London, Ward—Quartier No. 4, Ontario (1861 census)

London, Ward—Quartier No. 4 was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,755. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.981°N, 81.234°W.

Population

In 1861, London, Ward—Quartier No. 4 had a population of 1,755: 859 male and 896 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, London, Ward—Quartier No. 4 shared boundaries with:

• London
• London, Ward—Quartier No. 2
• London, Ward—Quartier No. 6
• Westminster

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 103 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,755 total population, 896 females, 859 males, Female members of the family who are present: 834, Male members of the family who are present: 819, 568 single females, 560 single males, 293 married females, 286 married males, 159 males attending school, 145 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 62, Males present who are not members of the family: 40, 37 adult females unable to read or write, 37 female births, 35 widowed females, 33 male births, 20 adult males unable to read or write, 13 widowed males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 124 single females aged 10 to 15, 116 married males aged 30 to 40, 113 single males aged 10 to 15, 103 males aged 5 to 10, 95 married females aged 20 to 30, 95 married females aged 30 to 40, 87 single females aged 15 to 20, 80 females aged 5 to 10, 74 single males aged 15 to 20, 72 single females aged 20 to 30, 67 married females aged 40 to 50, 67 married males aged 40 to 50, 56 single males aged 20 to 30, 45 males aged 1 to 2, 43 married males aged 20 to 30, 40 males aged 3 to 4, 39 females aged 2 to 3, 37 married males aged 50 to 60, 36 females aged 4 to 5, 28 females age 3 to 4, 28 males aged 2 to 3, 26 females aged 1 to 2, 22 married females aged 50 to 60, 19 males aged 4 to 5, 19 married males aged 60 to 70, 18 single males aged 30 to 40, 13 males of unknown age, 12 single females aged 30 to 40, 11 married females aged 60 to 70, 11 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 10 females of unknown age, 10 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 6 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 single females aged 50 to 60, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 married females aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 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 687 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 364 persons originating in England or Wales, 260 persons originating in Ireland, 221 persons originating in Scotland, 126 persons originating in the United States, 64 French Canadians, 48 female negroes or coloured persons, 34 male negroes or coloured persons, 11 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 8 persons originating in Newfoundland, 6 persons originating in the West Indies, 4 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in the East Indies. 2 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 15 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, 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 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 6 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: ON110005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON170004 — 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). "London, Ward—Quartier No. 4, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/london-ward-quartier-no-4-on110005-1861/.