Oakville, T-V, Ontario (1861 census)

Oakville, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,450. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q424984. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.451°N, 79.675°W.

Population

In 1861, Oakville, T-V had a population of 1,450: 749 male and 701 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 Trafalgar, 1851 (2.1% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Oakville, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Trafalgar

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 144 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,450 total population, 749 males, 701 females, Male members of the family who are present: 651, Female members of the family who are present: 616, 504 single males, 434 single females, 230 married males, 225 married females, 193 males attending school, 157 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 98, Females present who are not members of the family: 85, 50 adult females unable to read or write, 42 widowed females, 33 male births, 30 adult males unable to read or write, 22 female births, 15 widowed males, 2 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 100 males aged 5 to 10, 90 single males aged 20 to 30, 81 females aged 5 to 10, 80 single females aged 15 to 20, 80 single males aged 10 to 15, 80 single males aged 15 to 20, 79 married males aged 30 to 40, 78 married females aged 20 to 30, 77 married females aged 30 to 40, 73 single females aged 10 to 15, 53 married males aged 40 to 50, 53 single females aged 20 to 30, 51 married males aged 20 to 30, 39 married females aged 40 to 50, 30 females aged 1 to 2, 30 males aged 3 to 4, 29 females aged 4 to 5, 29 males aged 1 to 2, 25 females aged 2 to 3, 25 males aged 2 to 3, 25 married males aged 50 to 60, 23 females age 3 to 4, 16 males aged 4 to 5, 16 married males aged 60 to 70, 13 single females aged 30 to 40, 12 married females aged 50 to 60, 12 single males aged 30 to 40, 10 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 10 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 9 married females aged 60 to 70, 7 married females aged 15 to 20, 7 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 904 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 240 persons originating in Ireland, 126 persons originating in England or Wales, 79 persons originating in Scotland, 69 persons originating in the United States, 20 male negroes or coloured persons, 16 female negroes or coloured persons, 11 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 9 French Canadians, 6 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 3 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $48,000 value farms (dollars), $13,175 value all livestock, $1,181 value horses aged over 3 years, 1,125 pounds of homemade butter, 700 bushels of corn, $670 value farm implements in dollars, 660 bushels of winter wheat, 603 acres of land in farms, 380 pounds of wool produced on farms, 368 bushels of barley, 365 bushels of peas, 360 bushels of potatoes, 349 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 315 acres of farmland under cultivation, 307 sheep, 290 bushels of oats, 288 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 235 bushels of carrots, 222 bushels of spring wheat, 172 acres of farmland in pasture, 164 swine, 150 bushels of turnips, 133 acres of farmland under crops, 131 milk cows, 96 horses aged over 3 years, 60 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 44 acres of winter wheat, 40 bushels of buckwheat, 40 tons of hay, 23 acres of barley, 16 acres of peas, 14 acres of corn, 13 calves and heifers, 12 acres of spring wheat, 10 acres of farmland in gardens, 10 acres of oats, 10 acres of potatoes, 8 barrels of pork, 5 horses aged 3 years and under, 4 occupants of farms, 2 acres of buckwheat, 2 acres of turnips, 2 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel, 1 bulls, oxen, or steers, 1 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $2,025 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $360 value carriages for hire (dollars), 89 yards of flannel, 28 carriages for pleasure, 5 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 7 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, 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 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: ON077006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON117008_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q424984
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakville,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakville_(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). "Oakville, T-V, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/oakville-t-v-on077006-1861/.