Somerville, Ontario (1861 census)

Somerville was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 611. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7559988. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.684°N, 78.711°W.

Population

In 1861, Somerville had a population of 611: 436 male and 178 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 Bexley & Sommerville, 1851 (65.8% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Somerville shared boundaries with:

• Bexley
• Fenelon
• Galway
• Harvey
• Laxton
• Luterworth
• Snowden
• Verulam

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 118 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 611 total population, 436 males, Male members of the family who are present: 358, 311 single males, 178 females, Female members of the family who are present: 171, 124 married males, 112 single females, Males present who are not members of the family: 78, 63 married females, 12 male births, 8 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 7, 7 female births, 5 adult males unable to read or write, 3 widowed females, 2 females attending school, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 widowed males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 120 single males aged 20 to 30, 69 single males aged 15 to 20, 47 married males aged 20 to 30, 32 females aged 5 to 10, 32 married males aged 30 to 40, 28 married males aged 40 to 50, 27 single males aged 30 to 40, 25 married females aged 20 to 30, 23 males aged 5 to 10, 22 single females aged 10 to 15, 21 single males aged 10 to 15, 14 married females aged 30 to 40, 13 married females aged 40 to 50, 12 females aged 4 to 5, 11 single females aged 15 to 20, 10 single males aged 40 to 50, 8 females aged 2 to 3, 8 married males aged 50 to 60, 7 females age 3 to 4, 7 females aged 1 to 2, 7 males aged 1 to 2, 6 males aged 4 to 5, 6 married males aged 60 to 70, 6 single females aged 20 to 30, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 males aged 2 to 3, 5 males aged 3 to 4, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 married females aged 50 to 60, 3 married females aged 60 to 70, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 296 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 138 French Canadians, 79 persons originating in Ireland, 42 persons originating in England or Wales, 31 persons originating in Scotland, 13 persons originating in the United States, 6 persons originating in Sweden or Norway, 2 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in Newfoundland. 1 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $26,100 value farms (dollars), 13,790 bushels of turnips, 8,798 acres of land in farms, 8,797 bushels of potatoes, 8,255 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $5,301 value all livestock, 4,080 pounds of homemade butter, 3,607 pounds of maple sugar, 2,306 bushels of spring wheat, 1,575 bushels of oats, 835 bushels of winter wheat, $701 value horses aged over 3 years, 543 acres of farmland under cultivation, $454 value farm implements in dollars, 430 bushels of peas, 392 acres of farmland under crops, 171 acres of spring wheat, 151 acres of farmland in pasture, 100 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 79 bushels of corn, 68 swine, 65 occupants of farms, 64 acres of potatoes, 63 acres of oats, 63 acres of turnips, 63 calves and heifers, 63 milk cows, 52 bulls, oxen, or steers, 39 acres of winter wheat, 32 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 24 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 23 sheep, 21 barrels of pork, 20 acres of peas, 20 bushels of buckwheat, 18 barrels of beef, 16 tons of hay, 11 horses aged over 3 years, 5 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 4 acres of corn, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 acres of mangel wurtzel, 3 horses aged 3 years and under, 2 acres of buckwheat, 2 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 20 yards of flannel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 7 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 1, 1 total number of deaths. (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: ON100016 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON149011 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7559988
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerville_Township

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). "Somerville, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/somerville-on100016-1861/.