Kemptville, VL, Ontario (1861 census)

Kemptville, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,068. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q17147002. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.021°N, 75.651°W.

Population

In 1861, Kemptville, VL had a population of 1,068: 551 male and 517 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 Oxford, 1851 (0.9% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Kemptville, VL shared boundaries with:

• Oxford

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 90 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,068 total population, 551 males, Male members of the family who are present: 539, 517 females, Female members of the family who are present: 508, 361 single males, 332 single females, 184 married males, 169 married females, 114 females attending school, 101 males attending school, 28 male births, 19 female births, 16 widowed females, Males present who are not members of the family: 12, Females present who are not members of the family: 9, 9 adult females unable to read or write, 8 adult males unable to read or write, 6 widowed males, 1 blind females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 90 single females aged 15 to 20, 81 single males aged 15 to 20, 66 females aged 5 to 10, 65 single females aged 10 to 15, 65 single males aged 10 to 15, 62 males aged 5 to 10, 59 married females aged 20 to 30, 55 married males aged 20 to 30, 53 married males aged 30 to 40, 48 married females aged 30 to 40, 44 single males aged 20 to 30, 37 married males aged 40 to 50, 29 married females aged 40 to 50, 28 married males aged 50 to 60, 20 males aged 3 to 4, 19 males of unknown age, 18 females aged 4 to 5, 18 males aged 1 to 2, 18 married females aged 50 to 60, 18 single females aged 20 to 30, 16 females aged 2 to 3, 12 males aged 2 to 3, 11 females age 3 to 4, 11 females aged 1 to 2, 10 males aged 4 to 5, 10 married males aged 60 to 70, 8 married females aged 60 to 70, 7 single females aged 30 to 40, 6 single females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 females of unknown age, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 765 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 157 persons originating in Ireland, 59 persons originating in England or Wales, 58 persons originating in the United States, 27 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $7,208 value all livestock, 105 milk cows, 84 horses aged over 3 years, 81 swine, 66 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 37 sheep. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $2,023 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $200 value carriages for hire (dollars), 62 carriages for pleasure, 8 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 9 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person 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: ON074004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON113008_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q17147002
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemptville
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemptville

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). "Kemptville, VL, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/kemptville-vl-on074004-1861/.