Holland Landing, VL, Ontario (1861 census)

Holland Landing, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 741. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5881003. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.107°N, 79.493°W.

Population

In 1861, Holland Landing, VL had a population of 741: 376 male and 365 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 Gwillimbury E, 1851 (0.9% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Holland Landing, VL, 1871 (25.3% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Holland Landing, VL shared boundaries with:

• Gwillimhury, East

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 131 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 741 total population, 376 males, 365 females, Female members of the family who are present: 357, Male members of the family who are present: 348, 251 single males, 229 single females, 123 married females, 120 married males, 88 males attending school, 85 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 28, 16 male births, 15 female births, 13 widowed females, 12 adult females unable to read or write, 11 adult males unable to read or write, Females present who are not members of the family: 8, 5 widowed males, 2 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 52 single males aged 10 to 15, 48 single females aged 15 to 20, 47 single males aged 15 to 20, 45 single males aged 20 to 30, 42 females aged 5 to 10, 41 single females aged 10 to 15, 39 married females aged 20 to 30, 36 married males aged 40 to 50, 34 married females aged 40 to 50, 32 males aged 5 to 10, 31 single females aged 20 to 30, 27 married females aged 30 to 40, 27 married males aged 30 to 40, 24 married males aged 20 to 30, 21 married males aged 50 to 60, 15 females aged 2 to 3, 15 males aged 2 to 3, 15 married females aged 50 to 60, 12 females aged 4 to 5, 11 males aged 1 to 2, 11 males aged 4 to 5, 11 married males aged 60 to 70, 10 females aged 1 to 2, 9 females age 3 to 4, 8 males aged 3 to 4, 7 single males aged 30 to 40, 6 married females aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 females of unknown age, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 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 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, .. married females aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 447 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 130 persons originating in Ireland, 104 persons originating in England or Wales, 29 persons originating in the United States, 28 persons originating in Scotland, 3 male negroes or coloured persons, 2 female negroes or coloured persons, 2 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $31,000 value farms (dollars), $14,105 value all livestock, $4,555 value farm implements in dollars, 2,850 bushels of turnips, 2,597 bushels of spring wheat, 1,952 bushels of winter wheat, 1,790 bushels of oats, 1,380 bushels of potatoes, 1,300 pounds of homemade butter, 1,157 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 999 bushels of peas, 756 acres of land in farms, 530 pounds of maple sugar, 491 acres of farmland under cultivation, 428 pounds of wool produced on farms, 394 acres of farmland under crops, 289 sheep, 265 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 236 swine, 200 bushels of carrots, 200 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 178 milk cows, $170 value garden and orchard crops, 132 horses aged over 3 years, 116 acres of spring wheat, 100 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 89 acres of farmland in pasture, 83 gallons of cider, 78 acres of winter wheat, 53 tons of hay, 45 acres of oats, 43 acres of peas, 30 calves and heifers, 12 occupants of farms, 10 acres of potatoes, 8 acres of farmland in gardens, 7 acres of turnips, 6 bushels of buckwheat, 4 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 2 horses aged 3 years and under, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 barrels of pork, 1 bulls, oxen, or steers, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $1,615 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 40 yards of fulled cloth, 28 carriages for pleasure, 20 yards of linen. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 2, 2 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON105005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON154018 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q5881003
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holland_Landing

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). "Holland Landing, VL, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/holland-landing-vl-on105005-1861/.