Miller and Canonto, Ontario (1861 census)

Miller and Canonto was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 68. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.091°N, 76.928°W.

Population

In 1861, Miller and Canonto had a population of 68: 65 male and 3 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

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in NO DATA, 1851 (0.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Miller and Canonto shared boundaries with:

• Bagot and Brougham
• Bairie and Clarendon
• Denbigh and Abinger
• Lavant
• NO DATA
• Palmerston

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 37 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 68 total population, 65 males, Male members of the family who are present: 64, 38 married males, 27 single males, Female members of the family who are present: 3, 3 females, 2 single females, Males present who are not members of the family: 1, 1 widowed females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 23 married males aged 20 to 30, 14 single males aged 20 to 30, 12 married males aged 30 to 40, 10 single males aged 15 to 20, 3 married males aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 10 to 15, 1 females aged 5 to 10, 1 single females aged 20 to 30, 1 single males 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 32 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 22 French Canadians, 9 persons originating in Ireland, 4 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $610 value farms (dollars), 544 acres of land in farms, 538 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 250 bushels of potatoes, $220 value horses aged over 3 years, 20 bushels of spring wheat, 6 acres of farmland under crops, 6 acres of farmland under cultivation, 3 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 2 acres of potatoes, 2 horses aged over 3 years, 1 acres of spring wheat. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON072007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON072007 — 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). "Miller and Canonto, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/miller-and-canonto-on072007-1861/.