Perth, T-V, Ontario (1861 census)

Perth, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,465. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2428683. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.899°N, 76.253°W.

Population

In 1861, Perth, T-V had a population of 2,465: 1,241 male and 1,224 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, Perth, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Bathurst
• Drummond
• Elinsley

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 153 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,465 total population, 1,241 males, 1,224 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,018, Male members of the family who are present: 991, 858 single males, 791 single females, 355 married females, 349 married males, 269 females attending school, 256 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 250, Females present who are not members of the family: 206, 78 widowed females, 47 male births, 39 female births, 37 adult females unable to read or write, 34 widowed males, 18 adult males unable to read or write, 5 lunatic females, 2 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 165 single males aged 20 to 30, 160 single males aged 15 to 20, 158 females aged 5 to 10, 155 single females aged 15 to 20, 150 males aged 5 to 10, 143 single females aged 10 to 15, 139 married females aged 20 to 30, 139 single males aged 10 to 15, 120 married males aged 30 to 40, 117 single females aged 20 to 30, 112 married females aged 30 to 40, 85 married males aged 20 to 30, 82 married males aged 40 to 50, 66 married females aged 40 to 50, 47 males aged 2 to 3, 46 females aged 1 to 2, 42 married males aged 50 to 60, 39 females aged 2 to 3, 39 males aged 1 to 2, 38 males aged 3 to 4, 35 females aged 4 to 5, 32 females age 3 to 4, 32 males aged 4 to 5, 25 single males aged 30 to 40, 22 married females aged 50 to 60, 18 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 17 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 17 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 14 single females aged 30 to 40, 11 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 10 married males aged 60 to 70, 10 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 9 married males aged 70 to 80, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 7 married females aged 15 to 20, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 single females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 6 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 4 married females aged 60 to 70, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 males of unknown age, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,552 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 461 persons originating in Ireland, 265 persons originating in Scotland, 118 persons originating in England or Wales, 31 French Canadians, 30 persons originating in the United States, 3 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 2 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 female negroes or coloured persons, 1 male negroes or coloured persons, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in Newfoundland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $51,800 value farms (dollars), $23,696 value all livestock, 2,595 bushels of potatoes, 1,775 bushels of oats, $1,065 value farm implements in dollars, 840 acres of land in farms, 528 acres of farmland under cultivation, 474 bushels of spring wheat, 330 bushels of peas, 318 acres of farmland under crops, 312 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 302 bushels of barley, 298 milk cows, 289 bushels of turnips, 287 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 280 bushels of winter wheat, 238 sheep, 225 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 210 acres of farmland in pasture, 206 pounds of wool produced on farms, 183 horses aged over 3 years, 178 swine, 97 bushels of carrots, 97 tons of hay, 60 acres of spring wheat, 48 acres of oats, 30 pounds of homemade butter, 14 calves and heifers, 14 occupants of farms, 13 acres of winter wheat, 11 acres of potatoes, 10 acres of peas, 9 acres of barley, 5 barrels of pork, 4 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 4 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 3 horses aged 3 years and under, 3 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 2 acres of mangel wurtzel, 2 acres of turnips, 2 barrels of beef, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $6,147 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $1,720 value carriages for hire (dollars), 101 carriages for pleasure, 41 carriages for hire, 12 yards of flannel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 20 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 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 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 9 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: ON082012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON123017_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q2428683
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth_(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). "Perth, T-V, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/perth-t-v-on082012-1861/.