Renfrew, T-V, Ontario (1861 census)
Renfrew, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 700. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2143987. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.477°N, 76.691°W.
Population
In 1861, Renfrew, T-V had a population of 700.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 700 |
| 1871 | 865 |
| 1881 | 1,605 |
| 1891 | 2,611 |
| 1901 | 3,153 |
| 1911 | 3,846 |
| 1921 | 4,906 |
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 Horton, 1851 (1.9% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861
In the 1861 census, Renfrew, T-V shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1861
The 1861 census recorded 18 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 700 total population. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)
Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 358 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 94 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 87 French Canadians, 75 persons originating in Ireland, 53 persons originating in Scotland, 34 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 2 persons originating in Russia or Poland — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $13,324 value all livestock, 161 swine, 153 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 134 milk cows, 112 horses aged over 3 years, 18 sheep. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)
Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $1,629 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 36 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON096015— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON142038— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q2143987
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renfrew,_Ontario
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renfrew_(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). "Renfrew, T-V, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/renfrew-t-v-on096015-1861/.