Wolfe Island, Ontario (1861 census)

Wolfe Island was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,601. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q680569. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.179°N, 76.392°W.

Population

In 1861, Wolfe Island had a population of 3,601: 1,925 male and 1,676 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).

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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Garden Island, Village, 1871 (0.2% of this CSD's polygon).

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 175 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,601 total population, 1,925 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,729, 1,676 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,588, 1,380 single males, 1,120 single females, 514 married females, 513 married males, 367 males attending school, 307 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 196, 102 adult males unable to read or write, Females present who are not members of the family: 88, 78 adult females unable to read or write, 54 male births, 50 female births, 42 widowed females, 32 widowed males, 2 blind females, 2 deaf and dumb females, 1 blind males, 1 lunatic females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 275 single males aged 15 to 20, 260 single males aged 10 to 15, 256 single males aged 20 to 30, 245 single females aged 10 to 15, 230 single females aged 15 to 20, 200 males aged 5 to 10, 195 females aged 5 to 10, 160 married females aged 30 to 40, 145 married females aged 20 to 30, 135 married males aged 30 to 40, 134 married males aged 40 to 50, 130 single females aged 20 to 30, 120 married females aged 40 to 50, 100 married males aged 50 to 60, 65 males aged 4 to 5, 65 married males aged 20 to 30, 64 married males aged 60 to 70, 61 males aged 3 to 4, 61 married females aged 50 to 60, 56 males aged 2 to 3, 55 females aged 4 to 5, 54 males aged 1 to 2, 52 females age 3 to 4, 52 single males aged 30 to 40, 49 females aged 1 to 2, 46 females aged 2 to 3, 30 single females aged 30 to 40, 27 single males aged 40 to 50, 16 single females aged 40 to 50, 15 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 12 married females aged 15 to 20, 12 married females aged 60 to 70, 12 married males aged 70 to 80, 12 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 10 single males aged 50 to 60, 7 single females aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 females of unknown age, 6 single females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 single males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 males of unknown age, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,134 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 716 persons originating in Ireland, 347 persons originating in the United States, 202 French Canadians, 115 persons originating in England or Wales, 75 persons originating in Scotland, 19 negroes or coloured persons, 13 male negroes or coloured persons, 6 female negroes or coloured persons, 4 persons originating in New Brunswick, 3 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 1 persons originating in Sweden or Norway, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. 1 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $572,115 value farms (dollars), $108,468 value all livestock, 94,298 bushels of spring wheat, 86,138 pounds of homemade butter, 72,382 bushels of oats, $49,422 value horses aged over 3 years, 44,752 bushels of potatoes, 31,191 acres of land in farms, $30,509 value farm implements in dollars, 22,255 bushels of peas, 20,866 bushels of barley, 15,643 acres of farmland under cultivation, 15,548 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 11,848 acres of farmland under crops, 11,716 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,826 acres of spring wheat, 3,765 bushels of corn, 3,678 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,609 sheep, $3,102 value garden and orchard crops, 2,319 tons of hay, 2,108 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,878 acres of oats, 1,498 pounds of maple sugar, 1,494 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 1,491 bushels of carrots, 1,400 milk cows, 1,367 bushels of buckwheat, 1,346 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 1,232 bushels of turnips, 1,224 calves and heifers, 1,032 swine, 978 acres of peas, 801 horses aged over 3 years, 649 barrels of pork, 565 acres of barley, 476 bushels of beans, 406 bushels of rye, 384 acres of potatoes, 366 occupants of farms, 328 bushels of winter wheat, 302 horses aged 3 years and under, 206 barrels of beef, 172 acres of corn, 140 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 135 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 117 acres of farmland in gardens, 110 bulls, oxen, or steers, 54 acres of buckwheat, 54 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 42 pounds of hops, 37 acres of rye, 19 acres of winter wheat, 17 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 17 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 13 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 10 pounds of flax or hemp, 7 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 5 acres of turnips, 4 acres of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $4,288 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 3,156 yards of flannel, 1,626 yards of fulled cloth, 117 carriages for pleasure, 4 yards of linen. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 33 barrels of salted fish sold, 33 pounds of fresh fish sold. (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 males of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON072015 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON069017 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q680569
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfe_Island
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Ele_Wolfe

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). "Wolfe Island, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/wolfe-island-on072015-1861/.