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Year: 1861  |  Province: Ontario  |  Wikidata: Q3492582

Kincardine, Town—Ville, Ontario (1861 census)

Kincardine, Town—Ville was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 981. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3492582. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.170°N, 81.630°W.

Population

In 1861, Kincardine, Town—Ville had a population of 981: 509 male and 472 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
1861981
18711,907
18812,876
18912,631
19012,077

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Kincardine, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 94 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 981 total population, 509 males, 472 females, Male members of the family who are present: 440, Female members of the family who are present: 405, 360 single males, 307 single females, 152 married females, 147 married males, Males present who are not members of the family: 69, Females present who are not members of the family: 67, 52 males attending school, 49 females attending school, 36 male births, 23 female births, 20 adult females unable to read or write, 19 adult males unable to read or write, 13 widowed females, 2 lunatic males, 2 widowed males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 69 females aged 5 to 10, 68 single males aged 20 to 30, 62 married females aged 20 to 30, 59 married females aged 30 to 40, 59 married males aged 30 to 40, 55 single females aged 15 to 20, 54 males aged 5 to 10, 54 single females aged 10 to 15, 52 single males aged 10 to 15, 45 single males aged 15 to 20, 36 married males aged 40 to 50, 29 married males aged 20 to 30, 25 males aged 1 to 2, 22 males aged 2 to 3, 21 females age 3 to 4, 21 single females aged 20 to 30, 20 females aged 1 to 2, 20 females aged 4 to 5, 20 males aged 4 to 5, 17 females aged 2 to 3, 16 males aged 3 to 4, 16 married females aged 40 to 50, 14 married males aged 50 to 60, 12 married females aged 50 to 60, 11 single males aged 30 to 40, 7 married males aged 60 to 70, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 married females aged 60 to 70, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 married females aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 564 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 161 persons originating in Ireland, 104 persons originating in England or Wales, 81 persons originating in Scotland, 43 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 17 persons originating in the United States, 4 persons originating in all other places, 3 persons originating in New Brunswick, 2 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in France. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 persons originating in Russia or Poland — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $8,392 value all livestock, 164 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 155 milk cows, 103 swine, 73 horses aged over 3 years, 49 sheep. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $1,140 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 56 carriages for pleasure, $24 value carriages for hire (dollars), 1 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 7 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 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.

NameLifespanConnection
Angus Jonas McLeod1861–1900born here

Identifiers

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). "Kincardine, Town—Ville, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/kincardine-town-ville-on066012-1861/.