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Year: 1861  |  Province: Ontario

St. Georges’ Ward, Ontario (1861 census)

St. Georges’ Ward was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,437. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.426°N, 75.679°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Georges’ Ward had a population of 2,437: 1,210 male and 1,227 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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

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

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 110 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,437 total population, 1,227 females, 1,210 males, Female members of the family who are present: 1,065, Male members of the family who are present: 1,021, 770 single males, 734 single females, 442 married females, 417 married males, 201 adult males unable to read or write, 200 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 189, Females present who are not members of the family: 162, 160 adult females unable to read or write, 159 females attending school, 51 widowed females, 49 male births, 48 female births, 23 widowed males, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic females, 1 lunatic males, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 170 married females aged 20 to 30, 165 females aged 5 to 10, 160 males aged 5 to 10, 160 married females aged 30 to 40, 152 single females aged 10 to 15, 150 single males aged 10 to 15, 147 married males aged 30 to 40, 130 single females aged 15 to 20, 124 single males aged 15 to 20, 110 married males aged 40 to 50, 103 married males aged 20 to 30, 78 single males aged 20 to 30, 70 married females aged 40 to 50, 50 females aged 1 to 2, 46 females aged 2 to 3, 45 single females aged 20 to 30, 44 males aged 2 to 3, 43 females age 3 to 4, 43 males aged 1 to 2, 41 married males aged 50 to 60, 40 females aged 4 to 5, 40 males aged 3 to 4, 38 males aged 4 to 5, 30 single males aged 30 to 40, 17 married females aged 50 to 60, 11 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 10 married females aged 15 to 20, 10 married females aged 60 to 70, 10 married males aged 60 to 70, 10 single females aged 30 to 40, 10 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 10 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,188 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 625 persons originating in Ireland, 216 persons originating in England or Wales, 205 persons originating in Scotland, 119 French Canadians, 63 persons originating in the United States, 6 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 3 persons originating in New Brunswick, 2 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Newfoundland, 1 persons originating in Spain or Portugal, 1 persons originating in Sweden or Norway, 1 persons originating in Switzerland, 1 persons originating in the East Indies, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. 1 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 persons originating in Russia or Poland — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 26 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 20, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 8, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 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 males aged 1 to 2: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

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. Georges’ Ward, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/st-georges-ward-on111003-1861/.