New Hamburg, Village, Ontario (1861 census)

New Hamburg, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 868. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7008036. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.380°N, 80.715°W.

Population

In 1861, New Hamburg, Village had a population of 868: 757 male and 715 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).

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Wilmot, 1851 (0.9% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, New Hamburg, Village shared boundaries with:

• Wilmot

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 143 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 868 total population, 757 males, 715 females, Male members of the family who are present: 667, Female members of the family who are present: 666, 454 single females, 236 married females, 170 males attending school, 155 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 90, Females present who are not members of the family: 49, 35 female births, 33 male births, 25 widowed females, 11 widowed males, 5 adult males unable to read or write, 4 adult females unable to read or write, 1 blind females, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 95 males aged 5 to 10, 95 single females aged 10 to 15, 93 females aged 5 to 10, 87 single females aged 15 to 20, 84 single males aged 10 to 15, 81 married females aged 20 to 30, 80 married females aged 30 to 40, 79 single males aged 20 to 30, 75 married males aged 30 to 40, 75 married males aged 40 to 50, 62 single males aged 15 to 20, 44 married females aged 40 to 50, 39 males aged 2 to 3, 37 married males aged 20 to 30, 35 females age 3 to 4, 33 females aged 4 to 5, 32 males aged 1 to 2, 28 married males aged 50 to 60, 27 females aged 2 to 3, 26 males aged 4 to 5, 24 males aged 3 to 4, 24 single females aged 20 to 30, 21 females aged 1 to 2, 21 married females aged 50 to 60, 19 single males aged 30 to 40, 15 married males aged 60 to 70, 9 married females aged 60 to 70, 7 males of unknown age, 7 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 401 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 288 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 39 persons originating in Ireland, 39 persons originating in the United States, 36 persons originating in England or Wales, 20 persons originating in Scotland, 16 French Canadians, 14 persons originating in France, 6 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 6 persons originating in Switzerland, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons whose origin is unknown. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $10,550 value farms (dollars), $7,952 value all livestock, 1,100 bushels of potatoes, $922 value farm implements in dollars, 900 bushels of turnips, 812 bushels of spring wheat, 800 bushels of oats, 600 bushels of peas, 575 bushels of winter wheat, 450 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 350 pounds of homemade butter, 213 acres of land in farms, 200 swine, 177 acres of farmland under cultivation, 122 sheep, 118 milk cows, 105 acres of farmland under crops, 101 pounds of wool produced on farms, 69 acres of farmland in pasture, 65 horses aged over 3 years, 40 gallons of cider, 36 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 31 tons of hay, 30 acres of spring wheat, $25 value garden and orchard crops, 22 acres of winter wheat, 20 acres of oats, 20 acres of peas, 20 bushels of carrots, 20 pounds of maple sugar, 19 calves and heifers, 9 acres of turnips, 5 acres of potatoes, 4 barrels of pork, 3 acres of farmland in gardens, 3 bulls, oxen, or steers, 3 occupants of farms, 2 horses aged 3 years and under, 1 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $1,630 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 58 yards of flannel, 33 carriages for pleasure, 31 yards of fulled cloth. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 18 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 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, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON101004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON150013 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7008036
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hamburg,_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). "New Hamburg, Village, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/new-hamburg-village-on101004-1861/.