Niagara, Town of, Ontario (1861 census)

Niagara, Town of was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,070. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q448372. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.252°N, 79.073°W.

Population

In 1861, Niagara, Town of had a population of 2,070: 957 male and 1,113 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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Niagara, East Ward—Quartier, 1871 (55.0% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Niagara, Centre Ward—Quartier, 1871 (28.1% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Niagara, West Ward—Quartier, 1871 (16.9% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Niagara, Town of shared boundaries with:

• Niagara

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 127 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,070 total population, 1,113 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,009, 957 males, Male members of the family who are present: 870, 699 single females, 606 single males, 329 married females, 321 married males, 207 males attending school, 186 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 104, Males present who are not members of the family: 87, 86 adult females unable to read or write, 85 widowed females, 68 adult males unable to read or write, 32 female births, 30 male births, 30 widowed males, 4 deaf and dumb females, 3 blind males, 2 deaf and dumb males, 2 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 138 single females aged 15 to 20, 134 single males aged 10 to 15, 129 single females aged 10 to 15, 116 single males aged 15 to 20, 113 females aged 5 to 10, 109 single females aged 20 to 30, 100 males aged 5 to 10, 96 married males aged 50 to 60, 86 married females aged 20 to 30, 85 single males aged 20 to 30, 79 married females aged 40 to 50, 75 married females aged 30 to 40, 74 married males aged 40 to 50, 60 married females aged 50 to 60, 55 married males aged 30 to 40, 43 married males aged 20 to 30, 39 females aged 1 to 2, 35 married males aged 60 to 70, 32 females aged 2 to 3, 32 males aged 4 to 5, 30 females age 3 to 4, 27 males aged 3 to 4, 24 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 23 males aged 1 to 2, 22 males aged 2 to 3, 22 married females aged 60 to 70, 22 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 20 single males aged 30 to 40, 20 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 16 married males aged 70 to 80, 16 single females aged 30 to 40, 13 single females aged 40 to 50, 11 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 8 single females aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 8 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 7 females of unknown age, 6 single females aged 50 to 60, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 single males aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 males of unknown age, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 married females aged 15 to 20, 2 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,183 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 401 persons originating in Ireland, 190 persons originating in England or Wales, 132 persons originating in the United States, 107 persons originating in Scotland, 54 negroes or coloured persons, 34 male negroes or coloured persons, 20 female negroes or coloured persons, 11 persons originating in the West Indies, 10 persons originating in New Brunswick, 9 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 5 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 4 persons originating in all other places, 3 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 2 persons originating in Sweden or Norway, 1 persons originating in France. 12 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $12,050 value all livestock, 220 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 168 milk cows, 164 swine, 110 horses aged over 3 years, 8 sheep. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $3,588 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $1,500 value carriages for hire (dollars), 66 carriages for pleasure, 25 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 32 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 24, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among males over 100: 1 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

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: ON085008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON085008 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q448372
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niagara-on-the-Lake
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niagara-on-the-Lake

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). "Niagara, Town of, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/niagara-town-of-on085008-1861/.