Saugeen, Ontario (1861 census)

Saugeen was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,520. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262764. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.403°N, 81.372°W.

Population

In 1861, Saugeen had a population of 1,520: 816 male and 704 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 Saugeen, 1851 (92.7% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Saugeen shared boundaries with:

• Arran
• Elderslie
• Grenock
• Pence
• Southampton, T-V

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 152 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,520 total population, 816 males, Male members of the family who are present: 764, 704 females, Female members of the family who are present: 661, 611 single males, 469 single females, 225 married females, 196 married males, 151 males attending school, 138 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 52, Females present who are not members of the family: 43, 25 female births, 25 male births, 10 adult males unable to read or write, 10 widowed females, 9 adult females unable to read or write, 9 widowed males, 5 persons at sea, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 135 single males aged 10 to 15, 120 females aged 5 to 10, 120 males aged 5 to 10, 105 single females aged 10 to 15, 85 married females aged 20 to 30, 83 single males aged 20 to 30, 80 single males aged 15 to 20, 64 married females aged 30 to 40, 61 single females aged 15 to 20, 60 married males aged 30 to 40, 55 married males aged 20 to 30, 54 married males aged 40 to 50, 43 married females aged 40 to 50, 41 males aged 4 to 5, 37 females aged 2 to 3, 36 males aged 1 to 2, 30 females aged 1 to 2, 28 females age 3 to 4, 28 males aged 2 to 3, 25 females aged 4 to 5, 25 males aged 3 to 4, 22 single males aged 30 to 40, 20 married females aged 50 to 60, 20 married males aged 50 to 60, 16 single females aged 20 to 30, 10 single females aged 40 to 50, 10 single males aged 40 to 50, 8 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 single females aged 30 to 40, 6 married males aged 60 to 70, 5 married females aged 60 to 70, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 907 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 359 persons originating in Scotland, 63 persons originating in England or Wales, 54 persons originating in Ireland, 49 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 25 persons originating in New Brunswick, 12 persons originating in the United States, 5 persons whose origin is unknown, 4 persons originating in Switzerland, 3 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 2 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Sweden or Norway. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $388,112 value farms (dollars), 65,840 bushels of turnips, $50,029 value all livestock, 36,743 bushels of spring wheat, 28,197 pounds of homemade butter, 26,124 acres of land in farms, 21,986 bushels of potatoes, 20,358 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 13,173 bushels of oats, 10,975 bushels of winter wheat, $10,825 value farm implements in dollars, $8,184 value horses aged over 3 years, 7,548 pounds of maple sugar, 6,509 bushels of peas, 5,766 acres of farmland under cultivation, 4,166 acres of farmland under crops, 2,852 bushels of barley, 2,406 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,377 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,726 acres of spring wheat, 1,564 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,162 swine, $898 value garden and orchard crops, 842 tons of hay, 697 sheep, 604 calves and heifers, 462 acres of winter wheat, 431 milk cows, 402 barrels of pork, 389 acres of oats, 342 pounds of flax or hemp, 330 bushels of corn, 309 bulls, oxen, or steers, 284 acres of turnips, 283 acres of peas, 195 occupants of farms, 163 acres of potatoes, 161 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 130 horses aged over 3 years, 110 bushels of buckwheat, 109 acres of barley, 99 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 65 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 58 pounds of hops, 47 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 40 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 36 acres of farmland in gardens, 26 horses aged 3 years and under, 25 bushels of carrots, 22 barrels of beef, 15 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 14 acres of corn, 13 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 5 acres of buckwheat, 3 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 bushels of beans. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 1,601 yards of flannel, 340 yards of fulled cloth, $292 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $85 value carriages for hire (dollars), 7 carriages for pleasure, 2 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 1,100 pounds of fresh fish sold, 45 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 10 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: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 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: ON066014 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON104016 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262764

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). "Saugeen, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/saugeen-on066014-1861/.