Beckwith, Ontario (1861 census)

Beckwith was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,541. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q55138151. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.087°N, 76.084°W.

Population

In 1861, Beckwith had a population of 2,541: 1,285 male and 1,256 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, Beckwith shared boundaries with:

• Drummond
• Goulburn
• Marlborough
• Montague
• Ramsay

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 172 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,541 total population, 1,285 males, 1,256 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,135, Female members of the family who are present: 1,118, 922 single males, 856 single females, 343 married females, 339 married males, 292 males attending school, 233 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 150, Females present who are not members of the family: 138, 57 widowed females, 42 male births, 34 female births, 24 widowed males, 11 adult females unable to read or write, 9 adult males unable to read or write, 5 lunatic males, 2 blind males, 1 blind females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 177 single males aged 20 to 30, 176 males aged 5 to 10, 171 single males aged 10 to 15, 168 females aged 5 to 10, 167 single females aged 15 to 20, 151 single females aged 10 to 15, 151 single males aged 15 to 20, 137 single females aged 20 to 30, 99 married females aged 20 to 30, 89 married females aged 30 to 40, 87 married males aged 40 to 50, 84 married males aged 30 to 40, 73 married females aged 40 to 50, 54 married males aged 20 to 30, 49 married males aged 50 to 60, 47 females aged 2 to 3, 47 married males aged 60 to 70, 46 males aged 2 to 3, 45 females aged 1 to 2, 44 married females aged 50 to 60, 39 males aged 1 to 2, 33 males aged 4 to 5, 31 females age 3 to 4, 31 males aged 3 to 4, 30 females aged 4 to 5, 27 married females aged 60 to 70, 27 single males aged 30 to 40, 21 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 20 single females aged 30 to 40, 12 single males aged 40 to 50, 11 single females aged 40 to 50, 11 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 10 married males aged 70 to 80, 9 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 7 married males aged 80 to 90, 6 single males aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 5 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 males of unknown age, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 single females aged 70 to 80, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 females of unknown age, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 single males aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,830 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 336 persons originating in Scotland, 318 persons originating in Ireland, 34 persons originating in England or Wales, 16 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 4 persons whose origin is unknown, 3 French Canadians, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $448,020 value farms (dollars), $102,825 value all livestock, 99,202 bushels of potatoes, 77,337 pounds of homemade butter, 60,050 bushels of oats, 49,723 acres of land in farms, $41,063 value horses aged over 3 years, 31,532 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $30,574 value farm implements in dollars, 28,493 bushels of spring wheat, 18,191 acres of farmland under cultivation, 15,501 bushels of turnips, 15,338 bushels of peas, 11,328 pounds of wool produced on farms, 9,105 acres of farmland in pasture, 9,048 acres of farmland under crops, 8,407 pounds of maple sugar, 5,508 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 4,598 bushels of winter wheat, 3,369 sheep, 2,498 tons of hay, 2,356 bushels of buckwheat, 2,324 acres of oats, 1,683 calves and heifers, 1,681 milk cows, 1,635 acres of spring wheat, 1,623 bushels of corn, 1,612 barrels of pork, 1,544 swine, 1,538 bushels of barley, 918 acres of peas, $788 value garden and orchard crops, 670 horses aged over 3 years, 652 acres of potatoes, 409 barrels of beef, 288 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 284 horses aged 3 years and under, 270 occupants of farms, 237 acres of winter wheat, 204 pounds of hops, 188 bushels of rye, 153 bushels of carrots, 144 acres of buckwheat, 109 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 91 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 82 acres of turnips, 70 acres of corn, 65 acres of barley, 62 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 55 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 52 bulls, oxen, or steers, 49 bushels of beans, 38 acres of farmland in gardens, 16 acres of rye, 9 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 4 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $7,326 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 4,906 yards of flannel, 1,690 yards of fulled cloth, $275 value carriages for hire (dollars), 168 carriages for pleasure, 48 yards of linen, 7 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 19 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 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

• TCP UID: ON082002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON123002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q55138151
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beckwith_Township,_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). "Beckwith, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/beckwith-on082002-1861/.