Dundas, Town of, Ontario (1861 census)

Dundas, Town of was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,852. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q620726. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.268°N, 79.949°W.

Population

In 1861, Dundas, Town of had a population of 2,852: 1,401 male and 1,451 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, Dundas, Town of shared boundaries with:

• Ancaster
• Flamboro, West

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 118 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,852 total population, 1,451 females, 1,401 males, Female members of the family who are present: 1,338, Male members of the family who are present: 1,285, 939 single males, 915 single females, 433 married males, 430 married females, 291 females attending school, 263 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 116, Females present who are not members of the family: 113, 106 widowed females, 63 female births, 58 male births, 44 adult females unable to read or write, 29 widowed males, 21 adult males unable to read or write, 2 blind males, 1 lunatic males, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 184 males aged 5 to 10, 183 females aged 5 to 10, 176 single females aged 10 to 15, 170 single females aged 15 to 20, 168 single males aged 10 to 15, 160 single males aged 15 to 20, 137 married females aged 30 to 40, 135 married males aged 30 to 40, 134 married females aged 20 to 30, 123 married males aged 40 to 50, 122 single males aged 20 to 30, 100 married females aged 40 to 50, 100 single females aged 20 to 30, 85 married males aged 20 to 30, 64 married males aged 50 to 60, 56 males aged 1 to 2, 50 females aged 1 to 2, 50 females aged 2 to 3, 49 males aged 2 to 3, 49 males aged 4 to 5, 44 females age 3 to 4, 43 females aged 4 to 5, 39 males aged 3 to 4, 37 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 36 married females aged 50 to 60, 26 single males aged 30 to 40, 22 married males aged 60 to 70, 22 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 20 single females aged 30 to 40, 20 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 16 single males aged 40 to 50, 13 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 12 married females aged 60 to 70, 10 married females aged 15 to 20, 9 single females aged 40 to 50, 8 single males aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 6 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,422 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 660 persons originating in Ireland, 338 persons originating in Scotland, 274 persons originating in England or Wales, 101 persons originating in the United States, 33 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 17 negroes or coloured persons, 11 French Canadians, 9 male negroes or coloured persons, 8 female negroes or coloured persons, 3 persons originating in the West Indies, 2 persons originating in all other places, 2 persons originating in France, 2 persons originating in Newfoundland, 2 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $16,928 value all livestock, 246 swine, 225 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 196 milk cows, 151 horses aged over 3 years, 21 sheep, 1 horses aged 3 years and under. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $7,710 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $2,530 value carriages for hire (dollars), 121 carriages for pleasure, 32 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 22 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, 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 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females 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 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: ON104005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON104005 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q620726
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dundas,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dundas_(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). "Dundas, Town of, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/dundas-town-of-on104005-1861/.