St. Davids’ Ward, Ontario (1861 census)

St. Davids’ Ward was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 7,904. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.663°N, 79.367°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Davids’ Ward had a population of 7,904: 3,834 male and 4,070 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 Toronto, City, 1851 (19.3% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, St. Davids’ Ward shared boundaries with:

• St. James’ Ward
• St. Lawrence Ward
• York
• Yorkville, Village

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 141 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 7,904 total population, 4,070 females, 3,834 males, Female members of the family who are present: 3,648, Male members of the family who are present: 3,614, 2,547 single females, 2,460 single males, 1,309 married males, 1,288 married females, 737 males attending school, 717 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 422, 235 widowed females, Males present who are not members of the family: 220, 183 adult females unable to read or write, 178 male births, 148 female births, 114 adult males unable to read or write, 65 widowed males, 4 deaf and dumb males, 4 persons at sea, 3 blind males, 3 lunatic males, 2 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 515 males aged 5 to 10, 499 females aged 5 to 10, 476 married females aged 20 to 30, 452 single females aged 15 to 20, 428 married males aged 30 to 40, 426 single females aged 10 to 15, 412 married females aged 30 to 40, 392 single males aged 10 to 15, 369 single females aged 20 to 30, 347 single males aged 20 to 30, 334 single males aged 15 to 20, 319 married males aged 40 to 50, 316 married males aged 20 to 30, 210 married females aged 40 to 50, 162 married males aged 50 to 60, 151 females aged 1 to 2, 147 males aged 1 to 2, 147 males aged 3 to 4, 143 males aged 2 to 3, 141 females age 3 to 4, 137 males aged 4 to 5, 132 females aged 2 to 3, 110 females aged 4 to 5, 105 married females aged 50 to 60, 74 single males aged 30 to 40, 63 married males aged 60 to 70, 58 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 54 single females aged 30 to 40, 48 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 44 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 42 married females aged 15 to 20, 39 married females aged 60 to 70, 38 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 26 single females aged 40 to 50, 20 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 20 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 18 married males aged 70 to 80, 18 single males aged 40 to 50, 18 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 15 single females aged 50 to 60, 14 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 12 males of unknown age, 11 single females aged 60 to 70, 10 females of unknown age, 9 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 8 single males aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 7 single males aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 6 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 3,562 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 2,518 persons originating in Ireland, 1,084 persons originating in England or Wales, 386 persons originating in Scotland, 201 persons originating in the United States, 55 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 25 French Canadians, 12 persons originating in New Brunswick, 11 persons originating in Newfoundland, 9 persons originating in France, 8 persons originating in all other places, 6 persons originating in the West Indies, 5 male negroes or coloured persons, 5 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 3 female negroes or coloured persons, 2 negroes or coloured persons, 2 persons originating in Switzerland, 2 persons originating in the East Indies, 1 Indigenous persons, 1 persons originating in Italy or Greece. 11 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 2 persons originating in Russia or Poland — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 119 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 60, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 59, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 22, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 17, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 9, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 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. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON112002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON112002 — 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). "St. Davids’ Ward, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/st-davids-ward-on112002-1861/.