Denbigh and Abinger, Ontario (1861 census)

Name: Denbigh and Abinger (1861)
Address: Ontario, CA

Denbigh and Abinger was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 175. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.055°N, 77.303°W.

Population

In 1861, Denbigh and Abinger had a population of 175.

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 NO DATA, 1851 (0.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Denbigh and Abinger shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 52 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 175 total population. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 151 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 13 persons originating in Ireland, 9 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in Spain or Portugal, 1 persons originating in Switzerland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $30,680 value horses aged over 3 years, $7,507 value farms (dollars), $5,661 value all livestock, 5,245 bushels of turnips, 4,700 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 3,742 acres of land in farms, 3,583 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,652 bushels of potatoes, 1,920 pounds of maple sugar, 878 bushels of oats, 710 pounds of homemade butter, $452 value farm implements in dollars, 259 bushels of buckwheat, 206 bushels of spring wheat, 159 acres of farmland under crops, 159 acres of farmland under cultivation, 139 bushels of corn, 70 bushels of barley, 39 bushels of peas, 36 occupants of farms, 33 horses aged over 3 years, 32 acres of oats, 31 acres of turnips, 31 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 25 acres of potatoes, 25 milk cows, 15 acres of buckwheat, 15 calves and heifers, 15 sheep, 14 bulls, oxen, or steers, 13 acres of spring wheat, 13 swine, 10 acres of corn, 10 bushels of carrots, 9 tons of hay, 7 barrels of beef, 5 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 4 acres of barley, 3 acres of peas, 2 barrels of pork. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $120 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 1 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 19 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON084005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON084005 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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). "Denbigh and Abinger, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/denbigh-and-abinger-on084005-1861/.