Trenton, T-V, Ontario (1861 census)

Trenton, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,398. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2739754. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.113°N, 77.561°W.

Population

In 1861, Trenton, T-V had a population of 1,398: 732 male and 666 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 Sidney, 1851 (0.8% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Trenton, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Sydney

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 100 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,398 total population, 732 males, 666 females, Male members of the family who are present: 607, Female members of the family who are present: 585, 507 single males, 415 single females, 217 married females, 211 married males, 163 females attending school, 163 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 125, Females present who are not members of the family: 81, 47 adult females unable to read or write, 47 adult males unable to read or write, 34 widowed females, 21 male births, 14 widowed males, 12 female births. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 102 single males aged 20 to 30, 89 single males aged 10 to 15, 87 single males aged 15 to 20, 83 single females aged 15 to 20, 76 married females aged 20 to 30, 74 single females aged 20 to 30, 71 single females aged 10 to 15, 68 males aged 5 to 10, 68 married females aged 30 to 40, 67 females aged 5 to 10, 66 married males aged 30 to 40, 53 married males aged 40 to 50, 44 married males aged 20 to 30, 39 married females aged 40 to 50, 30 males aged 1 to 2, 29 females aged 1 to 2, 25 married males aged 50 to 60, 24 males aged 4 to 5, 23 females age 3 to 4, 23 males aged 3 to 4, 22 single males aged 30 to 40, 21 females aged 4 to 5, 19 males aged 2 to 3, 19 married females aged 50 to 60, 17 females aged 2 to 3, 15 married males aged 60 to 70, 13 single males aged 40 to 50, 11 single females aged 30 to 40, 10 married females aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 7 married males aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 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 15 to 20, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 851 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 382 persons originating in England or Wales, 322 persons originating in Ireland, 63 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 48 French Canadians, 30 persons originating in the United States, 20 persons originating in Scotland, 5 persons originating in France, 2 persons originating in Newfoundland, 2 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons whose origin is unknown. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $10,656 value all livestock, 197 swine, 127 milk cows, 96 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 84 horses aged over 3 years, 24 sheep. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $4,637 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $1,704 value carriages for hire (dollars), 110 carriages for pleasure, 34 carriages for hire. (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 males of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 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: ON078012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON118027 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q2739754
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trenton,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trenton_(Ontario)

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). "Trenton, T-V, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/trenton-t-v-on078012-1861/.