Matilda, Ontario (1861 census)

Matilda was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 4,855. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.916°N, 75.348°W.

Population

In 1861, Matilda had a population of 4,855: 2,432 male and 2,423 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, Matilda shared boundaries with:

• Edwardsburg
• Iroquois, Village
• Mountain
• Williamsburg

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 4,855 total population, 2,432 males, 2,423 females, Female members of the family who are present: 2,353, Male members of the family who are present: 2,349, 1,660 single males, 1,627 single females, 736 married females, 725 married males, 519 males attending school, 487 females attending school, 99 female births, 92 male births, Males present who are not members of the family: 83, Females present who are not members of the family: 70, 60 widowed females, 47 widowed males, 19 adult males unable to read or write, 14 adult females unable to read or write, 3 lunatic males, 2 deaf and dumb females, 2 deaf and dumb males, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 422 males aged 5 to 10, 378 females aged 5 to 10, 349 single females aged 10 to 15, 300 single males aged 10 to 15, 266 single females aged 15 to 20, 249 single males aged 15 to 20, 237 married females aged 20 to 30, 226 married males aged 30 to 40, 212 married females aged 30 to 40, 207 single males aged 20 to 30, 178 married males aged 20 to 30, 144 single females aged 20 to 30, 138 married males aged 40 to 50, 123 married females aged 40 to 50, 109 married males aged 50 to 60, 103 married females aged 50 to 60, 102 males aged 4 to 5, 99 females aged 4 to 5, 95 females aged 1 to 2, 92 females aged 2 to 3, 90 males aged 1 to 2, 86 males aged 2 to 3, 82 females age 3 to 4, 77 males aged 3 to 4, 63 married males aged 60 to 70, 42 married females aged 60 to 70, 20 single males aged 30 to 40, 16 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 15 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 13 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 12 married females aged 15 to 20, 12 single females aged 30 to 40, 10 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 9 married males aged 70 to 80, 9 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 9 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 8 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 females of unknown age, 5 single males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 males of unknown age, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 married females aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 3,796 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 713 persons originating in Ireland, 116 persons originating in the United States, 88 persons originating in England or Wales, 66 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 36 persons originating in Scotland, 12 French Canadians, 12 persons whose origin is unknown, 11 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 2 persons originating in all other places, 2 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $988,830 value farms (dollars), 196,153 pounds of homemade butter, $176,021 value all livestock, 120,064 bushels of oats, $74,615 value horses aged over 3 years, 67,084 bushels of potatoes, 51,738 acres of land in farms, 48,924 bushels of spring wheat, $46,013 value farm implements in dollars, 28,548 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 26,980 bushels of barley, 23,190 acres of farmland under cultivation, 16,663 acres of farmland under crops, 16,381 pounds of wool produced on farms, 13,095 bushels of peas, 11,105 pounds of maple sugar, 9,727 bushels of corn, 8,805 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 6,283 acres of farmland in pasture, $5,934 value garden and orchard crops, 5,560 bushels of buckwheat, 5,026 sheep, 4,669 tons of hay, 4,564 acres of oats, 3,828 acres of spring wheat, 3,572 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 2,736 milk cows, 2,382 bushels of carrots, 1,951 calves and heifers, 1,918 swine, 1,688 gallons of cider, 1,437 barrels of pork, 1,351 horses aged over 3 years, 1,046 acres of barley, 732 acres of peas, 643 acres of potatoes, 616 occupants of farms, 562 horses aged 3 years and under, 449 barrels of beef, 365 pounds of flax or hemp, 349 acres of corn, 320 bushels of winter wheat, 294 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 292 acres of buckwheat, 244 acres of farmland in gardens, 228 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 214 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 150 bushels of turnips, 134 bulls, oxen, or steers, 111 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 92 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 88 pounds of hops, 77 bushels of rye, 64 bushels of beans, 33 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 26 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 23 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 14 acres of winter wheat, 4 acres of rye, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $17,037 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 9,150 yards of flannel, 2,816 yards of fulled cloth, 372 carriages for pleasure, 256 yards of linen, $60 value carriages for hire (dollars), 1 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 16 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 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 5 to 10: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person 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: ON068002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON107001 — 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). "Matilda, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/matilda-on068002-1861/.