Nassagaweya, Ontario (1861 census)

Nassagaweya was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,800. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.533°N, 80.036°W.

Population

In 1861, Nassagaweya had a population of 2,800: 1,487 male and 1,313 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, Nassagaweya shared boundaries with:

• Eramosa
• Esquesing
• Flamboro, East
• Nelson
• Puslinch

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 186 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,800 total population, 1,487 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,318, 1,313 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,237, 1,002 single males, 835 single females, 450 married males, 435 married females, 250 males attending school, 241 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 169, 79 adult females unable to read or write, Females present who are not members of the family: 76, 61 adult males unable to read or write, 60 female births, 52 male births, 43 widowed females, 35 widowed males, 3 persons at sea, 2 deaf and dumb females, 2 deaf and dumb males, 2 lunatic males, 1 blind males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 189 males aged 5 to 10, 184 single males aged 15 to 20, 176 single males aged 20 to 30, 172 females aged 5 to 10, 156 married females aged 20 to 30, 154 single females aged 10 to 15, 148 single males aged 10 to 15, 142 single females aged 15 to 20, 117 married males aged 30 to 40, 107 married males aged 20 to 30, 103 married females aged 30 to 40, 85 married males aged 40 to 50, 81 married females aged 40 to 50, 78 single females aged 20 to 30, 73 married males aged 50 to 60, 57 females aged 1 to 2, 55 females aged 2 to 3, 55 males aged 4 to 5, 51 married females aged 50 to 60, 50 married males aged 60 to 70, 49 females age 3 to 4, 46 males aged 2 to 3, 43 males aged 3 to 4, 42 males aged 1 to 2, 41 females aged 4 to 5, 36 single males aged 30 to 40, 22 married females aged 60 to 70, 17 married females aged 15 to 20, 16 married males aged 70 to 80, 12 single females aged 30 to 40, 11 single males aged 40 to 50, 11 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 9 single males aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 7 single males aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 single females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 males of unknown age, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,708 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 419 persons originating in Scotland, 320 persons originating in Ireland, 269 persons originating in England or Wales, 54 persons originating in the United States, 31 male negroes or coloured persons, 18 female negroes or coloured persons, 8 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 7 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 6 French Canadians, 4 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in France. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $887,204 value farms (dollars), 134,526 bushels of turnips, $128,484 value all livestock, 95,240 pounds of homemade butter, 59,805 bushels of winter wheat, $54,347 value horses aged over 3 years, 52,686 bushels of oats, 47,620 bushels of potatoes, $36,679 value farm implements in dollars, 36,555 bushels of spring wheat, 36,402 acres of land in farms, 28,407 bushels of peas, 19,943 acres of farmland under cultivation, 16,459 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 13,846 pounds of maple sugar, 11,710 pounds of wool produced on farms, 10,978 acres of farmland under crops, 8,652 acres of farmland in pasture, 8,629 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 4,636 bushels of barley, 3,701 pounds of flax or hemp, 3,242 sheep, $3,136 value garden and orchard crops, 2,512 acres of winter wheat, 2,238 tons of hay, 1,972 bushels of carrots, 1,929 acres of spring wheat, 1,721 swine, 1,538 calves and heifers, 1,509 acres of oats, 1,266 acres of peas, 1,137 milk cows, 1,006 gallons of cider, 781 bushels of beans, 672 horses aged over 3 years, 558 bushels of buckwheat, 517 bulls, oxen, or steers, 364 acres of turnips, 350 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 343 occupants of farms, 326 acres of potatoes, 313 acres of farmland in gardens, 274 barrels of pork, 259 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 226 horses aged 3 years and under, 185 bushels of corn, 175 acres of barley, 158 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 92 pounds of hops, 64 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 50 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 35 barrels of beef, 32 acres of buckwheat, 17 bushels of rye, 10 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 6 acres of corn, 4 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel, 1 acres of rye. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 4,251 yards of flannel, $3,306 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 1,171 yards of fulled cloth, 73 carriages for pleasure, 30 yards of linen. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded $581 value copper produced by mines — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Fisheries (1861). The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 quintals of dried fish sold — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 60 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 32, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 28, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 10, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 5, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 4, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 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: ON077004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON117002 — 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). "Nassagaweya, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/nassagaweya-on077004-1861/.