Ward No. 4, Ontario (1861 census)

Ward No. 4 was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 821. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.990°N, 81.248°W.

Population

In 1861, Ward No. 4 had a population of 821: 411 male and 410 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

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in London, St. Patrick’s Ward, 1851 (45.8% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Ward No. 4 shared boundaries with:

• Ward No. 2
• Ward No. 3
• Ward No. 6
• Ward No. 7

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 89 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 821 total population, 411 males, 410 females, Female members of the family who are present: 341, Male members of the family who are present: 334, 280 single males, 278 single females, 144 married females, 118 married males, 84 females attending school, 79 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 77, Females present who are not members of the family: 69, 18 adult females unable to read or write, 18 male births, 18 widowed females, 14 female births, 13 adult males unable to read or write, 13 widowed males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 66 single females aged 15 to 20, 60 females aged 5 to 10, 53 single males aged 20 to 30, 47 single females aged 10 to 15, 47 single males aged 15 to 20, 42 single females aged 20 to 30, 42 single males aged 10 to 15, 40 married females aged 30 to 40, 39 married males aged 40 to 50, 38 married females aged 20 to 30, 37 males aged 5 to 10, 34 married males aged 30 to 40, 30 married males aged 20 to 30, 21 married females aged 40 to 50, 16 males aged 2 to 3, 14 males aged 1 to 2, 14 males aged 3 to 4, 12 females age 3 to 4, 12 males aged 4 to 5, 11 females aged 2 to 3, 10 married males aged 50 to 60, 10 single males aged 30 to 40, 8 females aged 1 to 2, 8 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 males of unknown age, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 married females aged 60 to 70, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 females aged 4 to 5, 4 married females aged 50 to 60, 4 married males aged 60 to 70, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 396 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 167 persons originating in Ireland, 120 persons originating in England or Wales, 52 persons originating in Scotland, 51 persons originating in the United States, 11 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 9 persons whose origin is unknown, 4 persons originating in New Brunswick, 3 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 French Canadians, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Switzerland, 1 persons originating in the East Indies, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. 3 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 4 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON110004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON110004 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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. 4, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/ward-no-4-on110004-1861/.