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Year: 1861  |  Province: Ontario

By Ward, Ontario (1861 census)

By Ward was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,930. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.431°N, 75.686°W.

Population

In 1861, By Ward had a population of 3,930: 1,957 male and 1,973 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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, By Ward shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 132 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,930 total population, 1,973 females, 1,957 males, Female members of the family who are present: 1,761, Male members of the family who are present: 1,664, 1,290 single males, 1,262 single females, 666 married females, 649 married males, Males present who are not members of the family: 293, 241 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 212, 161 females attending school, 155 adult males unable to read or write, 136 adult females unable to read or write, 90 female births, 88 male births, 45 widowed females, 18 widowed males, 3 deaf and dumb males, 2 lunatic males, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic females, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 230 married females aged 20 to 30, 219 married females aged 30 to 40, 218 single males aged 20 to 30, 215 females aged 5 to 10, 213 single females aged 10 to 15, 201 males aged 5 to 10, 199 single males aged 15 to 20, 198 married males aged 30 to 40, 198 single females aged 15 to 20, 198 single males aged 10 to 15, 181 married males aged 40 to 50, 167 married males aged 20 to 30, 147 single females aged 20 to 30, 123 married females aged 40 to 50, 87 females aged 1 to 2, 79 females aged 2 to 3, 79 males aged 1 to 2, 77 males aged 2 to 3, 76 females age 3 to 4, 73 females aged 4 to 5, 72 married males aged 50 to 60, 70 males aged 3 to 4, 69 males aged 4 to 5, 68 married females aged 50 to 60, 61 single males aged 30 to 40, 53 single females aged 30 to 40, 19 single males aged 40 to 50, 18 married males aged 60 to 70, 18 single females aged 40 to 50, 12 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 10 married females aged 15 to 20, 9 married females aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 7 married males aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 6 single females aged 50 to 60, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 females of unknown age, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 90 to 100, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,546 French Canadians, 1,194 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 748 persons originating in Ireland, 176 persons originating in England or Wales, 123 persons originating in Scotland, 98 persons originating in the United States, 10 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 7 persons originating in Newfoundland, 6 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 4 persons originating in France, 4 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 4 persons whose origin is unknown, 3 persons originating in Switzerland, 2 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in the East Indies. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 3 persons originating in Russia or Poland — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $76,228 value all livestock, 836 horses aged over 3 years, 527 swine, 450 milk cows, 400 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 3S sheep. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $16,837 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $7,964 value carriages for hire (dollars), 255 carriages for pleasure, 145 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 39 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 20, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 19, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 8, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 5, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 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 aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

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). "By Ward, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/by-ward-on111001-1861/.