Ingersoll, T-V, Ontario (1861 census)

Ingersoll, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,577. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q594706. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.041°N, 80.887°W.

Population

In 1861, Ingersoll, T-V had a population of 2,577: 1,241 male and 1,336 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 became part of Ingersoll, T-V, 1871 (52.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

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

• Oxford, North
• Oxford, West

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 166 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,577 total population, 1,336 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,249, 1,241 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,134, 837 single females, 798 single males, 449 married females, 425 married males, 202 females attending school, 198 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 107, Females present who are not members of the family: 87, 57 female births, 50 widowed females, 42 male births, 28 adult males unable to read or write, 26 adult females unable to read or write, 18 widowed males, 1 blind males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 193 married females aged 20 to 30, 168 females aged 5 to 10, 146 males aged 5 to 10, 141 married males aged 30 to 40, 139 single males aged 20 to 30, 134 married females aged 30 to 40, 132 single females aged 10 to 15, 127 single males aged 15 to 20, 126 single females aged 15 to 20, 118 single males aged 10 to 15, 116 married males aged 20 to 30, 107 single females aged 20 to 30, 92 married males aged 40 to 50, 61 married females aged 40 to 50, 59 females aged 2 to 3, 57 females age 3 to 4, 54 females aged 1 to 2, 53 males aged 2 to 3, 51 males aged 1 to 2, 49 married males aged 50 to 60, 44 females aged 4 to 5, 42 males aged 3 to 4, 35 males aged 4 to 5, 29 married females aged 50 to 60, 29 single males aged 30 to 40, 22 married males aged 60 to 70, 17 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 16 married females aged 15 to 20, 15 married females aged 60 to 70, 13 single females aged 30 to 40, 10 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 9 single females aged 50 to 60, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 8 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 single males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 females of unknown age, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 males of unknown age, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,349 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 349 persons originating in Ireland, 299 persons originating in Scotland, 257 persons originating in England or Wales, 247 persons originating in the United States, 98 negroes or coloured persons, 53 Indigenous males, 45 Indigenous females, 42 Indigenous persons, 36 persons originating in New Brunswick, 29 male negroes or coloured persons, 23 female negroes or coloured persons, 18 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 16 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in the East Indies, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. 4 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $34,300 value farms (dollars), $33,089 value all livestock, 2,600 bushels of turnips, 2,395 bushels of spring wheat, 2,185 bushels of oats, 1,258 bushels of peas, 1,025 bushels of potatoes, 957 pounds of wool produced on farms, 900 bushels of winter wheat, $785 value farm implements in dollars, 640 gallons of cider, 605 acres of land in farms, 515 acres of farmland under cultivation, 450 pounds of homemade butter, 391 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 390 sheep, 372 swine, 370 acres of farmland under crops, 320 bushels of carrots, 320 bushels of corn, 306 milk cows, 300 pounds of maple sugar, $240 value garden and orchard crops, 206 horses aged over 3 years, 200 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 190 bushels of barley, 132 acres of spring wheat, 90 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 89 acres of farmland in pasture, 80 bushels of buckwheat, 73 tons of hay, 65 acres of oats, 56 acres of farmland in gardens, 50 acres of winter wheat, 49 acres of peas, 37 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 37 calves and heifers, 22 pounds of hops, 16 acres of corn, 14 barrels of pork, 11 acres of potatoes, 8 acres of barley, 8 horses aged 3 years and under, 8 occupants of farms, 7 acres of turnips, 5 acres of buckwheat, 5 barrels of beef, 4 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 3 bulls, oxen, or steers, 3 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel, 1 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $5,596 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $1,375 value carriages for hire (dollars), 120 carriages for pleasure, 28 carriages for hire, 20 yards of flannel, 12 yards of fulled cloth. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 19 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 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 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males 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 4 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: ON090005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON134013 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q594706
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingersoll,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingersoll_(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). "Ingersoll, T-V, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/ingersoll-t-v-on090005-1861/.