Sebastopol and Griffith, Ontario (1861 census)

Sebastopol and Griffith was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 590. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.348°N, 77.179°W.

Population

In 1861, Sebastopol and Griffith had a population of 590: 617 male and 523 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 (0.0% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Sebastopol, 1871 (47.2% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Sebastopol and Griffith shared boundaries with:

• Algona
• Bagot and Brougham
• Brudenoll, Raglan and Radcliffe
• Denbigh and Abinger
• Grattan
• NO DATA

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 140 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 617 males, 590 total population, Male members of the family who are present: 554, 523 females, Female members of the family who are present: 484, 429 single males, 351 single females, 180 married males, 162 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 63, 58 adult males unable to read or write, 55 adult females unable to read or write, 55 males attending school, 41 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 39, 26 female births, 24 male births, 10 widowed females, 8 widowed males, 4 lunatic females, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 99 single males aged 20 to 30, 88 males aged 5 to 10, 81 females aged 5 to 10, 69 single females aged 10 to 15, 62 married females aged 20 to 30, 60 married males aged 30 to 40, 60 single males aged 15 to 20, 52 married females aged 30 to 40, 48 married males aged 20 to 30, 48 single females aged 15 to 20, 40 single males aged 10 to 15, 37 married males aged 40 to 50, 34 females age 3 to 4, 29 males aged 1 to 2, 24 married females aged 40 to 50, 23 females aged 1 to 2, 23 males aged 2 to 3, 22 single females aged 20 to 30, 21 females aged 4 to 5, 21 married males aged 50 to 60, 19 females aged 2 to 3, 19 males aged 4 to 5, 13 males aged 3 to 4, 12 married females aged 50 to 60, 12 single males aged 30 to 40, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 married females aged 15 to 20, 7 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 6 males of unknown age, 6 married males aged 60 to 70, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 females of unknown age, 2 married females aged 60 to 70, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 366 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 176 persons originating in Ireland, 17 persons originating in England or Wales, 12 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 5 persons originating in Scotland, 4 persons originating in the United States, 1 persons originating in Sweden or Norway. 4 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 5 persons originating in Russia or Poland — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $27,246 value farms (dollars), $17,441 value all livestock, 15,084 bushels of potatoes, 13,010 acres of land in farms, 11,604 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,156 bushels of oats, 7,074 pounds of homemade butter, 6,348 bushels of turnips, 5,841 bushels of spring wheat, $3,640 value horses aged over 3 years, 3,250 pounds of maple sugar, $1,945 value farm implements in dollars, 1,590 bushels of winter wheat, 1,406 acres of farmland under cultivation, 839 acres of farmland under crops, 635 bushels of barley, 567 acres of farmland in pasture, 488 pounds of wool produced on farms, 392 bushels of peas, 275 bushels of corn, 265 acres of oats, 265 tons of hay, 262 acres of spring wheat, 213 swine, 195 sheep, 143 calves and heifers, 132 barrels of pork, 124 milk cows, 109 acres of potatoes, 103 horses aged over 3 years, 103 occupants of farms, 84 acres of winter wheat, 77 barrels of beef, 68 bulls, oxen, or steers, 66 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 57 bushels of rye, 43 acres of turnips, 40 bushels of buckwheat, 29 acres of barley, 28 acres of peas, 27 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 12 bushels of beans, 11 acres of corn, 11 horses aged 3 years and under, 8 bushels of carrots, 5 acres of rye, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 2 acres of buckwheat, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 545 yards of flannel, $115 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 10 yards of fulled cloth, 3 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, 3 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON096018 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON096018 — 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). "Sebastopol and Griffith, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/sebastopol-and-griffith-on096018-1861/.