Nipissing, Ontario (1861 census)

Name: Nipissing (1861)
Address: Ontario, CA

Nipissing was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,091. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7039509. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.553°N, 79.655°W.

Population

In 1861, Nipissing had a population of 2,091: 1,867 male and 227 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1861	2,091
1901	675
1911	660
1921	698

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 NO DATA, 1851 (0.7% share).

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD contained Madawaska, E, 1871 (2.4% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Bonnechère, 1871 (2.2% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Petawawa, S, 1871 (1.3% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Petawawa, Centre, 1871 (1.6% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Rocher Capitaine, 1871 (0.9% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Madaouaska, W-O, 1871 (5.4% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Petawawa, W-O, 1871 (4.5% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Petawawa, N, 1871 (0.7% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Matawan, S, 1871 (1.8% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Deux Rivières, 1871 (0.9% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Aumick Lake, 1871 (10.2% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained The Sound, 1871 (3.5% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Maganetawan, 1871 (6.3% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Tamagamingue, 1871 (12.0% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Mataouan, W-O, 1871 (6.9% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Matawan, N, 1871 (1.9% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Jacko River, 1871 (3.2% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Temiscamang, W-O, 1871 (6.7% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Montreal River, 1871 (26.6% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Head, 1871 (0.4% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Nipissing shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 124 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,091 total population, 1,867 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,470, 1,400 single males, 616 adult males unable to read or write, 449 married males, Males present who are not members of the family: 397, 227 females, Female members of the family who are present: 175, 137 single females, 84 married females, Females present who are not members of the family: 52, 48 adult females unable to read or write, 18 widowed males, 14 male births, 10 female births, 6 widowed females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 839 single males aged 20 to 30, 289 single males aged 15 to 20, 194 married males aged 30 to 40, 147 married males aged 20 to 30, 112 single males aged 30 to 40, 76 married males aged 40 to 50, 38 married females aged 20 to 30, 33 single males aged 10 to 15, 32 single males aged 40 to 50, 30 females aged 5 to 10, 29 single females aged 10 to 15, 27 males aged 5 to 10, 22 married males aged 50 to 60, 18 males aged 1 to 2, 17 married females aged 30 to 40, 13 single females aged 15 to 20, 12 females aged 2 to 3, 11 females aged 1 to 2, 11 males aged 2 to 3, 11 males aged 3 to 4, 10 females age 3 to 4, 10 married females aged 40 to 50, 9 single females aged 20 to 30, 8 single males aged 50 to 60, 7 married females aged 50 to 60, 7 married males aged 60 to 70, 6 females aged 4 to 5, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 married females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 males aged 4 to 5, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 females of unknown age, 3 single females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 963 French Canadians, 763 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 229 persons originating in Ireland, 94 Indigenous persons, 68 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 51 Indigenous males, 43 Indigenous females, 38 persons originating in Scotland, 15 persons originating in England or Wales, 7 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 6 persons originating in the United States, 4 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in Sweden or Norway. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $80,655 value farms (dollars), $52,571 value all livestock, $35,157 value horses aged over 3 years, 16,619 acres of land in farms, 13,796 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 12,376 bushels of potatoes, $3,357 value farm implements in dollars, 3,210 pounds of homemade butter, 2,823 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,405 acres of farmland under crops, 1,850 bushels of oats, 1,640 bushels of spring wheat, 949 tons of hay, 920 bushels of turnips, 696 acres of oats, 419 bushels of peas, 418 acres of farmland in pasture, 400 pounds of maple sugar, 313 horses aged over 3 years, 135 bulls, oxen, or steers, 102 acres of spring wheat, 98 milk cows, 94 occupants of farms, 71 swine, 68 calves and heifers, 58 bushels of barley, 43 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 37 acres of potatoes, 31 acres of peas, 31 sheep, 25 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 17 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 9 barrels of pork, 6 barrels of beef, 5 acres of turnips, 3 horses aged 3 years and under, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 3 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 acres of barley. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $30 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 1 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 9, 9 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 8, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 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.

Name	Lifespan	Connection
Frederick Charles Denison	1846–1896	born here

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON107000 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON135035 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q7039509
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nipissing,_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). "Nipissing, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/nipissing-on107000-1861/.