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Year: 1861  |  Province: Ontario

Mernakville, Village, Ontario (1861 census)

Mernakville, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 908. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.908°N, 75.839°W.

Population

In 1861, Mernakville, Village had a population of 908: 455 male and 453 female residents.

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, Mernakville, Village shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 124 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 908 total population, Male members of the family who are present: 455, 455 males, 453 females, Female members of the family who are present: 450, 311 single males, 305 single females, 138 married males, 135 married females, 90 females attending school, 87 males attending school, 21 female births, 15 male births, 13 widowed females, 6 widowed males, Females present who are not members of the family: 3. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 72 single females aged 15 to 20, 68 males aged 5 to 10, 68 single males aged 15 to 20, 63 females aged 5 to 10, 63 married females aged 20 to 30, 54 single males aged 20 to 30, 46 married males aged 30 to 40, 46 single females aged 10 to 15, 44 married males aged 20 to 30, 42 single females aged 20 to 30, 39 single males aged 10 to 15, 29 married females aged 30 to 40, 28 married females aged 40 to 50, 28 married males aged 40 to 50, 19 females aged 2 to 3, 16 females aged 1 to 2, 16 males aged 2 to 3, 15 males aged 3 to 4, 14 males aged 1 to 2, 12 females age 3 to 4, 12 married females aged 50 to 60, 12 married males aged 50 to 60, 11 males aged 4 to 5, 8 females aged 4 to 5, 8 married males aged 60 to 70, 8 single males aged 30 to 40, 4 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 married females aged 15 to 20, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 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 647 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 153 persons originating in Ireland, 44 persons originating in Scotland, 37 persons originating in the United States, 25 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons whose origin is unknown. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $19,796 value farms (dollars), $11,589 value all livestock, 905 bushels of turnips, 894 acres of land in farms, 775 bushels of spring wheat, 456 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 440 pounds of maple sugar, 438 acres of farmland under cultivation, $432 value farm implements in dollars, 400 pounds of homemade butter, 343 bushels of corn, 300 bushels of carrots, 275 acres of farmland in pasture, 270 pounds of wool produced on farms, 230 bushels of oats, 161 acres of farmland under crops, 133 milk cows, 119 horses aged over 3 years, 110 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 109 swine, 107 bushels of potatoes, 99 tons of hay, 80 bushels of peas, 80 sheep, 50 bushels of barley, 47 bushels of buckwheat, 46 acres of spring wheat, 44 acres of oats, 20 bushels of winter wheat, 9 occupants of farms, 8 acres of potatoes, 6 acres of peas, 5 acres of corn, 4 barrels of pork, 3 acres of barley, 3 acres of buckwheat, 3 acres of turnips, 2 acres of farmland in gardens, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of winter wheat, 1 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $2,996 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $150 value carriages for hire (dollars), 71 carriages for pleasure, 40 yards of flannel, 2 carriages for hire. (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 males of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 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 under age 1: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

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). "Mernakville, Village, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/mernakville-village-on074005-1861/.