Sophiasburg, Ontario (1861 census)

Sophiasburg was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,857. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7562942. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.094°N, 77.190°W.

Population

In 1861, Sophiasburg had a population of 2,857: 1,440 male and 1,417 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, Sophiasburg shared boundaries with:

• Ameliasburg
• Hallowell
• Hillier

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 173 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,857 total population, 1,440 males, 1,417 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,323, Female members of the family who are present: 1,317, 971 single males, 919 single females, 444 married females, 430 married males, 342 males attending school, 326 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 117, Females present who are not members of the family: 100, 54 widowed females, 39 female births, 39 widowed males, 34 male births, 27 adult males unable to read or write, 25 adult females unable to read or write, 2 lunatic males, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 209 females aged 5 to 10, 201 males aged 5 to 10, 198 single males aged 10 to 15, 192 single females aged 10 to 15, 169 single females aged 15 to 20, 150 single males aged 15 to 20, 150 single males aged 20 to 30, 139 married females aged 30 to 40, 135 married females aged 20 to 30, 130 married males aged 30 to 40, 107 married males aged 40 to 50, 99 married males aged 20 to 30, 98 married females aged 40 to 50, 75 single females aged 20 to 30, 65 married males aged 50 to 60, 54 married females aged 50 to 60, 45 females aged 1 to 2, 42 females age 3 to 4, 42 males aged 4 to 5, 41 males aged 3 to 4, 40 females aged 4 to 5, 40 males aged 1 to 2, 40 single females aged 30 to 40, 40 single males aged 30 to 40, 39 males aged 2 to 3, 37 females aged 2 to 3, 21 married males aged 60 to 70, 19 single females aged 40 to 50, 16 single males aged 40 to 50, 14 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 13 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 12 single males aged 50 to 60, 11 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 10 married females aged 60 to 70, 10 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 10 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 9 single females aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 single males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 5 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,486 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 115 persons originating in the United States, 114 persons originating in Ireland, 80 persons originating in England or Wales, 29 persons originating in Scotland, 14 persons whose origin is unknown, 10 French Canadians, 3 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 2 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in Sweden or Norway. 1 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $983,578 value farms (dollars), $134,686 value all livestock, $80,844 value horses aged over 3 years, 75,397 bushels of peas, 56,344 bushels of rye, 56,165 pounds of homemade butter, 52,957 bushels of barley, 42,603 acres of land in farms, 42,437 bushels of buckwheat, $38,973 value farm implements in dollars, 34,500 pounds of hops, 31,940 bushels of oats, 28,171 acres of farmland under cultivation, 25,866 pounds of maple sugar, 24,413 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 23,800 bushels of spring wheat, 23,055 bushels of corn, 22,737 bushels of potatoes, 19,393 acres of farmland under crops, 14,432 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 14,203 pounds of wool produced on farms, 9,845 gallons of cider, 8,106 acres of farmland in pasture, $8,061 value garden and orchard crops, 4,706 sheep, 4,080 bushels of turnips, 3,655 acres of peas, 3,631 bushels of carrots, 2,882 acres of rye, 2,637 tons of hay, 1,782 acres of buckwheat, 1,692 acres of barley, 1,379 milk cows, 1,320 swine, 1,278 calves and heifers, 1,244 acres of spring wheat, 1,178 horses aged over 3 years, 946 bushels of winter wheat, 908 acres of corn, 867 acres of oats, 792 barrels of pork, 672 acres of farmland in gardens, 526 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 431 horses aged 3 years and under, 387 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 286 barrels of beef, 284 occupants of farms, 283 acres of potatoes, 234 bulls, oxen, or steers, 222 pounds of flax or hemp, 179 bushels of beans, 125 acres of winter wheat, 115 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 110 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 85 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 45 acres of turnips, 44 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 13 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $24,730 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 6,098 yards of flannel, 2,057 yards of fulled cloth, 505 carriages for pleasure, $60 value carriages for hire (dollars), 11 yards of linen, 1 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 199 barrels of salted fish sold, 65 pounds of fresh fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 12 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 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 aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 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: ON095007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON140007 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7562942
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophiasburgh_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). "Sophiasburg, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/sophiasburg-on095007-1861/.