St. Johns’ Ward, Ontario (1861 census)

St. Johns’ Ward was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 8,034. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.661°N, 79.387°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Johns’ Ward had a population of 8,034: 3,800 male and 4,234 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 (6.8% share).
• In an earlier year, this CSD contained House of Industry, 1851 (0.5% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

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

• St. Andrews’ Ward
• St. James’ Ward
• St. Patricks’ Ward
• Yorkville, Village

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 138 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 8,034 total population, 4,234 females, Female members of the family who are present: 3,970, 3,800 males, Male members of the family who are present: 3,509, 2,605 single females, 2,503 single males, 1,509 married females, 1,252 married males, 772 females attending school, 736 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 291, Females present who are not members of the family: 264, 189 adult females unable to read or write, 146 female births, 145 male births, 120 widowed females, 104 adult males unable to read or write, 45 widowed males, 4 lunatic males, 2 blind females, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 596 married females aged 20 to 30, 483 single females aged 15 to 20, 469 single females aged 10 to 15, 468 single females aged 20 to 30, 460 married females aged 30 to 40, 456 single males aged 15 to 20, 452 single males aged 10 to 15, 452 single males aged 20 to 30, 416 married males aged 30 to 40, 394 married males aged 20 to 30, 257 married males aged 40 to 50, 249 married females aged 40 to 50, 229 single males aged 30 to 40, 210 single females aged 30 to 40, 149 females aged 1 to 2, 146 females age 3 to 4, 142 females aged 4 to 5, 141 females aged 2 to 3, 140 females aged 5 to 10, 140 males aged 1 to 2, 139 males aged 5 to 10, 137 males aged 2 to 3, 134 males aged 4 to 5, 133 males aged 3 to 4, 127 married males aged 50 to 60, 121 married females aged 50 to 60, 56 single males aged 40 to 50, 52 single females aged 40 to 50, 48 married males aged 60 to 70, 42 married females aged 60 to 70, 30 females of unknown age, 30 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 30 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 29 married females aged 15 to 20, 27 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 15 single females aged 50 to 60, 14 males of unknown age, 14 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 13 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 12 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 10 single males aged 50 to 60, 10 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 9 married females aged 70 to 80, 9 single females aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 7 married males aged 15 to 20, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 3 single females aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 90 to 100, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 3,321 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1,786 persons originating in Ireland, 1,461 persons originating in England or Wales, 626 persons originating in the United States, 579 persons originating in Scotland, 366 negroes or coloured persons, 257 female negroes or coloured persons, 244 male negroes or coloured persons, 74 French Canadians, 67 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 27 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 14 persons originating in New Brunswick, 13 persons originating in the West Indies, 12 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 11 persons originating in Newfoundland, 6 persons originating in France, 6 persons originating in Sweden or Norway, 6 persons whose origin is unknown, 4 persons originating in all other places, 3 Indigenous males, 1 Indigenous persons, 1 persons originating in Spain or Portugal, 1 persons originating in Switzerland. 14 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 4 persons originating in Russia or Poland — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 113 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 57, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 56, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 24, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 21, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 12, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 7, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, 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 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON112005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON112005 — 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. Johns’ Ward, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/st-johns-ward-on112005-1861/.