Sault Ste. Marie, Village, Ontario (1861 census)
Sault Ste. Marie, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 898. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.037°N, 85.220°W.
Population
In 1861, Sault Ste. Marie, Village had a population of 898: 478 male and 420 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 NO DATA, 1851 (1.3% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Spanish River, 1871 (16.5% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Manitoulin, E, 1871 (0.4% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Manitoulin, W-O, 1871 (0.8% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Manitoulin, Centre, 1871 (1.9% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Sault Ste. Marie, 1871 (1.9% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Mississaga, 1871 (9.1% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Batchewaning, 1871 (6.6% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained St. Ignace, 1871 (1.0% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Kaministikuia, 1871 (13.3% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Pic, 1871 (7.1% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Nipigon, 1871 (17.8% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Michipicoten, 1871 (16.7% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Bruce Mines, T-V, 1871 (3.8% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Killarney, 1871 (3.3% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861
In the 1861 census, Sault Ste. Marie, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1861
The 1861 census recorded 128 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 898 total population, 478 males, Male members of the family who are present: 445, 420 females, Female members of the family who are present: 402, 312 single males, 249 single females, 161 married males, 149 adult females unable to read or write, 145 adult males unable to read or write, 142 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 33, 29 widowed females, Females present who are not members of the family: 18, 16 female births, 16 male births, 5 widowed males, 2 females attending school. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)
Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 66 females aged 5 to 10, 56 males aged 5 to 10, 54 single females aged 10 to 15, 53 married males aged 30 to 40, 52 single males aged 20 to 30, 51 married females aged 20 to 30, 49 single males aged 15 to 20, 48 single males aged 10 to 15, 42 married males aged 20 to 30, 40 married females aged 30 to 40, 37 single females aged 15 to 20, 27 married males aged 40 to 50, 23 males aged 2 to 3, 22 married females aged 40 to 50, 22 married males aged 50 to 60, 20 single females aged 20 to 30, 17 males aged 4 to 5, 16 females aged 1 to 2, 16 males aged 1 to 2, 16 males aged 3 to 4, 15 females aged 4 to 5, 15 married females aged 15 to 20, 11 females age 3 to 4, 11 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 10 females aged 2 to 3, 10 married females aged 50 to 60, 9 married males aged 60 to 70, 9 single males aged 30 to 40, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 married females aged 60 to 70, 4 married males aged 15 to 20, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 widowed females over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 653 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 574 Indigenous persons, 285 Indigenous males, 281 Indigenous females, 75 French Canadians, 45 persons originating in the United States, 44 persons originating in Scotland, 34 persons originating in England or Wales, 34 persons originating in Ireland, 6 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 5 female negroes or coloured persons, 5 male negroes or coloured persons, 4 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 negroes or coloured persons, 1 persons originating in Sweden or Norway, 1 persons originating in the East Indies. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)
Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $1,919 value all livestock, 1,527 swine, 870 pounds of wool produced on farms, $700 value horses aged over 3 years, $500 value farms (dollars), 376 acres of land in farms, 300 pounds of homemade butter, 285 acres of farmland under cultivation, 251 milk cows, 250 acres of farmland in pasture, 91 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 87 sheep, 60 bushels of barley, 60 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 45 bulls, oxen, or steers, 35 acres of farmland under crops, $30 value farm implements in dollars, 14 calves and heifers, 10 pounds of hops, 10 tons of hay, 6 bushels of carrots, 4 acres of barley, 4 occupants of farms, 2 horses aged over 3 years, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 barrels of pork, 1 horses aged 3 years and under, 1 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)
Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 5,843 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)
Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 22 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 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 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among males aged 90 to 100: 1 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 8 people connected to this place who were alive in 1861, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Jean-Baptiste Assiginack | 1768–1866 | died here |
| Peguis | 1774–1864 | born here |
| Robert McVicar | 1798–1864 | died here |
| George Ironside | 1800–1863 | died here |
| Ponekeosh | 1810–1891 | born here |
| Frederick William Ermatinger | 1811–1869 | born here |
| Francis Assikinack | 1824–1863 | born and died here |
| John George Shearer | 1859–1925 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON106002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON106002— 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). "Sault Ste. Marie, Village, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/sault-ste-marie-village-on106002-1861/.