Milton, T-V, Ontario (1861 census)

Milton, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 905. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q425057. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.514°N, 79.879°W.

Population

In 1861, Milton, T-V had a population of 905: 479 male and 426 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 Trafalgar, 1851 (0.8% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Milton, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Trafalgar

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 132 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 905 total population, 479 males, 426 females, Male members of the family who are present: 391, Female members of the family who are present: 356, 319 single males, 264 single females, 150 married males, 143 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 88, 84 males attending school, 81 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 70, 40 adult females unable to read or write, 20 adult males unable to read or write, 19 widowed females, 16 male births, 13 female births, 10 widowed males, 1 blind females, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 64 married females aged 20 to 30, 61 females aged 5 to 10, 58 males aged 5 to 10, 57 married males aged 30 to 40, 55 single males aged 20 to 30, 51 single females aged 15 to 20, 50 single males aged 15 to 20, 45 married males aged 20 to 30, 42 married females aged 30 to 40, 42 single males aged 10 to 15, 38 single females aged 10 to 15, 33 single females aged 20 to 30, 27 married males aged 40 to 50, 25 males aged 1 to 2, 22 males aged 2 to 3, 19 married females aged 40 to 50, 18 females aged 4 to 5, 17 females age 3 to 4, 16 males aged 3 to 4, 15 females aged 2 to 3, 15 males aged 4 to 5, 14 females aged 1 to 2, 13 married males aged 50 to 60, 10 married females aged 50 to 60, 10 single males aged 30 to 40, 7 married males aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 married females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 males of unknown age, 2 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 females of unknown age, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 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 492 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 466 persons originating in Ireland, 111 persons originating in England or Wales, 68 persons originating in Scotland, 22 French Canadians, 18 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 18 persons originating in the United States, 2 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in Spain or Portugal, 1 persons originating in the East Indies. 1 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $10,000 value farms (dollars), $8,659 value all livestock, $4,980 value horses aged over 3 years, 360 bushels of winter wheat, 200 pounds of homemade butter, 184 acres of land in farms, 150 bushels of spring wheat, 124 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $100 value farm implements in dollars, 83 horses aged over 3 years, 80 bushels of potatoes, 80 tons of hay, 77 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 77 swine, 76 pounds of wool produced on farms, 63 milk cows, 60 acres of farmland under cultivation, 52 sheep, 50 pounds of maple sugar, 40 acres of farmland under crops, 40 bushels of oats, 18 acres of winter wheat, 10 acres of farmland in gardens, 10 acres of farmland in pasture, 10 acres of spring wheat, 4 barrels of pork, 2 calves and heifers, 2 horses aged 3 years and under, 1 acres of oats, 1 occupants of farms, 1 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $3,205 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $1,575 value carriages for hire (dollars), 57 carriages for pleasure, 35 carriages for hire, 20 yards of fulled cloth, 8 yards of flannel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 10 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people 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: ON077003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON117007_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q425057
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_(Ontario)

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). "Milton, T-V, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/milton-t-v-on077003-1861/.