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Year: 1861  |  Province: Ontario

Toronto, Andrew’s, Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1861 census)

Toronto, Andrew’s, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 6,252. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.646°N, 79.403°W.

Population

In 1861, Toronto, Andrew’s, Ward—Quartier had a population of 6,252: 3,064 male and 3,188 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18616,252
18718,918
188111,447
189114,251

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

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, Toronto, Andrew’s, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 142 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 6,252 total population, 3,188 females, Female members of the family who are present: 3,100, 3,064 males, Male members of the family who are present: 2,987, 2,199 single females, 2,162 single males, 816 married males, 795 married females, 494 males attending school, 388 females attending school, 194 widowed females, 157 adult females unable to read or write, 117 adult males unable to read or write, 116 female births, 100 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 88, 86 widowed males, Males present who are not members of the family: 77, 2 deaf and dumb females, 2 persons at sea, 1 blind females, 1 blind males, 1 lunatic females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 466 single males aged 20 to 30, 438 single females aged 20 to 30, 351 single females aged 15 to 20, 333 single females aged 10 to 15, 329 single males aged 15 to 20, 295 single males aged 10 to 15, 283 females aged 5 to 10, 269 married females aged 20 to 30, 268 males aged 5 to 10, 265 married males aged 30 to 40, 235 married females aged 30 to 40, 209 married males aged 40 to 50, 168 single males aged 30 to 40, 166 married females aged 40 to 50, 165 married males aged 20 to 30, 159 single females aged 30 to 40, 119 females aged 1 to 2, 113 males aged 1 to 2, 103 married males aged 50 to 60, 97 males aged 3 to 4, 96 males aged 2 to 3, 95 females age 3 to 4, 95 females aged 2 to 3, 86 females aged 4 to 5, 79 single males aged 40 to 50, 77 married females aged 50 to 60, 70 males aged 4 to 5, 59 single females aged 40 to 50, 52 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 52 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 51 married males aged 60 to 70, 50 single males aged 50 to 60, 38 single females aged 50 to 60, 34 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 27 married females aged 60 to 70, 23 single females aged 60 to 70, 22 single males aged 60 to 70, 21 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 21 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 20 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 16 married males aged 70 to 80, 16 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 16 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 14 married females aged 15 to 20, 13 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 11 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 10 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 9 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 8 single males aged 70 to 80, 7 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 married males over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,611 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1,694 persons originating in Ireland, 1,022 persons originating in England or Wales, 404 persons originating in Scotland, 290 persons originating in the United States, 76 negroes or coloured persons, 69 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 61 French Canadians, 47 male negroes or coloured persons, 29 female negroes or coloured persons, 22 persons originating in Newfoundland, 20 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 13 persons originating in France, 10 persons whose origin is unknown, 9 persons originating in the West Indies, 8 persons originating in New Brunswick, 5 persons originating in all other places, 3 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 2 Indigenous persons, 2 persons originating in Spain or Portugal, 1 Indigenous females, 1 Indigenous males. 7 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $130,716 value all livestock, 1,368 swine, 1,278 horses aged over 3 years, 1,102 milk cows, 1,020 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 59 sheep. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $58,170 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $24,688 value carriages for hire (dollars), 556 carriages for pleasure, 265 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 61 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 31, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 30, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 90 to 100: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 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). "Toronto, Andrew’s, Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/toronto-andrew-s-ward-quartier-on112001-1861/.