Enniskillen, Ontario (1861 census)

Enniskillen was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,069. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261401. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.845°N, 82.121°W.

Population

In 1861, Enniskillen had a population of 1,069: 671 male and 398 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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Petrolia, T-V, 1871 (0.7% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Oil Springs, VL, 1871 (0.7% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Enniskillen shared boundaries with:

• Brooke
• Dawn
• Moore
• Plympton
• Sarnia

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 145 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,069 total population, 671 males, Male members of the family who are present: 467, 464 single males, 398 females, Female members of the family who are present: 380, 246 single females, Males present who are not members of the family: 204, 199 married males, 138 married females, 108 males attending school, 83 females attending school, 35 male births, 21 female births, Females present who are not members of the family: 18, 14 widowed females, 9 adult males unable to read or write, 8 widowed males, 4 adult females unable to read or write, 2 lunatic males, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 134 single males aged 20 to 30, 68 married males aged 30 to 40, 66 single males aged 15 to 20, 62 single males aged 10 to 15, 54 married females aged 20 to 30, 49 married males aged 40 to 50, 49 single females aged 15 to 20, 48 males aged 5 to 10, 48 married males aged 20 to 30, 47 females aged 5 to 10, 38 single females aged 10 to 15, 34 married females aged 30 to 40, 32 single males aged 30 to 40, 26 married females aged 40 to 50, 24 married males aged 50 to 60, 23 single females aged 20 to 30, 20 males aged 1 to 2, 20 males aged 2 to 3, 18 females age 3 to 4, 17 females aged 2 to 3, 16 females aged 4 to 5, 16 males aged 4 to 5, 14 males aged 3 to 4, 13 females aged 1 to 2, 12 married females aged 50 to 60, 11 single males aged 40 to 50, 8 married females aged 15 to 20, 7 married males aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 married females aged 60 to 70, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 males of unknown age, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 619 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 142 persons originating in Ireland, 126 persons originating in England or Wales, 103 persons originating in Scotland, 62 persons originating in the United States, 11 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 3 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $220,150 value farms (dollars), $28,349 value all livestock, 19,275 pounds of homemade butter, 15,233 acres of land in farms, 14,161 bushels of spring wheat, 11,656 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,496 bushels of potatoes, $8,170 value horses aged over 3 years, 7,338 bushels of oats, 6,478 bushels of peas, $5,858 value farm implements in dollars, 4,515 bushels of turnips, 3,855 pounds of maple sugar, 3,577 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,881 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,693 acres of farmland under crops, 1,311 pounds of wool produced on farms, 828 acres of spring wheat, 767 tons of hay, 641 swine, 521 calves and heifers, 478 sheep, 410 bushels of winter wheat, 338 acres of peas, 334 milk cows, 311 acres of oats, 307 barrels of pork, 285 bushels of buckwheat, 282 bushels of barley, 260 bushels of corn, 156 bulls, oxen, or steers, 132 horses aged over 3 years, 128 occupants of farms, 100 pounds of flax or hemp, 97 acres of potatoes, $95 value garden and orchard crops, 80 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 67 horses aged 3 years and under, 37 barrels of beef, 26 acres of turnips, 25 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 22 acres of winter wheat, 17 acres of buckwheat, 17 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 16 acres of corn, 15 bushels of rye, 11 acres of barley, 9 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 acres of farmland in gardens, 2 pounds of hops, 1 acres of rye, 1 bushels of beans, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 739 yards of flannel, $246 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 82 yards of fulled cloth, 5 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 5, 5 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 4, 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 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON081004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON122004_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261401

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). "Enniskillen, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/enniskillen-on081004-1861/.