Rochester, Ontario (1861 census)

Rochester was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,349. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262708. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.236°N, 82.656°W.

Population

In 1861, Rochester had a population of 1,349: 738 male and 611 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, Rochester shared boundaries with:

• Golded
• Maidstone
• Mersea
• Tilbury W-O

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 154 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,349 total population, 738 males, Male members of the family who are present: 637, 611 females, Female members of the family who are present: 555, 547 single males, 438 single females, 173 married males, 159 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 101, 87 females attending school, 81 males attending school, 62 adult males unable to read or write, Females present who are not members of the family: 56, 24 female births, 23 adult females unable to read or write, 18 widowed males, 15 male births, 14 widowed females, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 102 males aged 5 to 10, 93 single males aged 20 to 30, 81 females aged 5 to 10, 75 married females aged 20 to 30, 73 single males aged 15 to 20, 71 single males aged 10 to 15, 63 single females aged 15 to 20, 62 married males aged 30 to 40, 62 single females aged 10 to 15, 48 married males aged 20 to 30, 38 single females aged 20 to 30, 35 females aged 1 to 2, 33 females age 3 to 4, 33 single males aged 30 to 40, 32 males aged 1 to 2, 32 married females aged 30 to 40, 32 married males aged 40 to 50, 29 single females aged 30 to 40, 27 females aged 4 to 5, 27 males aged 2 to 3, 27 males aged 3 to 4, 27 single males aged 40 to 50, 24 males aged 4 to 5, 22 married females aged 40 to 50, 18 females aged 2 to 3, 16 married males aged 50 to 60, 16 single females aged 50 to 60, 15 married females aged 50 to 60, 15 single males aged 50 to 60, 12 married males aged 60 to 70, 9 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 single females aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 married females aged 60 to 70, 6 single males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 528 French Canadians, 506 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 143 persons originating in Ireland, 62 persons originating in England or Wales, 59 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 41 persons originating in the United States, 6 persons originating in Scotland, 3 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Sweden or Norway. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $127,590 value farms (dollars), $31,483 value all livestock, 17,208 bushels of oats, $15,312 value horses aged over 3 years, 13,991 bushels of corn, 12,933 acres of land in farms, 10,977 bushels of potatoes, 9,913 pounds of homemade butter, 9,645 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $4,796 value farm implements in dollars, 3,597 bushels of peas, 3,288 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,154 acres of farmland under crops, 2,064 bushels of winter wheat, 1,330 bushels of turnips, 1,319 bushels of rye, 1,130 bushels of buckwheat, 1,072 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,000 swine, 801 tons of hay, 653 pounds of wool produced on farms, 558 bushels of spring wheat, 539 calves and heifers, 497 acres of oats, $452 value garden and orchard crops, 442 bushels of barley, 377 acres of corn, 368 milk cows, 360 sheep, 335 pounds of maple sugar, 297 horses aged over 3 years, 287 barrels of pork, 225 acres of peas, 196 horses aged 3 years and under, 175 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 169 occupants of farms, 147 acres of winter wheat, 140 acres of potatoes, 128 bulls, oxen, or steers, 88 acres of rye, 88 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 77 acres of buckwheat, 62 acres of farmland in gardens, 60 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 56 acres of spring wheat, 46 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 27 barrels of beef, 23 acres of barley, 10 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 8 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 6 acres of turnips, 6 pounds of flax or hemp, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 bushels of beans, 1 bushels of carrots, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $1,255 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 325 yards of flannel, 147 yards of fulled cloth, 20 yards of linen, 16 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 3 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 3 quintals of dried fish sold — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 9 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 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 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON071011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON110010 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262708

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). "Rochester, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/rochester-on071011-1861/.