Trafalgar, Ontario (1861 census)

Trafalgar was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 5,846. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7832431. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.493°N, 79.768°W.

Population

In 1861, Trafalgar had a population of 5,846: 2,995 male and 2,851 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, Trafalgar shared boundaries with:

• Chinguacousy
• Esquesing
• Milton, T-V
• Nelson
• Oakville, T-V
• Toronto

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 180 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 5,846 total population, 2,995 males, 2,851 females, Male members of the family who are present: 2,702, Female members of the family who are present: 2,631, 2,008 single males, 1,877 single females, 911 married males, 853 married females, 644 males attending school, 529 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 293, Females present who are not members of the family: 220, 121 widowed females, 113 female births, 110 male births, 76 widowed males, 48 adult males unable to read or write, 34 adult females unable to read or write, 3 lunatic females, 3 lunatic males, 1 blind females, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 394 females aged 5 to 10, 374 males aged 5 to 10, 354 single males aged 20 to 30, 339 single females aged 10 to 15, 325 single females aged 15 to 20, 324 single males aged 10 to 15, 300 single males aged 15 to 20, 267 married males aged 30 to 40, 263 single females aged 20 to 30, 251 married females aged 20 to 30, 238 married females aged 30 to 40, 190 married males aged 20 to 30, 189 married males aged 40 to 50, 158 married females aged 40 to 50, 139 married males aged 50 to 60, 121 males aged 1 to 2, 113 married females aged 50 to 60, 98 females aged 2 to 3, 98 males aged 2 to 3, 93 males aged 4 to 5, 92 males aged 3 to 4, 90 married males aged 60 to 70, 85 females age 3 to 4, 85 females aged 1 to 2, 79 females aged 4 to 5, 64 single males aged 30 to 40, 56 married females aged 60 to 70, 39 single females aged 30 to 40, 29 single males aged 40 to 50, 29 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 27 females of unknown age, 26 married males aged 70 to 80, 25 males of unknown age, 25 married females aged 15 to 20, 25 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 25 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 21 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 19 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 16 single females aged 40 to 50, 16 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 14 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 12 single males aged 50 to 60, 12 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 11 married females aged 70 to 80, 11 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 7 single females aged 50 to 60, 6 married males aged 80 to 90, 6 single males aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 6 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 5 single males aged 60 to 70, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 married males aged 90 to 100, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 3,888 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 766 persons originating in Ireland, 594 persons originating in England or Wales, 327 persons originating in Scotland, 221 persons originating in the United States, 56 male negroes or coloured persons, 54 female negroes or coloured persons, 16 French Canadians, 13 persons originating in New Brunswick, 13 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 11 persons originating in Germany or Holland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $3,146,362 value farms (dollars), $2,371,660 value all livestock, 151,511 pounds of homemade butter, 136,106 bushels of winter wheat, $130,275 value horses aged over 3 years, 114,913 bushels of oats, $105,117 value farm implements in dollars, 70,886 bushels of potatoes, 65,345 bushels of peas, 64,909 acres of land in farms, 61,503 bushels of spring wheat, 54,451 bushels of barley, 47,221 acres of farmland under cultivation, 31,386 acres of farmland under crops, 31,056 pounds of wool produced on farms, 29,511 bushels of turnips, 20,090 bushels of buckwheat, 17,688 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 15,536 pounds of flax or hemp, 14,906 acres of farmland in pasture, $13,799 value garden and orchard crops, 13,747 bushels of carrots, 13,269 gallons of cider, 11,516 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 8,745 acres of winter wheat, 8,640 sheep, 7,576 bushels of corn, 7,136 pounds of maple sugar, 5,740 tons of hay, 3,813 swine, 3,439 acres of spring wheat, 3,308 acres of peas, 3,222 acres of oats, 2,773 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 2,532 barrels of pork, 2,502 calves and heifers, 2,445 milk cows, 2,148 acres of barley, 1,797 horses aged over 3 years, 1,570 bushels of rye, 929 acres of farmland in gardens, 874 acres of buckwheat, 681 barrels of beef, 595 occupants of farms, 584 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 582 acres of potatoes, 488 horses aged 3 years and under, 396 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 374 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 299 bulls, oxen, or steers, 199 bushels of beans, 178 acres of corn, 159 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 145 acres of rye, 112 acres of turnips, 71 pounds of hops, 22 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 22 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 17 acres of mangel wurtzel, 9 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 9 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $34,736 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 7,716 yards of flannel, 1,172 yards of fulled cloth, 577 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 2 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 37 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 19, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 18, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 7, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 4, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 5 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: ON077007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON117004 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7832431
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trafalgar_Township

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). "Trafalgar, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/trafalgar-on077007-1861/.