Southwold, Ontario (1861 census)

Southwold was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 5,467. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7571481. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.746°N, 81.315°W.

Population

In 1861, Southwold had a population of 5,467: 2,791 male and 2,676 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, Southwold shared boundaries with:

• Caradoc
• Delaware
• Dunwich
• Westminster
• Yarmouth

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 185 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 5,467 total population, 2,791 males, 2,676 females, Male members of the family who are present: 2,541, Female members of the family who are present: 2,458, 1,898 single males, 1,755 single females, 826 married males, 823 married females, 613 males attending school, 542 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 250, Females present who are not members of the family: 218, 98 widowed females, 85 female births, 73 male births, 67 widowed males, 26 adult males unable to read or write, 25 adult females unable to read or write, 3 deaf and dumb females, 3 deaf and dumb males, 3 lunatic males, 2 lunatic females, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 399 single males aged 10 to 15, 363 females aged 5 to 10, 362 single females aged 10 to 15, 349 males aged 5 to 10, 337 single females aged 15 to 20, 315 single males aged 15 to 20, 314 single males aged 20 to 30, 244 married females aged 30 to 40, 242 single females aged 20 to 30, 236 married females aged 20 to 30, 232 married males aged 30 to 40, 187 married males aged 40 to 50, 157 married females aged 40 to 50, 144 married males aged 20 to 30, 115 married males aged 50 to 60, 110 married males aged 60 to 70, 104 married females aged 50 to 60, 101 males aged 1 to 2, 88 males aged 3 to 4, 84 males aged 2 to 3, 82 females aged 2 to 3, 79 females aged 1 to 2, 77 males aged 4 to 5, 76 females aged 4 to 5, 73 females age 3 to 4, 57 single males aged 30 to 40, 51 married females aged 60 to 70, 34 married males aged 70 to 80, 24 single females aged 30 to 40, 23 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 22 single males aged 40 to 50, 22 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 19 married females aged 15 to 20, 19 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 19 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 18 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 14 single females aged 40 to 50, 13 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 11 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 11 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 11 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 10 married females aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 6 females of unknown age, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 6 single males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 4 males of unknown age, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 3 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 married males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 married males over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 3,765 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 573 persons originating in Ireland, 463 persons originating in England or Wales, 335 persons originating in Scotland, 194 persons originating in the United States, 56 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 36 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 18 persons originating in New Brunswick, 11 persons whose origin is unknown, 5 persons originating in Newfoundland, 4 French Canadians, 3 persons originating in Switzerland, 2 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $1,446,815 value farms (dollars), $217,570 value all livestock, 162,655 pounds of homemade butter, 151,687 bushels of oats, 90,692 bushels of peas, $75,045 value horses aged over 3 years, 62,086 acres of land in farms, $54,514 value farm implements in dollars, 48,577 bushels of potatoes, 39,478 bushels of turnips, 36,357 bushels of spring wheat, 35,786 pounds of wool produced on farms, 35,091 pounds of maple sugar, 33,357 bushels of barley, 31,557 acres of farmland under cultivation, 30,529 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 24,782 bushels of winter wheat, 20,642 gallons of cider, 19,815 acres of farmland under crops, 14,108 bushels of corn, 12,370 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 11,145 acres of farmland in pasture, 10,321 sheep, $7,502 value garden and orchard crops, 6,235 tons of hay, 6,213 bushels of buckwheat, 4,370 bushels of carrots, 4,289 swine, 3,981 acres of peas, 3,905 acres of oats, 3,477 calves and heifers, 2,650 milk cows, 2,592 bushels of rye, 2,325 acres of spring wheat, 2,066 acres of winter wheat, 2,040 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 1,745 barrels of pork, 1,558 horses aged over 3 years, 1,216 acres of barley, 878 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 627 acres of corn, 597 acres of farmland in gardens, 591 acres of potatoes, 536 horses aged 3 years and under, 404 occupants of farms, 384 barrels of beef, 354 acres of buckwheat, 316 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 257 pounds of flax or hemp, 253 bulls, oxen, or steers, 196 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 174 acres of turnips, 169 acres of rye, 89 bushels of beans, 83 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 74 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 27 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 15 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 13 pounds of hops, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 7 acres of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $17,470 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 10,548 yards of flannel, 1,851 yards of fulled cloth, 290 carriages for pleasure, 20 yards of linen. (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 30 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 21, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 5, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 90 to 100: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people 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: ON070006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON109006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7571481
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwold,_Ontario

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). "Southwold, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/southwold-on070006-1861/.