Dunnville, T-V, Ontario (1861 census)

Dunnville, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,268. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.909°N, 79.614°W.

Population

In 1861, Dunnville, T-V had a population of 1,268: 633 male and 635 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).

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 Moulton, 1851 (2.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Dunnville, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Moulton and Sherbrooke

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 101 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,268 total population, 635 females, 633 males, Female members of the family who are present: 541, 517 single females, Male members of the family who are present: 505, 434 single males, 180 married males, Males present who are not members of the family: 128, 128 females attending school, 108 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 94, 77 married females, 56 adult females unable to read or write, 41 widowed females, 40 adult males unable to read or write, 25 male births, 23 female births, 19 widowed males, 1 blind females, 1 blind males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 103 single females aged 15 to 20, 87 single females aged 20 to 30, 75 single males aged 15 to 20, 72 females aged 5 to 10, 71 single females aged 10 to 15, 70 single males aged 20 to 30, 63 married males aged 30 to 40, 63 single males aged 10 to 15, 60 males aged 5 to 10, 45 married males aged 40 to 50, 39 single females aged 30 to 40, 33 married females aged 20 to 30, 33 single females aged 40 to 50, 32 married males aged 20 to 30, 28 males aged 2 to 3, 27 married males aged 50 to 60, 25 males aged 1 to 2, 25 married females aged 30 to 40, 24 single males aged 30 to 40, 23 females aged 4 to 5, 19 females age 3 to 4, 19 females aged 1 to 2, 19 males aged 3 to 4, 19 males aged 4 to 5, 16 females aged 2 to 3, 16 single males aged 40 to 50, 15 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 11 married females aged 50 to 60, 9 married males aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 7 single females aged 50 to 60, 6 married females aged 40 to 50, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 60 to 70, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 married males over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 758 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 153 persons originating in Ireland, 126 persons originating in the United States, 89 persons originating in England or Wales, 65 persons originating in Scotland, 33 persons originating in Switzerland, 16 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 15 persons originating in Sweden or Norway, 5 French Canadians, 3 persons whose origin is unknown, 2 persons originating in the West Indies, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. 1 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 9 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, 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 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON076005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON115012_1911 — 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). "Dunnville, T-V, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/dunnville-t-v-on076005-1861/.