Woodstock, C, Ontario (1861 census)

Woodstock, C was a city in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,353. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1642364. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.130°N, 80.753°W.

Population

In 1861, Woodstock, C had a population of 3,353: 1,748 male and 1,605 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, Woodstock, C shared boundaries with:

• Blandford
• Oxford, East
• Oxford, West
• Zorra, East

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 161 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,353 total population, 1,748 males, 1,605 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,496, Female members of the family who are present: 1,320, 1,142 single males, 957 single females, 567 married males, 562 married females, Females present who are not members of the family: 285, 278 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 252, 238 females attending school, 86 widowed females, 63 male births, 61 female births, 39 widowed males, 29 adult females unable to read or write, 20 adult males unable to read or write, 2 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 215 single males aged 15 to 20, 204 married females aged 20 to 30, 198 married males aged 30 to 40, 197 males aged 5 to 10, 192 single males aged 20 to 30, 180 single females aged 15 to 20, 174 females aged 5 to 10, 173 single males aged 10 to 15, 165 single females aged 10 to 15, 157 married females aged 30 to 40, 135 married males aged 40 to 50, 127 single females aged 20 to 30, 117 married females aged 40 to 50, 103 married males aged 20 to 30, 75 married males aged 50 to 60, 69 females aged 2 to 3, 69 males aged 2 to 3, 65 males aged 1 to 2, 61 males aged 4 to 5, 60 females aged 1 to 2, 57 females age 3 to 4, 57 males aged 3 to 4, 54 married females aged 50 to 60, 46 married males aged 60 to 70, 42 females aged 4 to 5, 42 single males aged 30 to 40, 23 married females aged 60 to 70, 22 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 19 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 18 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 13 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 12 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 11 single females aged 30 to 40, 9 married males aged 70 to 80, 9 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 9 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 8 single females aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 females of unknown age, 1 males of unknown age, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,702 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 706 persons originating in England or Wales, 498 persons originating in Scotland, 183 persons originating in Ireland, 180 persons originating in the United States, 29 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 20 male negroes or coloured persons, 19 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 15 Indigenous persons, 14 female negroes or coloured persons, 14 Indigenous females, 14 persons originating in the West Indies, 6 persons originating in New Brunswick, 5 Indigenous males, 3 persons originating in France, 3 persons originating in Spain or Portugal, 2 persons originating in all other places, 1 negroes or coloured persons, 1 persons originating in Newfoundland, 1 persons whose origin is unknown. 4 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $22,383 value all livestock, $18,700 value farms (dollars), 3,900 bushels of turnips, 1,000 bushels of potatoes, 780 bushels of peas, 710 bushels of oats, 384 bushels of spring wheat, 356 pounds of homemade butter, 333 swine, $300 value farm implements in dollars, 285 milk cows, 227 acres of land in farms, 214 horses aged over 3 years, 171 pounds of wool produced on farms, 166 bushels of winter wheat, 150 gallons of cider, 140 bushels of barley, 139 acres of farmland under cultivation, 100 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 95 sheep, 88 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 84 acres of farmland under crops, 75 bushels of carrots, 55 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 51 acres of farmland in pasture, 50 bushels of corn, $40 value garden and orchard crops, 35 acres of peas, 25 acres of spring wheat, 24 acres of oats, 16 tons of hay, 15 acres of winter wheat, 9 acres of barley, 7 acres of turnips, 6 acres of potatoes, 5 occupants of farms, 4 acres of farmland in gardens, 4 calves and heifers, 3 barrels of pork, 2 acres of corn, 2 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $4,952 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $1,500 value carriages for hire (dollars), 116 carriages for pleasure, 25 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 27 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 17, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 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. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 5 people 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: ON090012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON134012 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1642364
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock_(Ontario)

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). "Woodstock, C, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/woodstock-c-on090012-1861/.