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Year: 1861  |  Province: Ontario

St. Patricks’ Ward, Ontario (1861 census)

St. Patricks’ Ward was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,089. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.249°N, 79.860°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Patricks’ Ward had a population of 3,089: 1,456 male and 1,633 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18513,128
18613,089

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. Patricks’ Ward shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 115 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,089 total population, 1,633 females, 1,456 males, Female members of the family who are present: 1,419, Male members of the family who are present: 1,293, 989 single females, 947 single males, 540 married females, 470 married males, 262 males attending school, 246 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 214, Males present who are not members of the family: 163, 112 adult females unable to read or write, 109 adult males unable to read or write, 104 widowed females, 62 female births, 56 male births, 39 widowed males, 2 persons at sea, 1 blind females, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 217 married females aged 20 to 30, 210 females aged 5 to 10, 180 males aged 5 to 10, 180 single females aged 10 to 15, 178 married females aged 30 to 40, 176 single males aged 10 to 15, 170 married males aged 30 to 40, 165 single females aged 15 to 20, 153 single males aged 15 to 20, 140 single males aged 20 to 30, 135 single females aged 20 to 30, 120 married males aged 40 to 50, 110 married males aged 20 to 30, 84 married females aged 40 to 50, 53 females aged 4 to 5, 50 females aged 1 to 2, 50 males aged 4 to 5, 49 females age 3 to 4, 49 males aged 1 to 2, 49 married males aged 50 to 60, 46 females aged 2 to 3, 46 males aged 3 to 4, 45 males aged 2 to 3, 40 married females aged 50 to 60, 29 single males aged 30 to 40, 29 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 28 single females aged 30 to 40, 27 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 20 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 17 single males aged 40 to 50, 15 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 14 married males aged 60 to 70, 12 married females aged 15 to 20, 9 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 married females aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 females of unknown age, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,360 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 858 persons originating in Ireland, 323 persons originating in England or Wales, 285 persons originating in Scotland, 148 persons originating in the United States, 72 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 18 male negroes or coloured persons, 16 female negroes or coloured persons, 8 persons originating in the East Indies, 5 persons originating in France, 5 persons originating in New Brunswick, 5 persons originating in Sweden or Norway, 4 persons originating in all other places, 3 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in Switzerland. 9 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 45 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 23, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 22, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 11, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 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 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 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. Patricks’ Ward, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/st-patricks-ward-on108005-1861/.