Euphemia, Ontario (1861 census)

Euphemia was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,109. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.719°N, 81.919°W.

Population

In 1861, Euphemia had a population of 2,109: 1,149 male and 960 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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Euphemia, 1871 (70.8% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Euphemia shared boundaries with:

• Brooke
• Dawn
• Mosa
• Zone

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 173 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,109 total population, 1,149 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,066, 960 females, Female members of the family who are present: 893, 808 single males, 624 single females, 317 married males, 304 married females, 255 males attending school, 203 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 83, Females present who are not members of the family: 67, 55 male births, 52 adult females unable to read or write, 51 adult males unable to read or write, 37 female births, 32 widowed females, 24 widowed males, 3 lunatic males, 2 blind females, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 150 single males aged 10 to 15, 149 males aged 5 to 10, 139 single females aged 10 to 15, 124 single males aged 20 to 30, 123 single males aged 15 to 20, 114 single females aged 15 to 20, 91 married females aged 20 to 30, 90 females aged 5 to 10, 89 married males aged 30 to 40, 89 single females aged 20 to 30, 87 married females aged 30 to 40, 71 married males aged 40 to 50, 63 married females aged 40 to 50, 56 married males aged 20 to 30, 52 married males aged 50 to 60, 43 males aged 1 to 2, 43 males aged 2 to 3, 40 females aged 1 to 2, 40 males aged 3 to 4, 38 females aged 2 to 3, 38 males aged 4 to 5, 35 married females aged 50 to 60, 33 married males aged 60 to 70, 32 females aged 4 to 5, 31 females age 3 to 4, 21 single males aged 30 to 40, 19 married females aged 60 to 70, 15 married males aged 70 to 80, 11 single males aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 7 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 males of unknown age, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 married females aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 females of unknown age, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single females 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 1,440 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 240 persons originating in Ireland, 160 persons originating in England or Wales, 134 persons originating in Scotland, 90 persons originating in the United States, 19 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 15 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 11 negroes or coloured persons, 9 persons originating in New Brunswick, 7 male negroes or coloured persons, 4 female negroes or coloured persons, 2 persons whose origin is unknown. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $546,260 value farms (dollars), 94,331 pounds of homemade butter, $80,832 value all livestock, 55,935 bushels of oats, $30,841 value horses aged over 3 years, 29,006 bushels of potatoes, 28,972 acres of land in farms, 22,542 bushels of peas, $21,057 value farm implements in dollars, 16,689 bushels of spring wheat, 16,618 pounds of maple sugar, 16,145 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 14,908 bushels of turnips, 12,989 bushels of corn, 12,827 acres of farmland under cultivation, 9,784 pounds of wool produced on farms, 6,667 bushels of buckwheat, 6,564 bushels of winter wheat, 6,510 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,135 acres of farmland under crops, $4,451 value garden and orchard crops, 3,831 gallons of cider, 3,353 sheep, 2,486 swine, 2,120 tons of hay, 2,035 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,678 acres of oats, 1,359 calves and heifers, 1,284 acres of spring wheat, 1,214 acres of peas, 847 milk cows, 726 bushels of barley, 711 barrels of pork, 593 acres of corn, 548 horses aged over 3 years, 431 acres of winter wheat, 427 bushels of rye, 357 acres of buckwheat, 307 acres of potatoes, 285 occupants of farms, 223 horses aged 3 years and under, 195 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 182 acres of farmland in gardens, 132 bulls, oxen, or steers, 128 barrels of beef, 98 bushels of beans, 79 bushels of carrots, 72 acres of turnips, 63 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 53 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 41 acres of rye, 39 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 39 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 32 acres of barley, 29 pounds of flax or hemp, 19 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 5 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 pounds of hops, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 7,342 yards of flannel, $1,456 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 1,446 yards of fulled cloth, $100 value carriages for hire (dollars), 35 carriages for pleasure, 6 yards of linen, 2 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 17 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 90 to 100: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON081005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON122005_1891 — 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). "Euphemia, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/euphemia-on081005-1861/.