Iroquois, Village, Ontario (1861 census)

Name: Iroquois, Village (1861)
Address: Ontario, CA

Iroquois, Village was a village in Dundas County, Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 618. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.846°N, 75.324°W.

Population

In 1861, Iroquois, Village had a population of 618: 323 male and 295 female residents. Population density was 615.9 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1861	618
1871	781
1881	1,001
1891	1,047
1901	1,097
1911	849
1921	916

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 Matilda, 1851 (0.9% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Iroquois, Village shared boundaries with:

Matilda

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 244 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (19 variables)

Variable	Value
Female members of the family who are present	295
Male members of the family who are present	323
Number of female births in the past year	12
Number of females	295
Number of females attending school	36
Number of male births in the past year	9
Number of males	323
Number of males attending school	52
Number of married females	70
Number of married males	90
Number of single females	216
Number of single males	231
Number of widowed females	9
Number of widowed males	2
POP FX N.1	295
POP MX N.1	323
POP TOT	618
POP XX N.1	618
Total population	618

Age structure (36 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of females age 3 to 4	14
Number of females aged 1 to 2	5
Number of females aged 2 to 3	10
Number of females aged 4 to 5	11
Number of females aged 5 to 10	34
Number of males aged 1 to 2	13
Number of males aged 2 to 3	8
Number of males aged 3 to 4	8
Number of males aged 4 to 5	17
Number of males aged 5 to 10	45
Number of males of unknown age	3
Number of married females aged 20 to 30	16
Number of married females aged 30 to 40	32
Number of married females aged 40 to 50	11
Number of married females aged 50 to 60	7
Number of married females aged 60 to 70	4
Number of married males aged 15 to 20	3
Number of married males aged 20 to 30	12
Number of married males aged 30 to 40	33
Number of married males aged 40 to 50	16
Number of married males aged 50 to 60	16
Number of married males aged 60 to 70	10
Number of single females aged 10 to 15	36
Number of single females aged 15 to 20	46
Number of single females aged 20 to 30	47
Number of single females aged 30 to 40	1
Number of single males aged 10 to 15	35
Number of single males aged 15 to 20	38
Number of single males aged 20 to 30	48
Number of single males aged 30 to 40	3
Number of single males aged 40 to 50	4
Number of widowed females aged 20 to 30	2
Number of widowed females aged 40 to 50	3
Number of widowed females aged 50 to 60	3
Number of widowed females aged 60 to 70	1
Number of widowed males aged 50 to 60	2

Ethnic origin (6 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of persons native to Canada, not of French origin	490
Number of persons originating in England or Wales	24
Number of persons originating in Germany or Holland	1
Number of persons originating in Ireland	53
Number of persons originating in Scotland	15
Number of persons originating in the United States	35

Agriculture (64 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	13
Acres of buckwheat	18
Acres of corn	20
Acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers	113
Acres of farmland in gardens	15
Acres of farmland in pasture	153
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	357
Acres of farmland under crops	375
Acres of farmland under cultivation	543
Acres of land in farms	900
Acres of mangel wurtzel	1
Acres of oats	70
Acres of peas	26
Acres of potatoes	11
Acres of spring wheat	82
Barrels of beef produced in the past year	13
Barrels of pork produced in the past year	38
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	315
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	2
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year	420
Bushels of carrots produced in the past year	240
Bushels of corn produced in the past year	545
Bushels of mangel wurtzel produced in the past year	500
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	2,395
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	425
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	1,470
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	1,225
C20 WHT SP AC	82
C21 WHT SP BU	1,225
C22 BAR AC	13
C23 BAR BU	315
C26 PEA AC	26
C27 PEA BU	425
C28 OAT AC	70
C29 OAT BU	2,395
C30 BWT AC	18
C31 BWT BU	420
C34 POT AC	11
C35 POT BU	1,470
C43 HAY TONS	83
C47 WOOL LBS	455
C63 BEEF BAR	13
C64 PORK BAR	38
Gallons of cider produced in the past year	130
HRS ov03 V	1,645
Number of bulls, oxen, or steers	1
Number of calves and heifers	23
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	10
Number of horses aged over 3 years	65
Number of milk cows	69
Number of occupants of farms	8
Number of persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres	3
Number of persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres	5
Number of sheep	132
Number of swine	65
Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year	100
Pounds of homemade butter	2,670
Pounds of maple sugar produced in the past year	340
Pounds of wool produced on farms in the past year	455
Tons of hay produced in the past year	83
Value of all livestock	6,973
Value of farm implements in dollars	1,820
Value of farms (dollars)	55,000
Value of garden and orchard crops produced in the past year	388

