Norwich, South, Ontario (1861 census)

Norwich, South was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,949. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.911°N, 80.616°W.

Population

In 1861, Norwich, South had a population of 2,949: 1,504 male and 1,445 female residents.

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 Norwich, VL, 1851 (50.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Norwich, South shared boundaries with:

• Dereham
• Middleton
• Norwich, North
• Windham

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 170 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,949 total population, 1,504 males, 1,445 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,374, Male members of the family who are present: 1,365, 951 single males, 892 single females, 518 married males, 499 married females, 314 males attending school, 283 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 139, Females present who are not members of the family: 71, 67 male births, 62 female births, 54 widowed females, 35 widowed males, 18 adult males unable to read or write, 9 adult females unable to read or write, 2 lunatic males, 1 blind females, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 194 single females aged 15 to 20, 179 single males aged 20 to 30, 177 single males aged 10 to 15, 176 females aged 5 to 10, 172 married females aged 20 to 30, 167 single females aged 10 to 15, 160 married males aged 30 to 40, 153 single males aged 15 to 20, 152 males aged 5 to 10, 144 married females aged 30 to 40, 129 married males aged 40 to 50, 99 married females aged 40 to 50, 97 married males aged 20 to 30, 79 single females aged 20 to 30, 75 married males aged 50 to 60, 58 females aged 1 to 2, 52 males aged 1 to 2, 51 married females aged 50 to 60, 50 males aged 2 to 3, 49 females aged 4 to 5, 43 females age 3 to 4, 43 males aged 3 to 4, 41 males aged 4 to 5, 40 females aged 2 to 3, 35 married males aged 60 to 70, 22 married females aged 60 to 70, 19 single males aged 30 to 40, 17 married males aged 70 to 80, 15 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 14 single females aged 30 to 40, 13 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 12 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 10 married females aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 females of unknown age, 6 males of unknown age, 6 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 married males aged 80 to 90, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 5 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 single males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,054 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 374 persons originating in the United States, 203 persons originating in England or Wales, 146 persons originating in Ireland, 143 negroes or coloured persons, 78 persons originating in Scotland, 77 Indigenous males, 73 Indigenous females, 44 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 24 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 23 persons originating in New Brunswick, 18 Indigenous persons, 2 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 $634,784 value farms (dollars), $88,298 value all livestock, 60,742 pounds of homemade butter, 40,730 bushels of turnips, 35,480 bushels of oats, $34,955 value horses aged over 3 years, 32,098 pounds of maple sugar, 29,652 bushels of potatoes, 25,376 acres of land in farms, 24,938 bushels of peas, 21,792 bushels of spring wheat, $20,510 value farm implements in dollars, 17,582 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 17,263 bushels of winter wheat, 13,102 acres of farmland under cultivation, 12,979 bushels of carrots, 12,274 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 10,021 acres of farmland under crops, 9,965 bushels of corn, 8,737 gallons of cider, 7,838 bushels of barley, 6,192 pounds of wool produced on farms, $4,121 value garden and orchard crops, 3,860 bushels of buckwheat, 2,706 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,300 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,091 sheep, 1,922 tons of hay, 1,810 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 1,661 swine, 1,315 acres of winter wheat, 1,133 acres of peas, 1,108 acres of spring wheat, 1,060 acres of oats, 1,047 milk cows, 980 calves and heifers, 830 barrels of pork, 606 horses aged over 3 years, 586 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 482 bushels of rye, 463 acres of corn, 375 acres of farmland in gardens, 298 occupants of farms, 293 acres of buckwheat, 257 acres of barley, 245 acres of potatoes, 181 barrels of beef, 174 bulls, oxen, or steers, 172 bushels of beans, 155 horses aged 3 years and under, 135 acres of turnips, 116 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 107 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 73 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 48 acres of rye, 43 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 20 pounds of hops, 14 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 11 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 7 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 4 acres of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $9,437 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 3,535 yards of flannel, 1,087 yards of fulled cloth, $800 value carriages for hire (dollars), 181 carriages for pleasure, 20 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 27 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 16, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 9, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 8, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON090008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON090008 — 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). "Norwich, South, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/norwich-south-on090008-1861/.