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Year: 1861  |  Province: Ontario

Ward No. 3, Ontario (1861 census)

Ward No. 3 was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,912. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.979°N, 81.243°W.

Population

In 1861, Ward No. 3 had a population of 2,912: 1,462 male and 1,450 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, Ward No. 3 shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 111 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,912 total population, 1,462 males, 1,450 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,289, Male members of the family who are present: 1,237, 969 single males, 899 single females, 479 married females, 475 married males, 285 males attending school, 255 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 225, Females present who are not members of the family: 161, 72 widowed females, 65 male births, 51 female births, 42 adult females unable to read or write, 36 adult males unable to read or write, 18 widowed males, 4 lunatic males, 2 deaf and dumb females, 1 blind females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 193 females aged 5 to 10, 192 married males aged 30 to 40, 184 males aged 5 to 10, 167 single males aged 20 to 30, 160 married females aged 20 to 30, 153 single females aged 15 to 20, 153 single males aged 10 to 15, 151 married females aged 30 to 40, 142 single females aged 10 to 15, 137 single males aged 15 to 20, 119 single females aged 20 to 30, 105 married males aged 20 to 30, 92 married males aged 40 to 50, 85 married females aged 40 to 50, 65 married males aged 50 to 60, 59 females aged 1 to 2, 59 females aged 2 to 3, 57 males aged 1 to 2, 56 males aged 3 to 4, 53 males aged 4 to 5, 49 males aged 2 to 3, 47 females aged 4 to 5, 46 females age 3 to 4, 31 single males aged 30 to 40, 29 married females aged 50 to 60, 29 married females aged 60 to 70, 21 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 16 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 14 married males aged 60 to 70, 14 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 12 married females aged 15 to 20, 10 married females aged 70 to 80, 10 single males aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 8 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 single females aged 40 to 50, 7 single females aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 married males aged 15 to 20, 4 single males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 married females aged 80 to 90, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 single females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,275 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 645 persons originating in England or Wales, 507 persons originating in Ireland, 211 persons originating in the United States, 197 persons originating in Scotland, 30 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 11 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 9 French Canadians, 8 persons originating in France, 7 persons originating in the West Indies, 3 persons originating in Newfoundland, 3 persons originating in the East Indies, 2 persons whose origin is unknown, 1 persons originating in Spain or Portugal. 2 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 persons originating in Russia or Poland — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 25 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 19, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 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). "Ward No. 3, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/ward-no-3-on110003-1861/.