Crosby, South, Ontario (1861 census)

Crosby, South was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,117. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.587°N, 76.265°W.

Population

In 1861, Crosby, South had a population of 2,117: 1,087 male and 1,030 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, Crosby, South shared boundaries with:

• Bastard
• Bedford
• Crosby, North
• Lansdowne
• Leeds
• Storrington

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 161 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,117 total population, 1,087 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,085, 1,030 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,026, 713 single males, 667 single females, 351 married males, 329 married females, 249 males attending school, 183 females attending school, 60 adult males unable to read or write, 52 male births, 46 female births, 45 adult females unable to read or write, 34 widowed females, 23 widowed males, Females present who are not members of the family: 4, Males present who are not members of the family: 2. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 147 single males aged 10 to 15, 141 single females aged 10 to 15, 125 single males aged 15 to 20, 122 males aged 5 to 10, 117 females aged 5 to 10, 111 single females aged 15 to 20, 106 married females aged 30 to 40, 100 single males aged 20 to 30, 99 married females aged 20 to 30, 96 married males aged 30 to 40, 90 single females aged 20 to 30, 85 married males aged 40 to 50, 72 married males aged 20 to 30, 61 married females aged 40 to 50, 55 married males aged 50 to 60, 46 males aged 1 to 2, 41 females aged 2 to 3, 37 males aged 2 to 3, 36 females age 3 to 4, 36 married females aged 50 to 60, 33 married males aged 60 to 70, 32 males aged 3 to 4, 31 males aged 4 to 5, 30 females aged 1 to 2, 30 females aged 4 to 5, 14 married females aged 60 to 70, 10 single females aged 30 to 40, 10 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 9 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 8 single males aged 30 to 40, 8 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 single females aged 40 to 50, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 single males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,591 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 380 persons originating in Ireland, 69 persons originating in the United States, 50 persons originating in England or Wales, 16 persons originating in Scotland, 5 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 3 persons originating in New Brunswick, 2 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in Spain or Portugal. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $311,730 value farms (dollars), $66,236 value all livestock, 47,452 pounds of homemade butter, 30,775 bushels of oats, 27,981 acres of land in farms, $25,071 value horses aged over 3 years, 22,916 pounds of maple sugar, 21,992 bushels of spring wheat, 19,550 bushels of potatoes, 18,348 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $10,418 value farm implements in dollars, 9,633 acres of farmland under cultivation, 8,779 bushels of peas, 7,303 pounds of wool produced on farms, 7,115 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 6,626 bushels of turnips, 6,471 bushels of corn, 6,331 acres of farmland under crops, 5,370 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 4,914 bushels of winter wheat, 3,217 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,274 sheep, 2,166 tons of hay, $1,505 value garden and orchard crops, 1,460 acres of spring wheat, 1,455 bushels of rye, 938 milk cows, 930 acres of oats, 871 swine, 787 calves and heifers, 743 bushels of beans, 670 gallons of cider, 639 barrels of pork, 513 bushels of buckwheat, 474 horses aged over 3 years, 461 acres of peas, 352 bushels of carrots, 341 acres of winter wheat, 257 acres of corn, 234 occupants of farms, 233 acres of potatoes, 193 horses aged 3 years and under, 102 bulls, oxen, or steers, 99 acres of rye, 99 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 85 acres of farmland in gardens, 65 barrels of beef, 62 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 47 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 42 acres of buckwheat, 35 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 22 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 20 bushels of barley, 16 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 14 acres of turnips, 13 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 9 acres of mangel wurtzel, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of barley. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $5,155 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 4,176 yards of flannel, 1,600 yards of fulled cloth, 101 carriages for pleasure, 6 yards of linen. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 1 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 23 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 14, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 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, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 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.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON083005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON083005 — 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). "Crosby, South, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/crosby-south-on083005-1861/.