Strathroy, Village, Ontario (1861 census)

Strathroy, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 751. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115134672. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.956°N, 81.624°W.

Population

In 1861, Strathroy, Village had a population of 751: 397 male and 354 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, Strathroy, Village shared boundaries with:

• Adelaide
• Caradoc
• Metcalfe

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 136 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 751 total population, 397 males, 354 females, Female members of the family who are present: 309, Male members of the family who are present: 292, 256 single males, 230 single females, 131 married males, 110 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 105, 68 males attending school, 59 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 45, 19 male births, 15 female births, 14 widowed females, 10 widowed males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 57 single males aged 20 to 30, 54 single females aged 15 to 20, 50 single males aged 15 to 20, 48 married males aged 30 to 40, 47 single females aged 10 to 15, 40 married females aged 30 to 40, 37 married females aged 20 to 30, 36 single males aged 10 to 15, 35 females aged 5 to 10, 32 married males aged 20 to 30, 29 married males aged 40 to 50, 27 males aged 5 to 10, 26 married females aged 40 to 50, 26 single females aged 20 to 30, 17 females aged 2 to 3, 17 females aged 4 to 5, 17 males aged 3 to 4, 15 married males aged 50 to 60, 14 males aged 2 to 3, 10 males aged 1 to 2, 10 males aged 4 to 5, 9 females aged 1 to 2, 8 females age 3 to 4, 7 single males aged 30 to 40, 6 married females aged 50 to 60, 5 married males aged 60 to 70, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 married females aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 30 to 40, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 490 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 88 persons originating in England or Wales, 54 persons originating in the United States, 49 persons originating in Ireland, 45 persons originating in Scotland, 13 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 4 French Canadians, 3 persons originating in New Brunswick, 2 persons originating in the West Indies, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in the East Indies, 1 persons whose origin is unknown. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $71,300 value farms (dollars), $10,175 value all livestock, 6,400 pounds of homemade butter, 4,900 bushels of turnips, 3,170 bushels of carrots, 3,150 bushels of potatoes, 2,910 bushels of oats, 2,650 pounds of maple sugar, $1,915 value farm implements in dollars, $1,890 value horses aged over 3 years, 1,691 acres of land in farms, 1,498 bushels of spring wheat, 1,262 bushels of peas, 902 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 789 acres of farmland under cultivation, 594 bushels of corn, 527 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 480 acres of farmland under crops, 456 bushels of winter wheat, 422 pounds of wool produced on farms, 390 bushels of buckwheat, 300 acres of farmland in pasture, $290 value garden and orchard crops, 278 swine, 200 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 163 tons of hay, 150 sheep, 135 bushels of barley, 112 milk cows, 110 gallons of cider, 91 horses aged over 3 years, 90 acres of oats, 88 acres of spring wheat, 58 acres of peas, 35 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 34 calves and heifers, 33 acres of winter wheat, 30 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 28 acres of corn, 20 acres of buckwheat, 18 acres of potatoes, 16 occupants of farms, 14 acres of turnips, 12 bushels of rye, 10 horses aged 3 years and under, 9 acres of farmland in gardens, 8 pounds of hops, 7 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 6 acres of barley, 5 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 4 bushels of beans, 4 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 2 bulls, oxen, or steers, 1 acres of rye. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $1,335 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 231 yards of flannel, 31 yards of fulled cloth, 27 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 1, 1 total number of deaths. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1861, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON086011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON168006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115134672

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). "Strathroy, Village, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/strathroy-village-on086011-1861/.