Beverley, Ontario (1861 census)

Beverley was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 6,339. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4899444. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.319°N, 80.145°W.

Population

In 1861, Beverley had a population of 6,339: 3,382 male and 2,957 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, Beverley shared boundaries with:

• Ancaster
• Dumfries, North
• Dumfries, South
• Flamboro, West
• Puslinch

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 188 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 6,339 total population, 3,382 males, Male members of the family who are present: 3,070, 2,957 females, Female members of the family who are present: 2,786, 2,281 single males, 1,831 single females, 1,035 married males, 1,011 married females, 684 males attending school, 591 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 312, Females present who are not members of the family: 171, 138 male births, 115 widowed females, 102 female births, 72 adult females unable to read or write, 66 widowed males, 61 adult males unable to read or write, 6 lunatic females, 3 deaf and dumb males, 3 lunatic males, 2 deaf and dumb females, 1 blind males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 449 females aged 5 to 10, 415 males aged 5 to 10, 402 single males aged 10 to 15, 385 single males aged 15 to 20, 347 single males aged 20 to 30, 340 single females aged 10 to 15, 317 married females aged 20 to 30, 301 married males aged 30 to 40, 299 single females aged 15 to 20, 274 married females aged 30 to 40, 237 married males aged 40 to 50, 219 married males aged 20 to 30, 194 married females aged 40 to 50, 159 married males aged 50 to 60, 152 single females aged 20 to 30, 118 females aged 1 to 2, 118 males aged 3 to 4, 116 married females aged 50 to 60, 115 males aged 2 to 3, 110 males aged 1 to 2, 109 females age 3 to 4, 102 females aged 2 to 3, 98 females aged 4 to 5, 98 males aged 4 to 5, 79 married males aged 60 to 70, 65 single males aged 30 to 40, 54 married females aged 60 to 70, 40 married females aged 15 to 20, 32 married males aged 70 to 80, 30 males of unknown age, 29 single males aged 40 to 50, 29 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 27 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 21 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 19 single females aged 30 to 40, 19 single males aged 50 to 60, 17 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 16 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 15 single females aged 40 to 50, 14 females of unknown age, 14 married females aged 70 to 80, 14 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 14 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 14 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 11 single females aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 8 single males aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 4 married males aged 15 to 20, 4 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 4,253 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 717 persons originating in Ireland, 488 persons originating in Scotland, 464 persons originating in England or Wales, 202 persons originating in the United States, 186 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 10 persons originating in New Brunswick, 8 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 6 persons originating in Sweden or Norway, 2 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Switzerland. 2 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $1,638,484 value farms (dollars), 224,992 bushels of turnips, $224,010 value all livestock, 145,674 pounds of homemade butter, 140,974 bushels of oats, 116,763 bushels of winter wheat, 98,415 bushels of potatoes, $92,716 value horses aged over 3 years, $79,349 value farm implements in dollars, 60,120 acres of land in farms, 51,647 bushels of peas, 46,610 bushels of spring wheat, 36,657 acres of farmland under cultivation, 33,795 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 28,266 bushels of carrots, 24,752 bushels of barley, 24,579 pounds of maple sugar, 23,623 pounds of wool produced on farms, 23,512 acres of farmland under crops, 23,463 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 12,414 acres of farmland in pasture, 11,760 gallons of cider, $8,339 value garden and orchard crops, 7,011 sheep, 6,061 acres of winter wheat, 5,535 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 4,673 bushels of buckwheat, 4,302 tons of hay, 4,089 acres of oats, 3,721 swine, 2,912 bushels of corn, 2,817 acres of spring wheat, 2,562 calves and heifers, 2,477 acres of peas, 2,438 milk cows, 1,923 barrels of pork, 1,521 horses aged over 3 years, 1,003 acres of barley, 836 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 743 acres of potatoes, 731 acres of farmland in gardens, 608 occupants of farms, 589 acres of turnips, 518 bulls, oxen, or steers, 467 horses aged 3 years and under, 453 barrels of beef, 271 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 180 acres of buckwheat, 176 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 115 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 94 acres of corn, 62 bushels of beans, 57 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 46 pounds of hops, 31 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 20 bushels of rye, 13 acres of mangel wurtzel, 9 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 6 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $17,012 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 8,178 yards of flannel, 2,159 yards of fulled cloth, 336 carriages for pleasure, $70 value carriages for hire (dollars), 1 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 56 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 28, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 28, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 6, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 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, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 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: ON104004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON153003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q4899444
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverley_Township,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canton_de_Beverley

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). "Beverley, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/beverley-on104004-1861/.