Morrisburg, Village, Ontario (1861 census)

Morrisburg, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 855. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q11883244. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.903°N, 75.183°W.

Population

In 1861, Morrisburg, Village had a population of 855: 423 male and 432 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 Williamsburg, 1851 (1.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Morrisburg, Village shared boundaries with:

• Williamsburg

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 131 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 855 total population, 432 females, 423 males, Female members of the family who are present: 361, Male members of the family who are present: 359, 285 single females, 274 single males, 144 married males, 120 married females, 95 females attending school, 88 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 71, Males present who are not members of the family: 64, 27 widowed females, 20 adult females unable to read or write, 20 adult males unable to read or write, 19 female births, 18 male births, 5 widowed males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 49 married females aged 30 to 40, 48 females aged 5 to 10, 48 married males aged 20 to 30, 48 married males aged 30 to 40, 48 single females aged 10 to 15, 48 single males aged 15 to 20, 47 single females aged 20 to 30, 46 males aged 5 to 10, 42 single females aged 15 to 20, 42 single males aged 10 to 15, 38 single males aged 20 to 30, 29 married males aged 40 to 50, 28 married females aged 40 to 50, 26 females age 3 to 4, 25 married females aged 20 to 30, 20 females aged 4 to 5, 19 males aged 1 to 2, 19 males aged 3 to 4, 18 males aged 2 to 3, 18 males aged 4 to 5, 17 females aged 2 to 3, 16 married males aged 50 to 60, 15 females aged 1 to 2, 12 married females aged 50 to 60, 10 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 single males aged 30 to 40, 4 married females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 571 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 71 persons originating in the United States, 66 French Canadians, 54 persons originating in Ireland, 40 persons originating in Scotland, 30 persons originating in England or Wales, 22 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $100,500 value farms (dollars), $15,660 value all livestock, 8,900 pounds of homemade butter, 5,980 bushels of oats, $5,870 value horses aged over 3 years, $3,608 value farm implements in dollars, 3,205 bushels of potatoes, 2,775 bushels of spring wheat, 1,820 acres of land in farms, $1,490 value garden and orchard crops, 1,420 pounds of maple sugar, 1,207 bushels of corn, 1,108 acres of farmland under cultivation, 965 bushels of barley, 717 acres of farmland under crops, 712 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 670 bushels of peas, 595 bushels of carrots, 428 pounds of wool produced on farms, 360 acres of farmland in pasture, 332 bushels of buckwheat, 300 bushels of turnips, 294 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 270 tons of hay, 227 acres of oats, 181 acres of spring wheat, 174 sheep, 165 milk cows, 120 horses aged over 3 years, 109 calves and heifers, 99 barrels of pork, 95 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 91 swine, 70 gallons of cider, 60 bushels of winter wheat, 42 horses aged 3 years and under, 38 acres of corn, 34 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 34 barrels of beef, 31 acres of barley, 31 acres of farmland in gardens, 29 acres of potatoes, 28 acres of peas, 16 occupants of farms, 11 acres of buckwheat, 8 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 6 acres of winter wheat, 5 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 1 acres of turnips, 1 bulls, oxen, or steers, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $4,846 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $757 value carriages for hire (dollars), 99 carriages for pleasure, 60 yards of flannel, 21 carriages for hire, 7 yards of fulled cloth. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 2, 2 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 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.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON068003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON107007 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q11883244
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrisburg,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrisburg

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). "Morrisburg, Village, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/morrisburg-village-on068003-1861/.