Goderich, Town of, Ontario (1861 census)

Goderich, Town of was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,227. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q33974. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.739°N, 81.712°W.

Population

In 1861, Goderich, Town of had a population of 3,227: 1,657 male and 1,570 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, Goderich, Town of shared boundaries with:

• Colborno
• Goderich

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 103 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,227 total population, 1,657 males, 1,570 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,454, Female members of the family who are present: 1,361, 1,128 single males, 990 single females, 517 married females, 512 married males, 254 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 209, Males present who are not members of the family: 203, 196 females attending school, 80 male births, 63 widowed females, 58 female births, 17 widowed males, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 216 single females aged 15 to 20, 196 married females aged 20 to 30, 192 single males aged 15 to 20, 179 single males aged 20 to 30, 171 married males aged 30 to 40, 171 single males aged 10 to 15, 158 females aged 5 to 10, 158 males aged 5 to 10, 156 married females aged 30 to 40, 149 single females aged 10 to 15, 130 married males aged 40 to 50, 120 single females aged 20 to 30, 117 married males aged 20 to 30, 102 married females aged 40 to 50, 76 males aged 2 to 3, 71 females aged 2 to 3, 67 females age 3 to 4, 67 males aged 1 to 2, 66 males aged 3 to 4, 65 females aged 1 to 2, 65 married males aged 50 to 60, 60 males aged 4 to 5, 56 females aged 4 to 5, 49 married females aged 50 to 60, 46 single males aged 30 to 40, 22 married males aged 60 to 70, 21 single males aged 40 to 50, 18 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 15 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 13 females of unknown age, 12 married females aged 60 to 70, 11 single females aged 30 to 40, 9 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 males of unknown age, 5 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 15 to 20, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,553 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 518 persons originating in Ireland, 440 persons originating in Scotland, 428 persons originating in England or Wales, 137 persons originating in the United States, 81 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 22 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 14 persons originating in the West Indies, 13 persons originating in the East Indies, 6 persons originating in France, 5 persons originating in all other places, 5 persons originating in New Brunswick, 3 persons originating in Newfoundland, 2 persons whose origin is unknown. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $12,984 value all livestock, 157 milk cows, 121 horses aged over 3 years, 114 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 93 swine, 12 sheep. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $2,001 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $1,900 value carriages for hire (dollars), 29 carriages for pleasure, 23 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 3 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 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: ON079006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON079006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q33974
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goderich,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goderich_(Ontario)

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). "Goderich, Town of, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/goderich-town-of-on079006-1861/.