Eramosa, Ontario (1861 census)

Eramosa was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,604. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261403. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.657°N, 80.210°W.

Population

In 1861, Eramosa had a population of 3,604: 1,867 male and 1,737 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, Eramosa shared boundaries with:

• Erin
• Esquesing
• Garafraxa
• Guelph
• Nassagaweya
• Nichol
• Puslinch

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 174 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,604 total population, 1,867 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,766, 1,737 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,682, 1,302 single males, 1,136 single females, 534 married females, 521 married males, 401 males attending school, 318 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 101, 67 widowed females, Females present who are not members of the family: 55, 51 adult males unable to read or write, 44 widowed males, 36 female births, 35 male births, 33 adult females unable to read or write, 1 blind males, 1 lunatic females, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 257 single males aged 20 to 30, 243 single males aged 15 to 20, 228 single females aged 15 to 20, 227 females aged 5 to 10, 226 males aged 5 to 10, 225 single males aged 10 to 15, 198 single females aged 10 to 15, 194 single females aged 20 to 30, 183 married females aged 30 to 40, 177 married males aged 40 to 50, 135 married males aged 30 to 40, 123 married females aged 20 to 30, 96 married females aged 50 to 60, 87 married females aged 40 to 50, 81 married males aged 50 to 60, 63 males aged 3 to 4, 63 married males aged 20 to 30, 60 females age 3 to 4, 60 females aged 4 to 5, 60 males aged 4 to 5, 57 females aged 2 to 3, 57 males aged 2 to 3, 54 females aged 1 to 2, 54 males aged 1 to 2, 48 married males aged 60 to 70, 36 single males aged 30 to 40, 30 married females aged 60 to 70, 21 single males aged 40 to 50, 18 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 15 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 15 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 12 married males aged 70 to 80, 12 single males aged 50 to 60, 10 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 9 married females aged 70 to 80, 9 single females aged 30 to 40, 9 single males aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 single females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 females of unknown age, 3 males of unknown age, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 married males aged 90 to 100, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 widowed females over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,247 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 478 persons originating in Ireland, 413 persons originating in England or Wales, 359 persons originating in Scotland, 68 persons originating in the United States, 16 negroes or coloured persons, 16 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 12 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 9 male negroes or coloured persons, 7 female negroes or coloured persons, 6 persons originating in New Brunswick, 2 persons originating in Newfoundland, 1 persons originating in Sweden or Norway, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $967,425 value farms (dollars), 251,713 bushels of turnips, $132,978 value all livestock, 93,564 pounds of homemade butter, 92,628 bushels of oats, 72,895 bushels of spring wheat, $49,260 value horses aged over 3 years, 46,990 bushels of potatoes, $46,984 value farm implements in dollars, 38,814 bushels of peas, 33,521 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 33,174 acres of land in farms, 31,621 bushels of winter wheat, 19,653 acres of farmland under cultivation, 19,257 pounds of maple sugar, 12,149 pounds of wool produced on farms, 11,874 acres of farmland under crops, 7,536 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,387 bushels of barley, 6,043 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 4,325 pounds of flax or hemp, 3,480 acres of spring wheat, $3,310 value garden and orchard crops, 3,194 sheep, 2,638 acres of oats, 2,456 bushels of carrots, 2,094 tons of hay, 1,819 swine, 1,680 acres of peas, 1,571 calves and heifers, 1,332 barrels of pork, 1,159 milk cows, 1,027 acres of winter wheat, 1,005 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 802 acres of turnips, 674 horses aged over 3 years, 608 bushels of buckwheat, 527 barrels of beef, 393 bulls, oxen, or steers, 351 occupants of farms, 344 acres of potatoes, 300 bushels of beans, 249 acres of barley, 243 acres of farmland in gardens, 220 gallons of cider, 212 horses aged 3 years and under, 198 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 102 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 68 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 44 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 35 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 35 bushels of corn, 20 acres of buckwheat, 15 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 14 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 12 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 3 acres of mangel wurtzel, 1 acres of corn. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $7,120 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 4,471 yards of flannel, 667 yards of fulled cloth, 118 carriages for pleasure, 45 yards of linen. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 24 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 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: ON103004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON152002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261403

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). "Eramosa, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/eramosa-on103004-1861/.