Streetsville, Village, Ontario (1861 census)

Streetsville, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 730. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7623156. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.597°N, 79.707°W.

Population

In 1861, Streetsville, Village had a population of 730: 370 male and 360 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).

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 Toronto, 1851 (0.9% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Streetsville, Village shared boundaries with:

• Toronto

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 134 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 730 total population, Male members of the family who are present: 370, 370 males, Female members of the family who are present: 360, 360 females, 260 single males, 243 single females, 99 married males, 93 married females, 74 males attending school, 72 females attending school, 24 widowed females, 19 male births, 14 female births, 11 widowed males, 1 adult females unable to read or write, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 55 males aged 5 to 10, 54 females aged 5 to 10, 43 married males aged 30 to 40, 42 single females aged 10 to 15, 40 single females aged 15 to 20, 40 single males aged 15 to 20, 37 single males aged 10 to 15, 36 single males aged 20 to 30, 34 married females aged 30 to 40, 33 single females aged 20 to 30, 30 married females aged 20 to 30, 21 married females aged 40 to 50, 20 married males aged 40 to 50, 16 females aged 2 to 3, 16 males aged 1 to 2, 15 males aged 2 to 3, 14 females aged 4 to 5, 14 married males aged 20 to 30, 14 single males aged 30 to 40, 13 married males aged 50 to 60, 12 females age 3 to 4, 11 females aged 1 to 2, 11 males aged 3 to 4, 10 males aged 4 to 5, 7 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 married females aged 60 to 70, 5 married males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 married females aged 50 to 60, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females 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 431 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 163 persons originating in Ireland, 74 persons originating in England or Wales, 37 persons originating in Scotland, 24 persons originating in the United States, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $36,950 value farms (dollars), $18,607 value all livestock, 2,625 bushels of winter wheat, 2,500 pounds of homemade butter, 2,200 bushels of potatoes, $1,720 value farm implements in dollars, 1,110 bushels of oats, 836 acres of land in farms, 624 acres of farmland under cultivation, 620 bushels of spring wheat, 600 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 570 bushels of peas, 540 bushels of barley, 400 bushels of turnips, 380 acres of farmland under crops, 301 swine, 230 pounds of flax or hemp, 223 acres of farmland in pasture, 220 gallons of cider, 212 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 210 bushels of corn, 177 horses aged over 3 years, 163 acres of winter wheat, 162 milk cows, 140 bushels of buckwheat, 133 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 53 barrels of pork, $50 value garden and orchard crops, 39 acres of oats, 39 acres of spring wheat, 38 sheep, 34 tons of hay, 30 acres of peas, 23 acres of barley, 21 acres of farmland in gardens, 14 barrels of beef, 13 acres of potatoes, 10 occupants of farms, 6 acres of corn, 6 horses aged 3 years and under, 5 acres of buckwheat, 5 calves and heifers, 4 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 3 acres of turnips, 2 bulls, oxen, or steers, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel, 1 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $6,520 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $2,600 value carriages for hire (dollars), 104 carriages for pleasure, 59 carriages for hire, 25 yards of flannel, 20 yards of fulled cloth. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 5 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON091005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON136009 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7623156
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetsville,_Mississauga

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). "Streetsville, Village, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/streetsville-village-on091005-1861/.