Religious, Collegiate, and other Public Institutions, Ontario (1861 census)

Name: Religious, Collegiate, and other Public Institutions (1861)
Address: Ontario, CA

Religious, Collegiate, and other Public Institutions was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,912. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.675°N, 79.412°W.

Population

In 1861, Religious, Collegiate, and other Public Institutions had a population of 1,912: 958 male and 954 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 York, 1851 (0.9% share).

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD became part of York, W-O, 1871 (1.5% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Religious, Collegiate, and other Public Institutions shared boundaries with:

York

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 129 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,912 total population, 958 males, 954 females, Female members of the family who are present: 950, Male members of the family who are present: 919, 696 single males, 644 single females, 242 married females, 240 lunatic females, 212 married males, 175 lunatic males, 168 females attending school, 168 males attending school, 103 adult females unable to read or write, 68 widowed females, 61 adult males unable to read or write, 50 widowed males, Males present who are not members of the family: 39, 19 female births, 15 male births, 8 blind females, 5 blind males, Females present who are not members of the family: 4, 2 deaf and dumb females, 2 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 169 single females aged 20 to 30, 150 single males aged 20 to 30, 137 males aged 5 to 10, 129 females aged 5 to 10, 121 married females aged 30 to 40, 90 married males aged 40 to 50, 81 single males aged 15 to 20, 76 single males aged 10 to 15, 76 single males aged 30 to 40, 73 single females aged 30 to 40, 70 single females aged 15 to 20, 69 married males aged 30 to 40, 58 single females aged 10 to 15, 49 married females aged 40 to 50, 32 single males aged 40 to 50, 31 married females aged 50 to 60, 30 married females aged 20 to 30, 28 married males aged 50 to 60, 25 single females aged 40 to 50, 24 females aged 1 to 2, 24 males aged 2 to 3, 24 males aged 3 to 4, 23 males aged 4 to 5, 22 females aged 4 to 5, 20 females age 3 to 4, 19 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 18 single males aged 50 to 60, 17 females aged 2 to 3, 17 males aged 1 to 2, 17 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 16 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 14 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 12 married males aged 60 to 70, 11 married males aged 20 to 30, 11 single males aged 60 to 70, 10 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 10 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 9 single females aged 50 to 60, 8 married females aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 6 single males aged 70 to 80, 5 males of unknown age, 5 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 females of unknown age, 2 married females aged 15 to 20, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 750 persons originating in Ireland, 709 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 233 persons originating in England or Wales, 121 persons originating in Scotland, 25 persons originating in the United States, 15 male negroes or coloured persons, 14 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 11 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 10 persons originating in all other places, 10 persons originating in the West Indies, 9 female negroes or coloured persons, 6 persons whose origin is unknown, 4 French Canadians, 3 persons originating in France, 3 persons originating in the East Indies, 1 persons originating in Sweden or Norway. 12 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 166 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 96, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 70, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 20, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 15, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 15, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 14, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 14, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 14, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 7, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 4, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON112008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON112008 — 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). "Religious, Collegiate, and other Public Institutions, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/religious-collegiate-and-other-public-institutions-on112008-1861/.