Winder, Town of, Ontario (1861 census)

Winder, Town of was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,501. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.310°N, 83.026°W.

Population

In 1861, Winder, Town of had a population of 2,501: 1,341 male and 1,160 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 Sandwich, T-V, 1851 (2.3% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Winder, Town of shared boundaries with:

• Sandwich E
• Sandwich W-O

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 150 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,501 total population, 1,341 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,161, 1,160 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,074, 861 single males, 676 single females, 450 married males, 418 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 180, 142 females attending school, 142 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 86, 66 widowed females, 62 female births, 53 male births, 30 widowed males, 28 adult females unable to read or write, 26 adult males unable to read or write, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 184 married males aged 30 to 40, 182 single males aged 20 to 30, 160 married females aged 30 to 40, 152 married females aged 20 to 30, 129 males aged 5 to 10, 114 single males aged 10 to 15, 108 single females aged 15 to 20, 106 single females aged 10 to 15, 104 married males aged 20 to 30, 102 single males aged 15 to 20, 100 females aged 5 to 10, 98 married males aged 40 to 50, 88 single females aged 20 to 30, 60 married females aged 40 to 50, 59 males aged 2 to 3, 51 males aged 3 to 4, 50 females aged 1 to 2, 50 females aged 2 to 3, 49 males aged 1 to 2, 46 males aged 4 to 5, 44 females age 3 to 4, 40 married males aged 50 to 60, 40 single males aged 30 to 40, 36 females aged 4 to 5, 28 single males aged 40 to 50, 26 married females aged 50 to 60, 22 married males aged 60 to 70, 20 single females aged 30 to 40, 20 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 14 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 12 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 10 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 10 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 8 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 married females aged 60 to 70, 6 single females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 single males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,069 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 623 persons originating in the United States, 541 negroes or coloured persons, 368 persons originating in England or Wales, 291 male negroes or coloured persons, 250 female negroes or coloured persons, 246 persons originating in Ireland, 111 persons originating in Scotland, 62 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 6 persons originating in all other places, 5 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 5 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 2 persons originating in the West Indies, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in the East Indies. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 persons originating in Russia or Poland — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $110,460 value farms (dollars), $5,399 value all livestock, 4,136 bushels of oats, $3,473 value horses aged over 3 years, 2,865 bushels of corn, $2,275 value garden and orchard crops, $2,165 value farm implements in dollars, 1,645 bushels of potatoes, 1,580 pounds of homemade butter, 1,148 acres of land in farms, 920 acres of farmland under cultivation, 741 bushels of spring wheat, 660 gallons of cider, 602 acres of farmland under crops, 460 bushels of winter wheat, 421 barrels of pork, 403 bushels of barley, 228 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 227 acres of farmland in pasture, 216 bushels of peas, 179 acres of oats, 135 bushels of buckwheat, 134 tons of hay, 107 pounds of wool produced on farms, 100 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 95 swine, 91 acres of farmland in gardens, 74 acres of corn, 67 acres of spring wheat, 58 horses aged over 3 years, 56 milk cows, 52 sheep, 46 calves and heifers, 30 bushels of rye, 27 acres of winter wheat, 24 horses aged 3 years and under, 18 acres of peas, 18 occupants of farms, 17 acres of barley, 12 acres of potatoes, 11 bulls, oxen, or steers, 10 bushels of carrots, 9 acres of buckwheat, 6 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 6 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 5 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 5 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 4 acres of rye, 4 bushels of beans, 1 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $520 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 25 yards of flannel, 12 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 8 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1861, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON071013 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON071013 — 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). "Winder, Town of, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/winder-town-of-on071013-1861/.