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 3,681. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.651°N, 79.362°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Lawrence Ward had a population of 3,681: 1,978 male and 1,703 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 (7.1% share).
• In an earlier year, this CSD contained Gaol, 1851 (0.9% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

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

• St. Davids’ Ward
• St. Georges’ Ward
• St. James’ 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 3,681 total population, 1,978 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,919, 1,703 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,662, 1,330 single males, 1,078 single females, 595 married males, 535 married females, 303 males attending school, 295 females attending school, 138 adult females unable to read or write, 118 adult males unable to read or write, 90 widowed females, 71 male births, 62 female births, Males present who are not members of the family: 59, 53 widowed males, Females present who are not members of the family: 41, 3 persons at sea, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 310 single males aged 20 to 30, 227 males aged 5 to 10, 224 married males aged 30 to 40, 213 married females aged 20 to 30, 210 females aged 5 to 10, 184 married females aged 30 to 40, 184 single females aged 15 to 20, 177 single females aged 10 to 15, 173 single males aged 15 to 20, 166 single males aged 10 to 15, 165 single females aged 20 to 30, 155 married males aged 20 to 30, 134 married males aged 40 to 50, 94 single males aged 30 to 40, 75 married females aged 40 to 50, 66 males aged 2 to 3, 65 females aged 1 to 2, 62 males aged 1 to 2, 59 females age 3 to 4, 59 married males aged 50 to 60, 56 females aged 2 to 3, 53 males aged 4 to 5, 51 males aged 3 to 4, 49 females aged 4 to 5, 39 single males aged 40 to 50, 38 married females aged 50 to 60, 29 single females aged 30 to 40, 20 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 17 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 17 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 16 married males aged 60 to 70, 15 married females aged 15 to 20, 15 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 14 single females aged 40 to 50, 14 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 12 single males aged 50 to 60, 12 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 10 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 9 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 8 married females aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 7 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 6 single males aged 60 to 70, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,505 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1,143 persons originating in Ireland, 558 persons originating in England or Wales, 186 persons originating in Scotland, 183 persons originating in the United States, 29 French Canadians, 25 persons whose origin is unknown, 15 negroes or coloured persons, 14 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 9 male negroes or coloured persons, 9 persons originating in France, 6 female negroes or coloured persons, 5 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 4 persons originating in the West Indies, 3 persons originating in Newfoundland, 2 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick. 5 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 6 persons originating in Russia or Poland — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 42 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 30, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 12, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 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 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 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 5 to 10: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON112006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON112006 — 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. Lawrence Ward, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/st-lawrence-ward-on112006-1861/.