Brock, Ontario (1861 census)

Brock was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 4,625. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q387094. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.288°N, 79.074°W.

Population

In 1861, Brock had a population of 4,625: 2,354 male and 2,271 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, Brock shared boundaries with:

• Cartwright
• Eldon
• Georgina
• Mariposa
• Reach
• Scott
• Thora

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 174 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 4,625 total population, 2,354 males, 2,271 females, Male members of the family who are present: 2,210, Female members of the family who are present: 2,184, 1,668 single males, 1,574 single females, 650 married males, 645 married females, 476 males attending school, 399 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 144, 88 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 87, 66 female births, 52 widowed females, 46 adult females unable to read or write, 43 adult males unable to read or write, 36 widowed males, 4 persons at sea, 3 deaf and dumb females, 2 lunatic females, 2 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 329 single males aged 20 to 30, 304 males aged 5 to 10, 304 single females aged 10 to 15, 302 females aged 5 to 10, 297 single males aged 15 to 20, 273 single males aged 10 to 15, 256 single females aged 15 to 20, 218 single females aged 20 to 30, 185 married males aged 30 to 40, 184 married females aged 30 to 40, 170 married females aged 40 to 50, 170 married males aged 40 to 50, 142 married females aged 20 to 30, 116 married males aged 20 to 30, 97 females aged 2 to 3, 82 males aged 1 to 2, 80 females aged 4 to 5, 74 married males aged 50 to 60, 73 married males aged 60 to 70, 72 females aged 1 to 2, 71 males aged 3 to 4, 70 females age 3 to 4, 68 males aged 4 to 5, 60 married females aged 60 to 70, 56 married females aged 50 to 60, 53 males aged 2 to 3, 38 single males aged 30 to 40, 34 females of unknown age, 30 single females aged 30 to 40, 28 males of unknown age, 28 married males aged 70 to 80, 26 single males aged 40 to 50, 18 married females aged 70 to 80, 15 married females aged 15 to 20, 13 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 12 single females aged 50 to 60, 12 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 11 single females aged 40 to 50, 11 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 10 single females aged 60 to 70, 10 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 10 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 7 single females aged 80 to 90, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 single males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 5 single females aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,955 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 672 persons originating in Ireland, 474 persons originating in Scotland, 368 persons originating in England or Wales, 82 persons originating in the United States, 44 French Canadians, 13 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 3 persons originating in France, 3 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 2 persons originating in New Brunswick, 2 persons whose origin is unknown, 1 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 1 persons originating in Sweden or Norway, 1 persons originating in the East Indies. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $1,782,386 value farms (dollars), $426,062 value all livestock, 143,139 bushels of spring wheat, 127,242 bushels of turnips, 118,143 bushels of oats, $109,130 value horses aged over 3 years, 75,154 pounds of homemade butter, 74,830 bushels of potatoes, 60,235 acres of land in farms, $57,984 value farm implements in dollars, 48,272 bushels of peas, 40,176 bushels of winter wheat, 31,363 acres of farmland under cultivation, 30,074 pounds of maple sugar, 28,872 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 20,107 acres of farmland under crops, 16,995 pounds of wool produced on farms, 10,854 acres of farmland in pasture, 8,336 acres of spring wheat, 7,188 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 5,590 bushels of carrots, 5,404 sheep, 4,962 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 4,526 bushels of barley, 4,280 swine, $3,934 value garden and orchard crops, 3,056 acres of oats, 2,920 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 2,162 bushels of corn, 2,153 acres of peas, 2,131 tons of hay, 2,067 calves and heifers, 1,998 milk cows, 1,899 gallons of cider, 1,587 acres of winter wheat, 1,576 horses aged over 3 years, 1,570 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,359 barrels of pork, 636 bulls, oxen, or steers, 576 acres of potatoes, 525 occupants of farms, 433 acres of turnips, 402 acres of farmland in gardens, 391 horses aged 3 years and under, 362 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 361 bushels of buckwheat, 357 barrels of beef, 345 bushels of rye, 239 pounds of hops, 147 acres of barley, 110 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 80 bushels of beans, 70 acres of corn, 21 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 18 acres of rye, 17 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 15 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 14 acres of buckwheat, 11 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 7 acres of mangel wurtzel, 4 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $15,683 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 8,152 yards of flannel, 3,667 yards of fulled cloth, 333 carriages for pleasure, 55 yards of linen. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 39 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 20, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 19, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 11, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 8, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 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: ON089001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON133001 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q387094
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brock,_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). "Brock, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/brock-on089001-1861/.