Simcoe, T-V, Ontario (1861 census)

Simcoe, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,858. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3054408. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.840°N, 80.300°W.

Population

In 1861, Simcoe, T-V had a population of 1,858: 944 male and 914 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, Simcoe, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Charlotteville
• Townsend
• Windham
• Woodhouse and Gore

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 1,858 total population, 944 males, 914 females, Male members of the family who are present: 803, Female members of the family who are present: 801, 651 single males, 595 single females, 282 married males, 269 married females, 202 males attending school, 170 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 141, Females present who are not members of the family: 113, 50 widowed females, 36 female births, 35 male births, 11 widowed males, 9 adult males unable to read or write, 6 adult females unable to read or write, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 127 females aged 5 to 10, 118 males aged 5 to 10, 116 single females aged 15 to 20, 112 single males aged 20 to 30, 110 single males aged 15 to 20, 100 single males aged 10 to 15, 95 single females aged 10 to 15, 90 married females aged 20 to 30, 88 married females aged 30 to 40, 88 married males aged 30 to 40, 83 single females aged 20 to 30, 77 married males aged 40 to 50, 59 married females aged 40 to 50, 57 married males aged 20 to 30, 38 married males aged 50 to 60, 35 females aged 1 to 2, 35 males aged 2 to 3, 35 males aged 3 to 4, 30 males aged 1 to 2, 29 females age 3 to 4, 28 males aged 4 to 5, 27 females aged 2 to 3, 20 single males aged 30 to 40, 19 married females aged 50 to 60, 17 females aged 4 to 5, 17 married males aged 60 to 70, 16 single females aged 30 to 40, 13 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 11 males of unknown age, 10 single males aged 40 to 50, 10 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 married females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 females of unknown age, 5 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,164 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 263 persons originating in England or Wales, 149 persons originating in Ireland, 122 persons originating in the United States, 95 persons originating in Scotland, 46 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 8 French Canadians, 6 persons originating in New Brunswick, 2 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 1 persons whose origin is unknown. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $19,045 value all livestock, 314 swine, 175 horses aged over 3 years, 146 milk cows, 120 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 71 sheep. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $7,825 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $1,900 value carriages for hire (dollars), 95 carriages for pleasure, 43 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 10 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, 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 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 6 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: ON087004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON131009_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3054408
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simcoe,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simcoe

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). "Simcoe, T-V, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/simcoe-t-v-on087004-1861/.