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 2,823. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.640°N, 79.404°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Georges’ Ward had a population of 2,823: 1,344 male and 1,479 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 (16.4% share).
• In an earlier year, this CSD contained Hospital, 1851 (1.6% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

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

• St. Andrews’ Ward
• St. Lawrence Ward
• York

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 117 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,823 total population, 1,479 females, 1,344 males, Female members of the family who are present: 1,317, Male members of the family who are present: 1,121, 992 single females, 904 single males, 406 married males, 387 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 223, 215 males attending school, 200 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 162, 100 widowed females, 82 adult females unable to read or write, 46 adult males unable to read or write, 40 male births, 39 female births, 34 widowed males, 3 persons at sea, 1 blind females, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 254 single females aged 20 to 30, 226 single males aged 20 to 30, 204 single females aged 15 to 20, 153 married females aged 20 to 30, 148 married males aged 30 to 40, 145 single females aged 10 to 15, 138 females aged 5 to 10, 136 single males aged 10 to 15, 126 single males aged 15 to 20, 120 males aged 5 to 10, 114 married females aged 30 to 40, 97 married males aged 40 to 50, 80 married males aged 20 to 30, 73 married females aged 40 to 50, 66 single males aged 30 to 40, 54 married males aged 50 to 60, 47 males aged 1 to 2, 39 females aged 2 to 3, 37 males aged 3 to 4, 36 females aged 1 to 2, 36 males aged 2 to 3, 34 females aged 4 to 5, 32 single females aged 30 to 40, 30 females age 3 to 4, 30 married females aged 50 to 60, 27 males aged 4 to 5, 26 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 22 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 20 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 19 females of unknown age, 19 married males aged 60 to 70, 17 single females aged 40 to 50, 14 males of unknown age, 14 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 13 single males aged 40 to 50, 12 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 11 married females aged 60 to 70, 11 single males aged 50 to 60, 11 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 10 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,449 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 745 persons originating in Ireland, 452 persons originating in England or Wales, 240 persons originating in Scotland, 145 persons originating in the United States, 22 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 17 persons whose origin is unknown, 16 male negroes or coloured persons, 12 persons originating in New Brunswick, 10 French Canadians, 8 persons originating in the West Indies, 7 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 4 persons originating in France, 3 female negroes or coloured persons, 3 persons originating in all other places, 2 persons originating in Newfoundland, 1 persons originating in Spain or Portugal. 2 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.) 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 24 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 18, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 3, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 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 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON112003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON112003 — 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. Georges’ Ward, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/st-georges-ward-on112003-1861/.