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Year: 1861  |  Province: Ontario

Minden, Stanhope and Dysart, Ontario (1861 census)

Minden, Stanhope and Dysart was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 274. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.046°N, 78.630°W.

Population

In 1861, Minden, Stanhope and Dysart had a population of 274: 162 male and 112 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

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Minden, Stanhope and Dysart shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 117 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 274 total population, 162 males, Male members of the family who are present: 135, 114 single males, 112 females, Female members of the family who are present: 107, 72 single females, 47 married males, 37 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 27, 15 males attending school, 12 adult males unable to read or write, 9 female births, 8 females attending school, 6 adult females unable to read or write, Females present who are not members of the family: 5, 3 deaf and dumb males, 3 widowed females, 2 male births, 1 widowed males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 24 single males aged 15 to 20, 19 married females aged 20 to 30, 17 single females aged 15 to 20, 15 males aged 5 to 10, 15 married males aged 20 to 30, 15 single males aged 20 to 30, 15 single males aged 30 to 40, 14 married males aged 30 to 40, 12 single females aged 20 to 30, 12 single males aged 10 to 15, 11 females aged 5 to 10, 10 married females aged 30 to 40, 9 males aged 3 to 4, 9 married males aged 40 to 50, 8 males aged 1 to 2, 6 females aged 2 to 3, 5 males aged 2 to 3, 5 married males aged 50 to 60, 5 single females aged 10 to 15, 4 females age 3 to 4, 4 females aged 1 to 2, 4 males aged 4 to 5, 4 married females aged 40 to 50, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 females aged 4 to 5, 2 married females aged 50 to 60, 2 married females aged 60 to 70, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 60 to 70, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 30 to 40, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 174 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 50 persons originating in Ireland, 42 persons originating in England or Wales, 6 Indigenous males, 5 persons originating in Scotland, 4 Indigenous females, 2 persons originating in the United States, 1 male negroes or coloured persons, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $11,530 value farms (dollars), 6,710 bushels of potatoes, 6,155 acres of land in farms, 5,954 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,400 bushels of turnips, $953 value all livestock, 902 bushels of oats, 790 pounds of homemade butter, 584 bushels of spring wheat, $390 value farm implements in dollars, $240 value horses aged over 3 years, 203 pounds of maple sugar, 201 acres of farmland under cultivation, 198 acres of farmland under crops, 148 bushels of corn, 113 bushels of peas, $65 value garden and orchard crops, 63 acres of potatoes, 45 occupants of farms, 40 bushels of buckwheat, 40 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 38 acres of spring wheat, 33 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 25 acres of turnips, 24 acres of oats, 24 swine, 21 bushels of beans, 20 bushels of barley, 16 milk cows, 16 pounds of hops, 13 acres of corn, 13 bulls, oxen, or steers, 12 bushels of winter wheat, 10 barrels of beef, 9 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 6 calves and heifers, 5 acres of peas, 4 barrels of pork, 4 horses aged over 3 years, 3 acres of buckwheat, 3 acres of farmland in gardens, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1 acres of barley, 1 acres of winter wheat, 1 tons of hay. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 100 pounds of fresh fish sold, 26 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 1, 1 total number of deaths. (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). "Minden, Stanhope and Dysart, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/minden-stanhope-and-dysart-on093009-1861/.