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Year: 1861  |  Province: Ontario

Nissouri, East, Ontario (1861 census)

Nissouri, East was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,484. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.155°N, 81.033°W.

Population

In 1861, Nissouri, East had a population of 3,484: 1,841 male and 1,643 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18512,118
18613,484

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Nissouri, East shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 175 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,484 total population, 1,841 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,775, 1,643 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,604, 1,267 single males, 1,056 single females, 542 married males, 539 married females, 479 males attending school, 346 females attending school, 73 female births, 70 male births, Males present who are not members of the family: 66, 48 widowed females, Females present who are not members of the family: 39, 37 adult females unable to read or write, 36 adult males unable to read or write, 32 widowed males, 1 lunatic females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 232 single males aged 10 to 15, 230 single females aged 10 to 15, 222 males aged 5 to 10, 216 single females aged 15 to 20, 207 single males aged 15 to 20, 206 single males aged 20 to 30, 202 females aged 5 to 10, 169 married males aged 30 to 40, 165 married females aged 20 to 30, 146 married females aged 30 to 40, 133 married males aged 40 to 50, 113 married females aged 40 to 50, 110 single females aged 20 to 30, 83 married males aged 20 to 30, 81 married males aged 50 to 60, 72 males aged 1 to 2, 68 married females aged 50 to 60, 67 males aged 2 to 3, 65 males aged 3 to 4, 55 females age 3 to 4, 55 married males aged 60 to 70, 54 females aged 1 to 2, 54 females aged 4 to 5, 52 males aged 4 to 5, 51 females aged 2 to 3, 35 married females aged 60 to 70, 35 single males aged 30 to 40, 17 single males aged 40 to 50, 15 married males aged 70 to 80, 14 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 10 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 9 males of unknown age, 9 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 6 married males aged 80 to 90, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 6 single males aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 married females aged 80 to 90, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 married females aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 females of unknown age, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,242 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 553 persons originating in Scotland, 239 persons originating in Ireland, 212 persons originating in England or Wales, 163 persons originating in the United States, 37 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 14 persons originating in New Brunswick, 12 French Canadians, 5 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 2 persons originating in all other places, 2 persons originating in the West Indies, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Newfoundland, 1 persons whose origin is unknown. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $1,059,097 value farms (dollars), $155,371 value all livestock, 101,949 bushels of spring wheat, 89,540 bushels of oats, 77,534 pounds of homemade butter, 72,063 pounds of maple sugar, 66,059 bushels of turnips, 60,869 bushels of potatoes, $58,451 value horses aged over 3 years, $43,011 value farm implements in dollars, 39,735 acres of land in farms, 37,766 bushels of peas, 23,159 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 19,903 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 19,832 acres of farmland under cultivation, 15,313 bushels of winter wheat, 14,342 acres of farmland under crops, 12,776 pounds of wool produced on farms, 7,356 bushels of barley, $5,590 value garden and orchard crops, 5,335 acres of spring wheat, 5,209 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,176 sheep, 3,689 bushels of carrots, 3,298 bushels of corn, 3,260 swine, 2,908 acres of oats, 2,745 tons of hay, 2,456 gallons of cider, 2,154 calves and heifers, 1,629 acres of peas, 1,418 milk cows, 1,118 bushels of buckwheat, 878 horses aged over 3 years, 830 barrels of pork, 804 acres of winter wheat, 580 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 514 occupants of farms, 474 acres of potatoes, 404 acres of turnips, 353 horses aged 3 years and under, 287 bushels of beans, 283 pounds of flax or hemp, 281 acres of farmland in gardens, 278 acres of barley, 269 bulls, oxen, or steers, 204 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 173 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 151 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 128 acres of corn, 99 barrels of beef, 77 pounds of hops, 75 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 65 bushels of rye, 63 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 49 acres of buckwheat, 11 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 10 acres of rye, 10 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 8 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 3 acres of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 8,151 yards of flannel, $2,953 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 2,592 yards of fulled cloth, 52 carriages for pleasure, 20 yards of linen. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 23 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 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 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1. (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). "Nissouri, East, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/nissouri-east-on090006-1861/.