Brampton, T-V, Ontario (1861 census)

Brampton, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,627. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q44198. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.686°N, 79.765°W.

Population

In 1861, Brampton, T-V had a population of 1,627: 821 male and 806 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.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Chinguacousy, 1851 (3.2% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Brampton, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Chinguacousy

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 154 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,627 total population, 821 males, 806 females, Female members of the family who are present: 710, Male members of the family who are present: 668, 536 single males, 498 single females, 269 married females, 261 married males, Males present who are not members of the family: 153, 136 females attending school, 136 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 96, 39 male births, 39 widowed females, 36 adult females unable to read or write, 31 female births, 24 widowed males, 20 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 110 married females aged 20 to 30, 108 single males aged 20 to 30, 95 males aged 5 to 10, 94 females aged 5 to 10, 94 married females aged 30 to 40, 94 married males aged 30 to 40, 90 single females aged 15 to 20, 88 single females aged 10 to 15, 84 single males aged 15 to 20, 75 single males aged 10 to 15, 70 married males aged 20 to 30, 62 single females aged 20 to 30, 52 married males aged 40 to 50, 35 females aged 1 to 2, 35 married females aged 40 to 50, 34 males aged 1 to 2, 32 females aged 2 to 3, 30 males aged 2 to 3, 29 males aged 4 to 5, 27 females age 3 to 4, 25 married males aged 50 to 60, 23 males aged 3 to 4, 22 females aged 4 to 5, 18 married males aged 60 to 70, 15 single males aged 30 to 40, 14 married females aged 50 to 60, 13 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 10 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 9 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 married females aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 females of unknown age, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 males of unknown age, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 90 to 100, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 905 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 336 persons originating in Ireland, 260 persons originating in England or Wales, 52 persons originating in Scotland, 45 persons originating in the United States, 11 persons originating in Newfoundland, 6 male negroes or coloured persons, 5 female negroes or coloured persons, 5 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 5 persons originating in New Brunswick, 2 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in the East Indies. 4 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $63,200 value farms (dollars), $14,789 value all livestock, 2,590 bushels of oats, 2,365 bushels of turnips, 2,215 bushels of winter wheat, 2,150 pounds of homemade butter, 1,910 bushels of potatoes, 1,790 bushels of barley, 1,540 pounds of cheese produced on farms, $1,432 value farm implements in dollars, 973 bushels of spring wheat, 970 acres of land in farms, 795 acres of farmland under cultivation, 775 bushels of peas, 612 acres of farmland under crops, 595 gallons of cider, 474 pounds of wool produced on farms, 380 bushels of carrots, $350 value garden and orchard crops, 282 swine, 200 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 175 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 167 sheep, 161 acres of farmland in pasture, 153 pounds of hops, 139 horses aged over 3 years, 137 milk cows, 119 acres of winter wheat, 76 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 68 acres of barley, 62 acres of oats, 51 calves and heifers, 50 pounds of flax or hemp, 49 acres of spring wheat, 41 acres of peas, 30 bushels of corn, 24 barrels of pork, 22 acres of farmland in gardens, 13 acres of potatoes, 13 horses aged 3 years and under, 9 bushels of beans, 9 occupants of farms, 6 acres of turnips, 6 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 3 barrels of beef, 3 bulls, oxen, or steers, 3 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 1 acres of corn, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $6,640 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $600 value carriages for hire (dollars), 107 carriages for pleasure, 62 yards of flannel, 9 carriages for hire, 9 yards of fulled cloth. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 20 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 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 aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 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: ON091002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON136006_1911_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q44198
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brampton
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brampton_(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). "Brampton, T-V, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/brampton-t-v-on091002-1861/.