Tilbury East, Ontario (1861 census)
Tilbury East was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,267. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.251°N, 82.339°W.
Population
In 1861, Tilbury East had a population of 1,267: 691 male and 576 female residents.
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 Romney & Tilbury East, 1851 (67.5% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861
In the 1861 census, Tilbury East shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1861
The 1861 census recorded 154 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.
Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,267 total population, 691 males, Male members of the family who are present: 665, 576 females, Female members of the family who are present: 548, 467 single males, 370 single females, 209 married males, 188 married females, 99 females attending school, 98 males attending school, 32 adult males unable to read or write, 30 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 28, Males present who are not members of the family: 26, 26 female births, 23 adult females unable to read or write, 18 widowed females, 15 widowed males, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)
Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 96 males aged 5 to 10, 90 females aged 5 to 10, 71 single males aged 10 to 15, 71 single males aged 15 to 20, 70 single females aged 10 to 15, 69 married females aged 20 to 30, 69 single females aged 15 to 20, 66 married males aged 30 to 40, 60 single males aged 20 to 30, 55 married females aged 30 to 40, 49 married males aged 40 to 50, 46 married males aged 20 to 30, 29 females aged 1 to 2, 29 males aged 3 to 4, 28 married females aged 40 to 50, 28 married males aged 50 to 60, 27 males aged 1 to 2, 27 single males aged 30 to 40, 24 females age 3 to 4, 24 single females aged 20 to 30, 23 males aged 4 to 5, 22 males aged 2 to 3, 20 married females aged 50 to 60, 17 females aged 2 to 3, 15 females aged 4 to 5, 14 married males aged 60 to 70, 10 married females aged 60 to 70, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)
Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 653 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 213 French Canadians, 133 persons originating in Scotland, 98 persons originating in England or Wales, 95 persons originating in Ireland, 68 persons originating in the United States, 4 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 3 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $95,353 value farms (dollars), $36,649 value all livestock, 21,310 pounds of homemade butter, 21,243 acres of land in farms, 17,639 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 15,782 bushels of oats, $12,304 value horses aged over 3 years, 11,865 bushels of corn, 9,806 bushels of potatoes, 6,936 bushels of peas, $6,023 value farm implements in dollars, 5,377 bushels of winter wheat, 3,604 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,942 bushels of spring wheat, 2,173 acres of farmland under crops, 2,059 swine, 1,832 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,330 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,301 bushels of barley, 1,078 bushels of buckwheat, 779 calves and heifers, 700 tons of hay, 697 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 605 bushels of turnips, 571 sheep, 507 acres of corn, 489 acres of oats, 463 milk cows, $417 value garden and orchard crops, 355 horses aged over 3 years, 353 acres of winter wheat, 349 acres of peas, 233 acres of spring wheat, 215 occupants of farms, 213 horses aged 3 years and under, 196 barrels of pork, 177 acres of potatoes, 160 bulls, oxen, or steers, 111 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 101 acres of farmland in gardens, 72 acres of buckwheat, 71 bushels of carrots, 62 acres of barley, 53 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 40 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 34 bushels of beans, 32 gallons of cider, 20 pounds of maple sugar, 16 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 14 barrels of beef, 7 pounds of hops, 5 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 3 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 3 acres of turnips, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)
Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 874 yards of flannel, $488 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 238 yards of fulled cloth, $117 value carriages for hire (dollars), 13 carriages for pleasure, 6 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)
Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 50 pounds of fresh fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)
Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 8 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 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.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Margaret Mather | 1859–1898 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON080010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON080010— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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). "Tilbury East, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/tilbury-east-on080010-1861/.