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Year: 1861  |  Province: Ontario  |  Wikidata: Q3501912

Collingwood, Town of, Ontario (1861 census)

Collingwood, Town of was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,408. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3501912. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.497°N, 80.216°W.

Population

In 1861, Collingwood, Town of had a population of 1,408: 785 male and 623 female residents.

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Collingwood, Town of shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 113 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,408 total population, 785 males, Male members of the family who are present: 706, 623 females, 541 single males, Female members of the family who are present: 539, 390 single females, 233 married males, 215 married females, 134 males attending school, 130 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 84, Males present who are not members of the family: 79, 75 adult females unable to read or write, 38 male births, 28 female births, 24 adult males unable to read or write, 18 widowed females, 11 widowed males, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 blind males, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 103 single males aged 20 to 30, 100 females aged 5 to 10, 95 males aged 5 to 10, 91 married males aged 30 to 40, 90 married females aged 20 to 30, 80 married females aged 30 to 40, 76 single males aged 10 to 15, 70 single males aged 15 to 20, 68 married males aged 20 to 30, 60 single females aged 10 to 15, 57 single females aged 15 to 20, 54 married males aged 40 to 50, 40 single females aged 20 to 30, 39 males aged 2 to 3, 31 males aged 1 to 2, 30 married females aged 40 to 50, 29 females age 3 to 4, 29 males aged 3 to 4, 26 females aged 2 to 3, 22 males aged 4 to 5, 20 single males aged 30 to 40, 18 females aged 4 to 5, 17 females aged 1 to 2, 16 married males aged 50 to 60, 10 married females aged 50 to 60, 8 males of unknown age, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 single females aged 30 to 40, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 married males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 females of unknown age, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 married females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 758 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 206 persons originating in Ireland, 134 persons originating in Scotland, 133 persons originating in England or Wales, 123 persons originating in the United States, 33 negroes or coloured persons, 31 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 22 Indigenous males, 17 Indigenous persons, 12 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 11 male negroes or coloured persons, 10 Indigenous females, 6 female negroes or coloured persons, 3 persons whose origin is unknown, 2 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 French Canadians, 1 persons originating in Switzerland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 3 persons originating in Russia or Poland — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $7,339 value all livestock, 183 swine, 85 milk cows, 80 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 68 horses aged over 3 years, 8 sheep. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $1,095 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $45 value carriages for hire (dollars), 17 carriages for pleasure, 2 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 females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 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 age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

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). "Collingwood, Town of, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/collingwood-town-of-on098004-1861/.