Euphrasia, Ontario (1861 census)

Euphrasia was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,472. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261421. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.434°N, 80.583°W.

Population

In 1861, Euphrasia had a population of 1,472: 810 male and 662 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, Euphrasia shared boundaries with:

• Artemesia
• Collingwood
• Holland
• St. Vincent

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 148 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,472 total population, 810 males, Male members of the family who are present: 781, 662 females, Female members of the family who are present: 647, 603 single males, 461 single females, 190 married males, 182 married females, 158 males attending school, 134 females attending school, 33 male births, 30 female births, Males present who are not members of the family: 29, 26 adult females unable to read or write, 25 adult males unable to read or write, 19 widowed females, 17 widowed males, Females present who are not members of the family: 15, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 106 single males aged 20 to 30, 100 males aged 5 to 10, 88 females aged 5 to 10, 84 single males aged 15 to 20, 80 single males aged 10 to 15, 79 married males aged 30 to 40, 75 single females aged 15 to 20, 74 married females aged 20 to 30, 71 single females aged 10 to 15, 58 married females aged 30 to 40, 53 males aged 4 to 5, 46 females aged 4 to 5, 43 married males aged 20 to 30, 41 males aged 3 to 4, 41 single females aged 20 to 30, 40 males aged 2 to 3, 37 females aged 2 to 3, 35 females age 3 to 4, 34 married males aged 40 to 50, 32 males aged 1 to 2, 29 females aged 1 to 2, 24 married females aged 40 to 50, 22 single males aged 30 to 40, 20 married males aged 50 to 60, 14 married females aged 50 to 60, 10 married males aged 60 to 70, 10 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 married females aged 15 to 20, 7 single females aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 married females aged 60 to 70, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 934 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 356 persons originating in Ireland, 108 persons originating in England or Wales, 58 negroes or coloured persons, 49 persons originating in Scotland, 39 male negroes or coloured persons, 19 female negroes or coloured persons, 17 persons originating in the United States, 2 persons originating in France, 2 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $316,193 value farms (dollars), $47,900 value all livestock, 44,373 bushels of turnips, 40,642 bushels of spring wheat, 29,821 bushels of potatoes, 26,297 acres of land in farms, 22,668 pounds of homemade butter, 19,776 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 13,407 bushels of oats, $11,986 value horses aged over 3 years, 11,078 pounds of maple sugar, 10,848 bushels of peas, $10,325 value farm implements in dollars, 6,521 acres of farmland under cultivation, 5,130 bushels of winter wheat, 4,944 acres of farmland under crops, 2,730 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,218 bushels of barley, 1,924 acres of spring wheat, 1,538 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,357 swine, 1,307 tons of hay, 1,085 sheep, 880 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 844 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 662 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 626 calves and heifers, 552 milk cows, 473 acres of oats, 471 acres of peas, 395 barrels of pork, 355 bulls, oxen, or steers, 245 occupants of farms, 211 acres of winter wheat, 203 acres of potatoes, 203 acres of turnips, 169 horses aged over 3 years, 168 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 87 horses aged 3 years and under, 83 acres of barley, 76 barrels of beef, 64 bushels of corn, 62 pounds of hops, 39 acres of farmland in gardens, 38 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 30 bushels of carrots, $30 value garden and orchard crops, 27 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 13 pounds of flax or hemp, 7 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 3 acres of corn, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 bushels of beans. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 564 yards of fulled cloth, 344 yards of flannel, $120 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 2 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 5 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 8 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 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 60 to 70: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON075006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON114006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261421

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). "Euphrasia, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/euphrasia-on075006-1861/.