Sunnidale, Ontario (1861 census)

Sunnidale was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 985. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262940. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.399°N, 79.986°W.

Population

In 1861, Sunnidale had a population of 985: 1,631 male and 1,255 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, Sunnidale shared boundaries with:

• Essa
• Flos
• Nottawasaga
• Tossorontio
• Vespra

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 134 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,631 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,533, 1,255 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,166, 1,116 single males, 985 total population, 817 single females, 495 married males, 411 married females, 150 females attending school, 142 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 98, Females present who are not members of the family: 89, 59 female births, 56 male births, 40 adult females unable to read or write, 35 adult males unable to read or write, 27 widowed females, 20 widowed males, 3 lunatic males, 2 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 240 single males aged 20 to 30, 187 males aged 5 to 10, 179 females aged 5 to 10, 166 married males aged 30 to 40, 163 single males aged 15 to 20, 160 single males aged 10 to 15, 151 married females aged 30 to 40, 147 single females aged 10 to 15, 143 married females aged 20 to 30, 129 married males aged 40 to 50, 116 single females aged 15 to 20, 95 married males aged 20 to 30, 84 married males aged 50 to 60, 73 single females aged 20 to 30, 68 married females aged 40 to 50, 62 males aged 1 to 2, 59 males aged 3 to 4, 58 females aged 4 to 5, 55 females age 3 to 4, 54 females aged 1 to 2, 54 males aged 2 to 3, 54 males aged 4 to 5, 44 females aged 2 to 3, 44 single males aged 30 to 40, 33 married females aged 50 to 60, 20 single females aged 30 to 40, 20 single males aged 40 to 50, 15 married males aged 60 to 70, 12 single males aged 50 to 60, 8 married females aged 60 to 70, 7 married females aged 15 to 20, 7 single females aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 544 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 159 persons originating in Scotland, 135 persons originating in Ireland, 73 French Canadians, 41 persons originating in England or Wales, 21 persons originating in the United States, 4 male negroes or coloured persons, 3 negroes or coloured persons, 3 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 3 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 2 persons originating in France, 2 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 female negroes or coloured persons, 1 persons originating in Newfoundland, 1 persons originating in Sweden or Norway. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $97,318 value farms (dollars), $23,327 value all livestock, 17,765 acres of land in farms, 14,964 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 14,815 bushels of turnips, 11,575 bushels of potatoes, $11,530 value horses aged over 3 years, 10,099 bushels of spring wheat, 7,343 bushels of oats, 7,049 pounds of homemade butter, $5,290 value farm implements in dollars, 3,645 pounds of maple sugar, 2,801 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,323 bushels of peas, 2,147 acres of farmland under crops, 907 pounds of wool produced on farms, 651 acres of farmland in pasture, 552 acres of spring wheat, 391 swine, 275 acres of oats, 274 tons of hay, 265 bushels of barley, 228 barrels of pork, 191 sheep, 177 milk cows, 176 horses aged over 3 years, 139 calves and heifers, 122 acres of peas, 109 bulls, oxen, or steers, 108 acres of potatoes, 106 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 95 acres of turnips, 90 occupants of farms, 51 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, $40 value garden and orchard crops, 25 bushels of winter wheat, 21 barrels of beef, 20 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 16 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 14 acres of barley, 3 acres of farmland in gardens, 3 horses aged 3 years and under, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of winter wheat. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $115 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 4 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 9 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON098016 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON144011 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262940

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). "Sunnidale, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/sunnidale-on098016-1861/.