Iroquois, Village, Ontario (1861 census)

Iroquois, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 618. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112572353. 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 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 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 118 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 618 total population, Male members of the family who are present: 323, 323 males, Female members of the family who are present: 295, 295 females, 231 single males, 216 single females, 90 married males, 70 married females, 52 males attending school, 36 females attending school, 12 female births, 9 male births, 9 widowed females, 2 widowed males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 48 single males aged 20 to 30, 47 single females aged 20 to 30, 46 single females aged 15 to 20, 45 males aged 5 to 10, 38 single males aged 15 to 20, 36 single females aged 10 to 15, 35 single males aged 10 to 15, 34 females aged 5 to 10, 33 married males aged 30 to 40, 32 married females aged 30 to 40, 17 males aged 4 to 5, 16 married females aged 20 to 30, 16 married males aged 40 to 50, 16 married males aged 50 to 60, 14 females age 3 to 4, 13 males aged 1 to 2, 12 married males aged 20 to 30, 11 females aged 4 to 5, 11 married females aged 40 to 50, 10 females aged 2 to 3, 10 married males aged 60 to 70, 8 males aged 2 to 3, 8 males aged 3 to 4, 7 married females aged 50 to 60, 5 females aged 1 to 2, 4 married females aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 males of unknown age, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 single males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 490 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 53 persons originating in Ireland, 35 persons originating in the United States, 24 persons originating in England or Wales, 15 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $55,000 value farms (dollars), $6,973 value all livestock, 2,670 pounds of homemade butter, 2,395 bushels of oats, $1,820 value farm implements in dollars, $1,645 value horses aged over 3 years, 1,470 bushels of potatoes, 1,225 bushels of spring wheat, 900 acres of land in farms, 545 bushels of corn, 543 acres of farmland under cultivation, 500 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 455 pounds of wool produced on farms, 425 bushels of peas, 420 bushels of buckwheat, $388 value garden and orchard crops, 375 acres of farmland under crops, 357 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 340 pounds of maple sugar, 315 bushels of barley, 240 bushels of carrots, 153 acres of farmland in pasture, 132 sheep, 130 gallons of cider, 113 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 100 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 83 tons of hay, 82 acres of spring wheat, 70 acres of oats, 69 milk cows, 65 horses aged over 3 years, 65 swine, 38 barrels of pork, 26 acres of peas, 23 calves and heifers, 20 acres of corn, 18 acres of buckwheat, 15 acres of farmland in gardens, 13 acres of barley, 13 barrels of beef, 11 acres of potatoes, 10 horses aged 3 years and under, 8 occupants of farms, 5 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 2 bushels of beans, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel, 1 bulls, oxen, or steers. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $2,667 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 302 yards of flannel, 50 carriages for pleasure, 30 yards of fulled cloth. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 8 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: 3, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 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 under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON068001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON107006_1891 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112572353

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/.