Smith’s Falls, Town—Ville, Ontario (1861 census)

Smith’s Falls, Town—Ville was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,137. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1938153. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.899°N, 76.023°W.

Population

In 1861, Smith’s Falls, Town—Ville had a population of 1,137: 595 male and 542 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, Smith’s Falls, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

• Elinsley
• Elmsley
• Montague

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 119 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,137 total population, 595 males, 542 females, Male members of the family who are present: 490, Female members of the family who are present: 463, 405 single males, 334 single females, 190 married females, 189 married males, Males present who are not members of the family: 105, 100 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 79, 69 females attending school, 23 female births, 21 male births, 18 adult females unable to read or write, 18 widowed females, 17 adult males unable to read or write, 3 persons at sea, 1 widowed males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 89 single males aged 15 to 20, 72 single males aged 20 to 30, 69 married females aged 20 to 30, 69 single males aged 10 to 15, 64 single females aged 15 to 20, 61 married females aged 30 to 40, 60 males aged 5 to 10, 59 females aged 5 to 10, 59 married males aged 30 to 40, 55 single females aged 20 to 30, 53 married males aged 20 to 30, 52 single females aged 10 to 15, 33 married males aged 40 to 50, 26 married females aged 40 to 50, 25 married males aged 50 to 60, 20 females age 3 to 4, 20 females aged 1 to 2, 20 females aged 2 to 3, 18 females aged 4 to 5, 18 males aged 1 to 2, 18 males aged 2 to 3, 18 males aged 4 to 5, 17 married females aged 50 to 60, 15 males aged 3 to 4, 13 married males aged 60 to 70, 11 males of unknown age, 8 married females aged 60 to 70, 7 married females aged 15 to 20, 7 single males aged 30 to 40, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 695 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 206 persons originating in Ireland, 82 persons originating in the United States, 57 persons originating in Scotland, 42 persons originating in England or Wales, 26 French Canadians, 24 persons whose origin is unknown, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $13,118 value all livestock, $11,400 value farms (dollars), 2,540 bushels of turnips, $1,200 value farm implements in dollars, 328 bushels of winter wheat, 300 bushels of potatoes, 190 acres of land in farms, 170 acres of farmland under cultivation, 150 bushels of oats, 114 milk cows, 100 acres of farmland in pasture, 88 horses aged over 3 years, 87 swine, 69 acres of farmland under crops, 52 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 25 bushels of corn, 21 acres of winter wheat, 20 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6 calves and heifers, 6 horses aged 3 years and under, 6 tons of hay, 5 sheep, 3 acres of oats, 3 acres of potatoes, 3 acres of turnips, 2 bulls, oxen, or steers, 2 occupants of farms, 1 acres of corn, 1 acres of farmland in gardens, 1 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 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 $2,380 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $70 value carriages for hire (dollars), 36 carriages for pleasure, 2 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 18 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 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: ON082016 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON085006_1891 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1938153
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smiths_Falls
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smiths_Falls

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). "Smith’s Falls, Town—Ville, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/smith-s-falls-town-ville-on082016-1861/.