Welland, C, Ontario (1861 census)

Welland, C was a city in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 731. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q424773. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.993°N, 79.242°W.

Population

In 1861, Welland, C had a population of 731: 372 male and 359 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, Welland, C shared boundaries with:

• Crowland
• Thorold

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 140 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 731 total population, 372 males, 359 females, Male members of the family who are present: 349, Female members of the family who are present: 338, 242 single males, 224 single females, 123 married males, 121 married females, 86 males attending school, 50 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 23, Females present who are not members of the family: 21, 16 female births, 16 male births, 14 widowed females, 7 adult males unable to read or write, 7 widowed males, 3 adult females unable to read or write, 2 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 47 married males aged 30 to 40, 43 single males aged 15 to 20, 42 married females aged 30 to 40, 42 single males aged 20 to 30, 40 single females aged 10 to 15, 39 females aged 5 to 10, 37 married females aged 20 to 30, 37 single females aged 15 to 20, 36 males aged 5 to 10, 31 single males aged 10 to 15, 26 married males aged 40 to 50, 24 married females aged 40 to 50, 24 single females aged 20 to 30, 22 married males aged 50 to 60, 21 males aged 3 to 4, 17 females aged 2 to 3, 17 married males aged 20 to 30, 16 males aged 4 to 5, 15 females aged 1 to 2, 15 males aged 2 to 3, 13 females aged 4 to 5, 13 males aged 1 to 2, 12 females age 3 to 4, 12 married females aged 50 to 60, 9 married males aged 60 to 70, 7 single females aged 30 to 40, 6 single males aged 30 to 40, 4 married females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 married females aged 15 to 20, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 females of unknown age, 1 males of unknown age, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 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 451 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 111 persons originating in Ireland, 80 persons originating in the United States, 37 persons originating in England or Wales, 29 persons originating in Scotland, 12 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 5 French Canadians, 4 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 2 Indigenous persons, 2 negroes or coloured persons, 1 female negroes or coloured persons, 1 Indigenous females, 1 Indigenous males, 1 male negroes or coloured persons, 1 persons originating in Newfoundland, 1 persons originating in Switzerland. 1 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $29,300 value farms (dollars), $9,999 value all livestock, 1,676 bushels of oats, 1,640 pounds of homemade butter, $1,365 value farm implements in dollars, 850 bushels of potatoes, 620 bushels of spring wheat, 578 acres of land in farms, 444 bushels of corn, $435 value garden and orchard crops, 380 acres of farmland under cultivation, 362 bushels of barley, 330 bushels of buckwheat, 290 gallons of cider, 289 acres of farmland under crops, 259 bushels of peas, 237 bushels of carrots, 198 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 186 pounds of wool produced on farms, 117 swine, 115 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 105 milk cows, 99 bushels of rye, 98 tons of hay, 92 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 92 sheep, 83 horses aged over 3 years, 67 acres of farmland in pasture, 52 acres of oats, 51 pounds of hops, 43 acres of spring wheat, 38 bushels of turnips, 27 calves and heifers, 25 bushels of beans, 24 acres of farmland in gardens, 21 acres of buckwheat, 20 bushels of winter wheat, 19 acres of peas, 19 barrels of pork, 18 acres of barley, 16 acres of corn, 10 acres of winter wheat, 10 occupants of farms, 9 acres of potatoes, 7 horses aged 3 years and under, 6 acres of rye, 4 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 3 barrels of beef, 1 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $1,327 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 22 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 2, 2 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON102012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON151010 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q424773
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welland
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welland

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). "Welland, C, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/welland-c-on102012-1861/.