 219 married females aged 30 to 40, 181 married males aged 40 to 50, 156 married females aged 40 to 50, 112 males aged 1 to 2, 101 females aged 1 to 2, 99 females aged 2 to 3, 98 married males aged 50 to 60, 97 males aged 2 to 3, 87 males aged 3 to 4, 87 males aged 4 to 5, 79 married females aged 50 to 60, 75 females age 3 to 4, 70 females aged 4 to 5, 67 single males aged 20 to 30, 57 single females aged 20 to 30, 42 married males aged 60 to 70, 40 married females aged 60 to 70, 35 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 34 single males aged 30 to 40, 32 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 27 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 26 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 25 single females aged 30 to 40, 22 single males aged 40 to 50, 18 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 17 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 15 single females aged 40 to 50, 15 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 12 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 11 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 10 married females aged 15 to 20, 10 single males aged 50 to 60, 10 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 9 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,677 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1,008 persons originating in Ireland, 711 persons originating in England or Wales, 303 persons originating in Scotland, 222 persons originating in the United States, 59 negroes or coloured persons, 9 persons originating in New Brunswick, 9 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 8 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 4 persons originating in France, 4 persons originating in the West Indies, 3 persons originating in Switzerland, 3 persons originating in the East Indies, 2 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in Newfoundland, 1 persons originating in Sweden or Norway. 8 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $177,350 value farms (dollars), $57,086 value all livestock, $30,160 value horses aged over 3 years, 7,000 bushels of turnips, 4,695 pounds of homemade butter, 4,260 bushels of oats, 4,087 bushels of spring wheat, $3,483 value farm implements in dollars, 3,220 bushels of potatoes, 3,000 bushels of carrots, 2,950 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 1,770 bushels of peas, 1,029 acres of land in farms, 1,009 acres of farmland under cultivation, 890 gallons of cider, 795 bushels of corn, 727 acres of farmland under crops, 675 pounds of cheese produced on farms, $675 value garden and orchard crops, 413 milk cows, 403 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 403 swine, 374 pounds of wool produced on farms, 331 horses aged over 3 years, 281 acres of spring wheat, 259 acres of farmland in pasture, 240 bushels of rye, 150 tons of hay, 140 bushels of buckwheat, 122 acres of oats, 110 bushels of barley, 102 acres of peas, 96 sheep, 80 bushels of winter wheat, 40 calves and heifers, 31 acres of potatoes, 26 bulls, oxen, or steers, 23 acres of farmland in gardens, 22 acres of turnips, 21 acres of corn, 20 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 20 barrels of pork, 19 occupants of farms, 18 horses aged 3 years and under, 8 acres of mangel wurtzel, 7 barrels of beef, 7 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 6 acres of rye, 6 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 4 acres of winter wheat, 3 acres of barley, 3 acres of buckwheat, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $8,690 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $3,383 value carriages for hire (dollars), 92 carriages for pleasure, 80 yards of flannel, 59 carriages for hire, 50 yards of fulled cloth. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 11 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 12 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: ON088004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON132012_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1007418
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobourg
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobourg_(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). "Cobourg, T-V, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/cobourg-t-v-on088004-1861/.