St. Vincent, Ontario (1861 census)

St. Vincent was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,993. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262893. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.603°N, 80.647°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Vincent had a population of 2,993: 1,494 male and 1,499 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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. Vincent shared boundaries with:

• Collingwood
• Euphrasia
• Sydenham

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 172 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,993 total population, 1,499 females, 1,494 males, Female members of the family who are present: 1,433, Male members of the family who are present: 1,354, 1,014 single females, 1,006 single males, 453 married females, 452 married males, 313 females attending school, 293 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 140, 67 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 66, 54 female births, 36 widowed males, 32 widowed females, 6 adult males unable to read or write, 2 adult females unable to read or write, 2 blind males, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 230 males aged 5 to 10, 226 females aged 5 to 10, 194 single males aged 10 to 15, 193 single females aged 10 to 15, 180 single males aged 15 to 20, 173 single females aged 15 to 20, 147 married females aged 20 to 30, 146 married females aged 30 to 40, 135 married males aged 30 to 40, 135 single females aged 20 to 30, 130 married males aged 20 to 30, 106 single males aged 20 to 30, 84 married males aged 40 to 50, 71 married females aged 40 to 50, 59 females aged 1 to 2, 59 married males aged 50 to 60, 57 females aged 2 to 3, 52 males aged 2 to 3, 50 males aged 1 to 2, 49 males aged 3 to 4, 48 females age 3 to 4, 41 males aged 4 to 5, 40 females aged 4 to 5, 35 married females aged 15 to 20, 32 married males aged 60 to 70, 31 married females aged 50 to 60, 24 single males aged 30 to 40, 21 married females aged 60 to 70, 17 single females aged 30 to 40, 11 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 married males aged 15 to 20, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,145 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 297 persons originating in Ireland, 290 persons originating in England or Wales, 140 persons originating in Scotland, 52 persons originating in the United States, 45 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 10 persons originating in New Brunswick, 9 persons originating in Newfoundland, 6 negroes or coloured persons, 4 male negroes or coloured persons, 3 persons originating in France, 2 female negroes or coloured persons, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $529,411 value farms (dollars), $91,130 value all livestock, 67,115 bushels of spring wheat, 59,586 pounds of homemade butter, $44,224 value horses aged over 3 years, 40,844 bushels of potatoes, 38,670 bushels of turnips, 35,463 acres of land in farms, 32,483 pounds of maple sugar, 31,191 bushels of oats, 23,575 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $21,442 value farm implements in dollars, 21,198 bushels of peas, 11,888 acres of farmland under cultivation, 9,410 acres of farmland under crops, 6,639 pounds of wool produced on farms, 6,359 bushels of winter wheat, 3,438 bushels of barley, 3,148 acres of spring wheat, 2,605 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,323 tons of hay, 2,302 sheep, 2,280 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,935 swine, $1,407 value garden and orchard crops, 1,289 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 1,164 calves and heifers, 1,080 barrels of pork, 956 acres of oats, 955 milk cows, 943 acres of peas, 817 bushels of corn, 644 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 444 horses aged over 3 years, 395 bulls, oxen, or steers, 338 occupants of farms, 327 bushels of buckwheat, 272 bushels of carrots, 260 acres of potatoes, 235 barrels of beef, 229 acres of winter wheat, 218 acres of turnips, 198 acres of farmland in gardens, 193 horses aged 3 years and under, 160 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 132 pounds of hops, 124 acres of barley, 76 pounds of flax or hemp, 69 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 63 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 36 bushels of beans, 34 acres of corn, 34 gallons of cider, 24 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 16 acres of buckwheat, 15 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 7 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 5,215 yards of flannel, 2,246 yards of fulled cloth, $2,021 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $1,101 value carriages for hire (dollars), 45 carriages for pleasure, 26 carriages for hire, 20 yards of linen. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 2,972 pounds of fresh fish sold, 560 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 15 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 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 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON075017 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON114013 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262893

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. Vincent, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/st-vincent-on075017-1861/.