Manufacturing & industry (4 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of carriages for pleasure	50
Value of carriages for pleasure (dollars)	2,667
Yards of flannel produced in the past year	302
Yards of fulled cloth produced in the past year	30

Deaths & mortality (9 variables)

Variable	Value
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 of all ages	5
Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age	2
Deaths in the past year among females under age 1	1
Deaths in the past year among males of all ages	3
Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age	2
Deaths in the past year among males under age 1	1
Total number of deaths in the past year	8

Other recorded variables (106 variables)

Variable	Value
C01 TOTAL	8
C05 OCC 50 TO 100	5
C06 OCC 100 TO 200	3
C08 HELD	900
C09 UNDR CULT	543
C1 Males	323
C10 Deaths under 1 year M	1
C10 UNDR CROP	375
C11 Deaths under 1 year F	1
C11 UNDR PAST	153
C116 Ages not given M	3
C118 Ages not given Deaths M	2
C119 Ages not given Deaths F	2
C12 GARDENS	15
C12 Under 2 Years M	13
C120 Married M	90
C121 Single M	231
C122 Widowed M	2
C123 Total M	323
C124 Married F	70
C125 Single F	216
C126 Widows F	9
C127 Total F	295
C128 Grand Total	618
C129 Deaths M	3
C13 Under 2 Years F	5
C13 WOOD WILD	357
C130 Deaths F	5
C131 Deaths Total	8
C136 Attending School M	52
C137 Attending School F	36
C14 CASH FARM	55,000
C15 CASH IMP	1,820
C16 GARDN VALUE	388
C16 Under 3 years M	8
C17 LAND HELD	113
C17 Under 3 years F	10
C2 Females	295
C20 Under 4 years M	8
C21 Under 4 years F	14
C24 Under 5 years M	17
C25 Under 5 years F	11
C28 Between 5 and 10 Years M	45
C29 Between 5 and 10 years F	34
C3 Total	618
C32 INDN CRN AC	20
C33 Between 10 and 15 years Single M	35
C33 INDN CRN BU	545
C35 Between 10 and 15 years Single F	36
C38 Between 15 and 20 years Married M	3
C38 CAR BU	240
C39 Between 15 and 20 years Single M	38
C39 MAN WURT AC	1
C4 Members of Family M	323
C40 MAN WURT BU	500
C41 BEN BU	2
C41 Between 15 and 20 years Single F	46
C44 Between 20 and 30 years Married M	12
C45 Between 20 and 30 years Single M	48
C45 MPL SGR LBS	300
C46 CID GAL	130
C47 Between 20 and 30 years Married F	16
C48 Between 20 and 30 years Single F	47
C48 FLLD CLOTH YRDS	30
C49 Between 20 and 30 years Widows F	2
C49 FLAN YRDS	302
C5 Members of Family F	295
C51 Between 20 and 30 years Deaths F	1
C52 Between 30 and 40 years Married M	33
C52 BULLS OX STEERS	1
C53 Between 30 and 40 years Single M	3
C53 MILK COWS	69
C54 CALVES HEIFERS	23
C55 Between 30 and 40 years Married F	32
C55 HORSES	65
C56 Between 30 and 40 years Single F	1
C56 HORSES VAL	1,645
C57 COLTS FILLIES	10
C58 SHEEP	132
C59 Between 30 and 40 years Deaths F	1
C59 SWINE	65
C60 Between 40 and 50 years Married M	16
C60 TOT VALUE	6,973
C61 Between 40 and 50 years Single M	4
C61 BUTTER LB	2,670
C62 CHEESE LB	100
C63 Between 40 and 50 years Married F	11
C65 Between 40 and 50 years Widows F	3
C68 Between 50 and 60 years Married M	16
C68 CAR PLEASURE	50
C69 VALUE DOL P	2,667
C70 Between 50 and 60 years Widowers M	2
C71 Between 50 and 60 years Married F	7
C73 Between 50 and 60 years Widows F	3
C76 Between 60 and 70 years Married M	10
C79 Between 60 and 70 years Married F	4
C8 Births in 1860 M	9
C81 Between 60 and 70 years Widows F	1
C9 Births in 1860 F	12
CD NAME	Dundas
England and Wales	24
Ireland	53
Natives of Canada Not of French Origin	490
Prussia German States and Holland	1
Scotland	15
United States	35

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON068001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON107006 — 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). "Iroquois, Village, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/iroquois-village-on068001-1861/.