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Year: 1861  |  Province: Ontario

Waterloo, North, Ontario (1861 census)

Waterloo, North was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,969. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.480°N, 80.484°W.

Population

In 1861, Waterloo, North had a population of 3,969: 2,016 male and 1,953 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, Waterloo, North shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 182 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,969 total population, 2,016 males, 1,953 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,806, Female members of the family who are present: 1,764, 1,259 single females, 630 married females, 528 males attending school, 427 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 210, Females present who are not members of the family: 189, 97 male births, 87 female births, 64 widowed females, 45 adult females unable to read or write, 34 widowed males, 28 adult males unable to read or write, 5 lunatic males, 2 blind males, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 274 single males aged 10 to 15, 259 single females aged 10 to 15, 242 males aged 5 to 10, 225 females aged 5 to 10, 222 single females aged 15 to 20, 220 single males aged 15 to 20, 190 married females aged 30 to 40, 185 married females aged 20 to 30, 183 married males aged 30 to 40, 175 single males aged 20 to 30, 151 married males aged 40 to 50, 129 married males aged 20 to 30, 122 married females aged 40 to 50, 107 married males aged 50 to 60, 93 single females aged 20 to 30, 88 females aged 2 to 3, 84 females age 3 to 4, 84 males aged 2 to 3, 81 females aged 1 to 2, 80 married females aged 50 to 60, 70 males aged 3 to 4, 69 females aged 4 to 5, 69 males aged 1 to 2, 57 males aged 4 to 5, 52 married males aged 60 to 70, 32 married females aged 60 to 70, 28 single females aged 30 to 40, 21 males of unknown age, 15 married males aged 70 to 80, 15 single males aged 30 to 40, 15 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 15 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 12 females of unknown age, 11 married females aged 70 to 80, 11 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 10 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 9 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,307 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 947 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 242 French Canadians, 211 persons originating in the United States, 162 persons originating in France, 45 persons originating in England or Wales, 23 persons originating in Ireland, 13 persons originating in Scotland, 11 persons originating in Switzerland, 4 persons originating in all other places, 2 persons whose origin is unknown. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 2 persons originating in Russia or Poland — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $1,244,107 value farms (dollars), $132,383 value all livestock, 113,005 bushels of turnips, 80,553 bushels of winter wheat, 79,488 bushels of oats, 76,531 pounds of homemade butter, 72,821 bushels of potatoes, $52,930 value horses aged over 3 years, $48,438 value farm implements in dollars, 43,982 bushels of spring wheat, 40,976 pounds of maple sugar, 37,870 acres of land in farms, 27,706 pounds of flax or hemp, 27,004 gallons of cider, 25,856 bushels of peas, 21,918 acres of farmland under cultivation, 15,952 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 15,323 acres of farmland under crops, 12,463 pounds of wool produced on farms, $8,451 value garden and orchard crops, 7,775 bushels of carrots, 5,995 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,333 bushels of barley, 4,139 sheep, 3,983 acres of winter wheat, 3,725 acres of spring wheat, 3,255 tons of hay, 2,754 swine, 2,499 acres of oats, 2,400 bushels of corn, 2,261 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,730 bushels of rye, 1,663 barrels of pork, 1,435 calves and heifers, 1,283 milk cows, 1,206 acres of peas, 1,178 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 958 horses aged over 3 years, 852 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 600 acres of farmland in gardens, 574 acres of potatoes, 485 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 443 horses aged 3 years and under, 438 bushels of buckwheat, 412 acres of turnips, 347 occupants of farms, 309 bulls, oxen, or steers, 290 barrels of beef, 195 acres of barley, 111 acres of rye, 101 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 97 acres of corn, 91 bushels of beans, 73 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 60 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 60 pounds of hops, 56 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 39 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 28 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 18 acres of buckwheat, 3 acres of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $14,605 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 4,284 yards of flannel, 3,139 yards of fulled cloth, 2,082 yards of linen, 257 carriages for pleasure, $30 value carriages for hire (dollars), 1 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 41 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 28, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 9, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 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 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 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). "Waterloo, North, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/waterloo-north-on101008-1861/.