Augusta, Ontario (1861 census)

Augusta was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 5,562. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4820879. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.749°N, 75.647°W.

Population

In 1861, Augusta had a population of 5,562: 2,854 male and 2,708 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, Augusta shared boundaries with:

• Edwardsburg
• Elizabethtown
• Oxford
• Present, town of
• Wolford

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 192 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 5,562 total population, 2,854 males, 2,708 females, Male members of the family who are present: 2,663, Female members of the family who are present: 2,533, 1,950 single males, 1,825 single females, 822 married males, 794 married females, 654 males attending school, 501 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 191, Females present who are not members of the family: 175, 132 female births, 121 male births, 89 widowed females, 82 widowed males, 79 adult males unable to read or write, 67 adult females unable to read or write, 6 lunatic females, 5 deaf and dumb males, 4 deaf and dumb females, 4 lunatic males, 3 blind males, 1 blind females, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 399 females aged 5 to 10, 398 males aged 5 to 10, 397 single females aged 10 to 15, 395 single males aged 10 to 15, 320 single males aged 15 to 20, 296 single females aged 15 to 20, 279 single males aged 20 to 30, 226 married females aged 20 to 30, 226 married females aged 30 to 40, 216 married males aged 30 to 40, 198 married males aged 40 to 50, 169 married males aged 50 to 60, 166 married females aged 40 to 50, 159 single females aged 20 to 30, 145 married males aged 20 to 30, 122 married females aged 50 to 60, 109 males aged 1 to 2, 106 females aged 1 to 2, 103 females aged 2 to 3, 99 females aged 4 to 5, 96 females age 3 to 4, 95 males aged 3 to 4, 89 males aged 2 to 3, 80 males aged 4 to 5, 68 married males aged 60 to 70, 33 married females aged 60 to 70, 24 married males aged 70 to 80, 23 single males aged 30 to 40, 23 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 23 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 19 single males aged 40 to 50, 17 single females aged 30 to 40, 17 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 16 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 15 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 14 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 14 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 12 married females aged 15 to 20, 12 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 11 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 11 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 10 single females aged 40 to 50, 10 single males aged 50 to 60, 8 married females aged 70 to 80, 7 single females aged 50 to 60, 5 single males aged 60 to 70, 4 males of unknown age, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 4,054 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 934 persons originating in Ireland, 287 persons originating in England or Wales, 145 persons originating in the United States, 123 persons originating in Scotland, 32 Indigenous persons, 20 Indigenous females, 12 Indigenous males, 4 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 3 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 2 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 male negroes or coloured persons, 1 negroes or coloured persons, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Newfoundland, 1 persons originating in Spain or Portugal. 5 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $1,185,059 value farms (dollars), 166,477 pounds of homemade butter, 128,080 bushels of oats, 90,680 bushels of potatoes, $83,138 value horses aged over 3 years, 67,698 bushels of spring wheat, 62,902 acres of land in farms, $44,071 value farm implements in dollars, 33,039 acres of farmland under cultivation, 31,758 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 29,863 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $25,617 value all livestock, 22,792 pounds of maple sugar, 19,249 bushels of carrots, 17,954 acres of farmland under crops, 17,434 pounds of wool produced on farms, 14,734 acres of farmland in pasture, 11,956 bushels of buckwheat, 11,731 bushels of corn, 8,810 pounds of hops, 8,172 bushels of rye, 8,006 bushels of peas, 7,907 bushels of turnips, $6,938 value garden and orchard crops, 6,050 bushels of barley, 5,289 tons of hay, 5,271 sheep, 4,557 acres of oats, 3,827 acres of spring wheat, 2,727 milk cows, 2,040 calves and heifers, 2,036 gallons of cider, 1,635 swine, 1,469 barrels of pork, 1,440 horses aged over 3 years, 1,358 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 1,068 bushels of winter wheat, 1,022 acres of potatoes, 686 horses aged 3 years and under, 672 occupants of farms, 670 acres of buckwheat, 607 acres of rye, 552 acres of peas, 431 acres of corn, 350 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 350 acres of farmland in gardens, 302 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 261 acres of barley, 218 pounds of flax or hemp, 214 barrels of beef, 186 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 182 bulls, oxen, or steers, 151 bushels of beans, 111 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 68 acres of winter wheat, 62 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 35 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 32 acres of turnips, 26 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 12 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 4 acres of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $17,920 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 9,061 yards of flannel, 4,505 yards of fulled cloth, 439 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 53 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 38, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 15, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 9, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 3 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: ON074001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON113001 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q4820879
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusta,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusta_(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). "Augusta, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/augusta-on074001-1861/.