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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 5,809. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.655°N, 79.411°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Patricks’ Ward had a population of 5,809: 2,757 male and 3,052 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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

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

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 135 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 5,809 total population, 3,052 females, Female members of the family who are present: 2,892, 2,757 males, Male members of the family who are present: 2,669, 1,947 single females, 1,764 single males, 937 married males, 929 married females, 615 males attending school, 517 females attending school, 189 adult females unable to read or write, 176 widowed females, Females present who are not members of the family: 160, 120 adult males unable to read or write, 120 male births, 112 female births, Males present who are not members of the family: 88, 56 widowed males, 16 deaf and dumb males, 5 lunatic males, 4 persons at sea, 3 blind males, 1 blind females, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 354 single males aged 10 to 15, 330 single females aged 10 to 15, 328 females aged 5 to 10, 302 married males aged 30 to 40, 299 males aged 5 to 10, 297 single females aged 20 to 30, 294 married females aged 20 to 30, 294 single females aged 15 to 20, 292 married females aged 30 to 40, 253 single males aged 15 to 20, 239 married males aged 40 to 50, 225 single males aged 20 to 30, 213 married females aged 40 to 50, 164 married males aged 20 to 30, 149 married males aged 50 to 60, 120 females aged 1 to 2, 119 males aged 1 to 2, 115 females aged 2 to 3, 109 females age 3 to 4, 104 males aged 2 to 3, 95 females aged 4 to 5, 88 males aged 3 to 4, 86 married females aged 50 to 60, 79 males aged 4 to 5, 65 single females aged 30 to 40, 62 married males aged 60 to 70, 57 single males aged 30 to 40, 49 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 39 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 35 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 33 females of unknown age, 28 males of unknown age, 27 married females aged 60 to 70, 23 single females aged 40 to 50, 22 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 21 married males aged 70 to 80, 15 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 15 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 14 single males aged 40 to 50, 14 single males aged 50 to 60, 14 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 13 single females aged 50 to 60, 11 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 10 single females aged 60 to 70, 10 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 9 married females aged 15 to 20, 7 married females aged 70 to 80, 7 single males aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 widowed females over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,499 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1,683 persons originating in Ireland, 854 persons originating in England or Wales, 344 persons originating in Scotland, 228 persons originating in the United States, 39 French Canadians, 39 persons originating in Newfoundland, 31 negroes or coloured persons, 21 male negroes or coloured persons, 19 persons whose origin is unknown, 18 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 16 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 14 persons originating in the West Indies, 13 persons originating in France, 10 female negroes or coloured persons, 5 persons originating in all other places, 4 persons originating in New Brunswick, 3 persons originating in Spain or Portugal, 2 persons originating in the East Indies, 1 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 1 persons originating in Switzerland. 19 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 87 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 47, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 40, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 20, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 17, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 4, Deaths in the past year among males 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 males aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 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 males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 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-on112007-1861/.