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Year: 1861  |  Province: Ontario

St. Lawrence Ward, Ontario (1861 census)

St. Lawrence Ward was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 4,243. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.263°N, 79.854°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Lawrence Ward had a population of 4,243: 2,271 male and 1,972 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18512,386
18614,243

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, St. Lawrence Ward shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 116 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 4,243 total population, 2,271 males, Male members of the family who are present: 2,133, 1,972 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,748, 1,561 single males, 1,255 single females, 686 married males, 664 married females, 419 males attending school, 376 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 224, Males present who are not members of the family: 138, 133 adult females unable to read or write, 104 adult males unable to read or write, 62 male births, 61 female births, 53 widowed females, 24 widowed males, 3 blind males, 2 deaf and dumb females, 1 blind females, 1 lunatic males, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 329 single males aged 20 to 30, 297 single males aged 15 to 20, 293 females aged 5 to 10, 268 single males aged 10 to 15, 265 males aged 5 to 10, 244 single females aged 15 to 20, 241 single females aged 10 to 15, 227 married females aged 20 to 30, 222 married males aged 30 to 40, 194 married females aged 30 to 40, 178 married males aged 20 to 30, 140 married males aged 40 to 50, 136 single females aged 20 to 30, 134 married females aged 40 to 50, 86 females aged 1 to 2, 82 married males aged 50 to 60, 74 males aged 2 to 3, 65 females age 3 to 4, 64 males aged 1 to 2, 64 males aged 3 to 4, 61 married females aged 50 to 60, 59 females aged 2 to 3, 57 males aged 4 to 5, 52 single males aged 30 to 40, 50 married males aged 60 to 70, 44 females aged 4 to 5, 22 married females aged 60 to 70, 22 single females aged 30 to 40, 18 married females aged 15 to 20, 18 single males aged 40 to 50, 12 married males aged 70 to 80, 12 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 11 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 9 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 8 married females aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 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 1,801 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 947 persons originating in Ireland, 576 persons originating in England or Wales, 428 persons originating in Scotland, 305 persons originating in the United States, 91 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 70 male negroes or coloured persons, 50 female negroes or coloured persons, 46 negroes or coloured persons, 26 French Canadians, 21 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 19 persons originating in New Brunswick, 4 persons originating in all other places, 4 persons originating in Switzerland, 3 persons originating in France, 3 persons originating in the West Indies, 2 persons originating in Newfoundland. 12 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 48 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 28, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 20, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 10, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 10, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 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 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 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 60 to 70: 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. Lawrence Ward, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/st-lawrence-ward-on108003-1861/.