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Year: 1861  |  Province: Ontario  |  Wikidata: Q2925383

Brighton, Ontario (1861 census)

Brighton was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,713. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2925383. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.114°N, 77.757°W.

Population

In 1861, Brighton had a population of 3,713: 1,975 male and 1,738 female residents.

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Brighton shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 165 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,713 total population, 1,975 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,808, 1,738 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,602, 1,353 single males, 1,135 single females, 583 married males, 551 married females, 445 males attending school, 426 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 167, Females present who are not members of the family: 136, 93 male births, 87 female births, 52 widowed females, 39 widowed males, 6 adult females unable to read or write, 4 adult males unable to read or write. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 297 males aged 5 to 10, 244 single females aged 10 to 15, 243 single males aged 10 to 15, 239 females aged 5 to 10, 227 single males aged 15 to 20, 211 married males aged 30 to 40, 209 married females aged 20 to 30, 192 single males aged 20 to 30, 189 single females aged 15 to 20, 149 married females aged 30 to 40, 129 married males aged 20 to 30, 109 married males aged 40 to 50, 103 married females aged 40 to 50, 90 married males aged 50 to 60, 81 single females aged 20 to 30, 70 males aged 1 to 2, 69 females aged 2 to 3, 69 males aged 2 to 3, 68 females age 3 to 4, 67 females aged 1 to 2, 63 females aged 4 to 5, 63 males aged 3 to 4, 59 males aged 4 to 5, 42 married females aged 50 to 60, 37 married males aged 60 to 70, 26 married females aged 15 to 20, 19 married females aged 60 to 70, 14 single males aged 30 to 40, 13 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 13 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 11 single females aged 30 to 40, 10 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 10 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 9 single females aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 8 males of unknown age, 8 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 females of unknown age, 4 single males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 3,078 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 215 persons originating in Ireland, 197 persons originating in the United States, 149 persons originating in England or Wales, 33 persons originating in Scotland, 23 French Canadians, 9 persons originating in New Brunswick, 8 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $644,210 value farms (dollars), $131,250 value all livestock, 80,995 pounds of homemade butter, $57,424 value horses aged over 3 years, 51,618 bushels of potatoes, 45,095 pounds of maple sugar, 42,167 bushels of oats, 39,724 bushels of spring wheat, 36,231 acres of land in farms, $28,721 value farm implements in dollars, 26,753 bushels of peas, 20,891 bushels of turnips, 20,235 acres of farmland under cultivation, 16,955 bushels of barley, 15,996 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 15,580 acres of farmland under crops, 14,672 bushels of buckwheat, 14,111 bushels of rye, 12,043 bushels of winter wheat, 11,286 bushels of corn, 10,249 pounds of wool produced on farms, 8,943 bushels of carrots, 8,166 pounds of hops, 7,558 pounds of cheese produced on farms, $7,523 value garden and orchard crops, 4,480 gallons of cider, 4,111 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,377 sheep, 2,719 acres of peas, 2,246 acres of spring wheat, 2,144 tons of hay, 2,054 swine, 1,629 acres of oats, 1,452 milk cows, 1,367 calves and heifers, 1,261 barrels of pork, 1,113 acres of rye, 1,046 acres of winter wheat, 949 horses aged over 3 years, 756 acres of buckwheat, 667 acres of barley, 544 acres of farmland in gardens, 505 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 417 acres of potatoes, 408 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 389 occupants of farms, 353 bushels of beans, 322 acres of corn, 290 bulls, oxen, or steers, 283 barrels of beef, 270 horses aged 3 years and under, 208 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 91 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 73 acres of turnips, 69 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 57 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 9 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 acres of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $14,020 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 6,260 yards of flannel, 2,348 yards of fulled cloth, 309 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 169 barrels of salted fish sold, 21 pounds of fresh fish sold. (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 females of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 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 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

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). "Brighton, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/brighton-on088003-1861/.