Cornwall, Town of, Ontario (1861 census)

Cornwall, Town of was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,915. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q956690. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.018°N, 74.726°W.

Population

In 1861, Cornwall, Town of had a population of 1,915: 917 male and 998 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, Cornwall, Town of shared boundaries with:

• Cornwall, Township

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 111 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,915 total population, 998 females, 917 males, Female members of the family who are present: 830, Male members of the family who are present: 767, 680 single females, 645 single males, 255 married females, 249 married males, 198 males attending school, 182 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 168, Males present who are not members of the family: 150, 63 widowed females, 34 male births, 26 adult females unable to read or write, 26 female births, 23 widowed males, 17 adult males unable to read or write, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 136 single females aged 15 to 20, 134 single females aged 20 to 30, 134 single males aged 15 to 20, 128 single females aged 10 to 15, 127 females aged 5 to 10, 115 single males aged 20 to 30, 111 single males aged 10 to 15, 110 males aged 5 to 10, 80 married females aged 30 to 40, 72 married females aged 20 to 30, 63 married males aged 40 to 50, 62 married males aged 30 to 40, 58 married females aged 40 to 50, 46 married males aged 20 to 30, 45 married males aged 50 to 60, 31 females aged 1 to 2, 29 males aged 2 to 3, 28 males aged 4 to 5, 27 males aged 3 to 4, 27 married males aged 60 to 70, 26 males aged 1 to 2, 24 married females aged 50 to 60, 23 females age 3 to 4, 23 females aged 2 to 3, 21 females aged 4 to 5, 17 single females aged 30 to 40, 16 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 15 single males aged 30 to 40, 11 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 11 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 10 married females aged 15 to 20, 10 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 10 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 9 married females aged 60 to 70, 9 single males aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 6 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,379 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 206 persons originating in Ireland, 96 persons originating in Scotland, 81 persons originating in the United States, 69 French Canadians, 69 persons originating in England or Wales, 11 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 6 female negroes or coloured persons, 4 male negroes or coloured persons, 3 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 1 Indigenous males, 1 persons originating in Sweden or Norway. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $16,017 value all livestock, 210 milk cows, $210 value garden and orchard crops, 179 swine, 171 horses aged over 3 years, 84 sheep. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $7,793 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $803 value carriages for hire (dollars), 154 carriages for pleasure, 26 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 15 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 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 5 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: ON099001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON099001 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q956690
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornwall,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornwall_(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). "Cornwall, Town of, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/cornwall-town-of-on099001-1861/.