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Year: 1861  |  Province: Ontario  |  Wikidata: Q2925383

Brighton, Village, Ontario (1861 census)

Brighton, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,182. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2925383. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.037°N, 77.739°W.

Population

In 1861, Brighton, Village had a population of 1,182: 594 male and 588 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.

Earlier boundary forms

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Brighton, Village shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 155 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,182 total population, 594 males, 588 females, Male members of the family who are present: 476, Female members of the family who are present: 475, 367 single males, 365 single females, 210 married males, 200 married females, 150 males attending school, 146 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 118, Females present who are not members of the family: 113, 26 male births, 23 widowed females, 21 female births, 17 widowed males, 16 adult males unable to read or write, 15 adult females unable to read or write. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 81 married females aged 20 to 30, 79 females aged 5 to 10, 77 single females aged 10 to 15, 73 males aged 5 to 10, 68 single males aged 10 to 15, 68 single males aged 15 to 20, 62 married males aged 20 to 30, 59 single females aged 15 to 20, 53 married males aged 30 to 40, 46 married males aged 40 to 50, 46 single females aged 20 to 30, 44 married females aged 30 to 40, 41 single males aged 20 to 30, 37 married females aged 40 to 50, 27 males aged 2 to 3, 22 females age 3 to 4, 22 males aged 3 to 4, 21 females aged 1 to 2, 21 married males aged 50 to 60, 18 married males aged 60 to 70, 17 males aged 4 to 5, 17 married females aged 50 to 60, 16 females aged 4 to 5, 15 females aged 2 to 3, 11 males aged 1 to 2, 11 married females aged 15 to 20, 9 married males aged 70 to 80, 7 married females aged 60 to 70, 7 single males aged 30 to 40, 5 single females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 females of unknown age, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 males of unknown age, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 872 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 115 persons originating in the United States, 92 persons originating in Ireland, 61 persons originating in England or Wales, 19 French Canadians, 14 persons originating in Scotland, 3 male negroes or coloured persons, 3 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 2 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 2 persons originating in the East Indies, 1 female negroes or coloured persons, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick. 1 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $127,730 value farms (dollars), $22,488 value all livestock, $12,400 value horses aged over 3 years, 9,490 pounds of homemade butter, 3,871 bushels of oats, 3,640 bushels of turnips, $3,632 value farm implements in dollars, 3,575 bushels of potatoes, 3,278 bushels of peas, 3,240 bushels of spring wheat, 2,667 acres of land in farms, 2,057 bushels of corn, 1,824 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,538 pounds of maple sugar, 1,446 bushels of buckwheat, $1,290 value garden and orchard crops, 1,264 bushels of carrots, 1,213 acres of farmland under crops, 1,052 bushels of rye, 846 gallons of cider, 843 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 640 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 590 bushels of barley, 590 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 563 acres of farmland in pasture, 447 pounds of wool produced on farms, 424 tons of hay, 260 swine, 254 barrels of beef, 248 sheep, 226 milk cows, 183 acres of spring wheat, 177 acres of peas, 171 horses aged over 3 years, 143 barrels of pork, 140 bushels of winter wheat, 132 calves and heifers, 121 acres of oats, 89 acres of rye, 85 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 82 bushels of beans, 80 acres of buckwheat, 64 acres of corn, 48 acres of farmland in gardens, 36 horses aged 3 years and under, 35 acres of potatoes, 30 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 30 occupants of farms, 28 bulls, oxen, or steers, 27 acres of barley, 11 acres of winter wheat, 11 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 10 acres of turnips, 10 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $4,338 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 214 yards of flannel, 161 yards of fulled cloth, 94 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 34 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 7 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 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 males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 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, Village, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/brighton-village-on088002-1861/.