Owen Sound, Town—Ville, Ontario (1861 census)

Owen Sound, Town—Ville was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,216. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1017735. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.578°N, 80.922°W.

Population

In 1861, Owen Sound, Town—Ville had a population of 2,216: 1,189 male and 1,027 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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Owen Sound, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

• Derby
• Keppel, Sarawak and Brook
• Sydenham

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 107 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,216 total population, 1,189 males, 1,027 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,001, Female members of the family who are present: 864, 816 single males, 667 single females, 357 married males, 327 married females, 216 adult males unable to read or write, 209 adult females unable to read or write, Males present who are not members of the family: 188, 188 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 163, 163 females attending school, 53 male births, 44 female births, 33 widowed females, 16 widowed males, 1 blind males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 163 single males aged 20 to 30, 145 single males aged 15 to 20, 133 married males aged 30 to 40, 130 males aged 5 to 10, 127 females aged 5 to 10, 124 single females aged 10 to 15, 121 married females aged 20 to 30, 121 married females aged 30 to 40, 112 single females aged 15 to 20, 104 married males aged 40 to 50, 103 single males aged 10 to 15, 83 single females aged 20 to 30, 67 married males aged 20 to 30, 56 married females aged 40 to 50, 54 females aged 1 to 2, 51 males aged 1 to 2, 48 males aged 2 to 3, 44 females aged 2 to 3, 38 males aged 3 to 4, 37 females age 3 to 4, 37 single males aged 30 to 40, 35 males aged 4 to 5, 32 females aged 4 to 5, 31 married males aged 50 to 60, 18 married females aged 50 to 60, 16 married males aged 60 to 70, 10 married females aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 7 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,246 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 274 persons originating in Ireland, 274 persons originating in Scotland, 243 persons originating in England or Wales, 92 negroes or coloured persons, 90 persons originating in the United States, 48 male negroes or coloured persons, 44 female negroes or coloured persons, 25 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 16 persons originating in all other places, 14 persons originating in Newfoundland, 11 persons originating in New Brunswick, 7 French Canadians, 5 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 1 persons originating in Switzerland, 1 persons originating in the East Indies, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. 2 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $16,485 value all livestock, 766 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 259 milk cows, 148 horses aged over 3 years, 130 swine, 52 sheep. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $2,701 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $1,195 value carriages for hire (dollars), 67 carriages for pleasure, 26 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 13 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 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: ON075013 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON114017 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1017735
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Sound
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Sound

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). "Owen Sound, Town—Ville, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/owen-sound-town-ville-on075013-1861/.