Brockville, Town of, Ontario (1861 census)

Brockville, Town of was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 4,112. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q34047. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.589°N, 75.691°W.

Population

In 1861, Brockville, Town of had a population of 4,112: 1,973 male and 2,139 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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Brockville, West Ward—Quartier, 1871 (65.3% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Brockville, Centre Ward—Quartier, 1871 (34.7% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Brockville, Town of shared boundaries with:

• Elizabethtown

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 172 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 4,112 total population, 2,139 females, 1,973 males, Female members of the family who are present: 1,831, 1,727 single females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,688, 1,302 single males, 617 married males, 354 females attending school, 349 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 308, Males present who are not members of the family: 285, 254 married females, 158 widowed females, 73 male births, 61 female births, 54 widowed males, 47 adult females unable to read or write, 38 adult males unable to read or write, 2 blind females, 2 lunatic males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 305 single females aged 20 to 30, 276 single females aged 15 to 20, 262 single males aged 20 to 30, 254 single females aged 10 to 15, 230 single males aged 15 to 20, 199 single males aged 10 to 15, 198 females aged 5 to 10, 196 males aged 5 to 10, 189 married males aged 40 to 50, 183 single females aged 30 to 40, 166 married males aged 30 to 40, 107 married males aged 20 to 30, 97 single females aged 40 to 50, 93 married males aged 50 to 60, 74 married females aged 30 to 40, 72 females aged 4 to 5, 71 married females aged 20 to 30, 70 females aged 1 to 2, 70 males aged 2 to 3, 68 females aged 2 to 3, 65 females age 3 to 4, 61 males aged 1 to 2, 60 married females aged 40 to 50, 57 males aged 4 to 5, 56 males aged 3 to 4, 55 single males aged 30 to 40, 45 married males aged 60 to 70, 45 single females aged 50 to 60, 38 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 33 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 31 married females aged 50 to 60, 28 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 28 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 24 single females aged 60 to 70, 19 single males aged 40 to 50, 16 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 14 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 12 married females aged 60 to 70, 12 married males aged 70 to 80, 11 single males aged 50 to 60, 10 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 9 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 7 single females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 single males aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 single males aged 80 to 90, 3 single males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 single females aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,270 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1,120 persons originating in Ireland, 198 persons originating in Scotland, 196 persons originating in the United States, 188 persons originating in England or Wales, 117 French Canadians, 9 negroes or coloured persons, 8 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 4 male negroes or coloured persons, 4 persons originating in the West Indies, 3 female negroes or coloured persons, 2 persons originating in France, 2 persons originating in New Brunswick, 2 persons originating in Newfoundland, 2 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 2 persons originating in the East Indies, 1 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $54,306 value farms (dollars), $23,698 value all livestock, $1,840 value horses aged over 3 years, 1,357 bushels of spring wheat, $1,315 value farm implements in dollars, 1,120 bushels of oats, 977 acres of land in farms, 945 bushels of potatoes, 925 pounds of homemade butter, 860 bushels of turnips, 570 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 530 bushels of carrots, $464 value garden and orchard crops, 407 acres of farmland under cultivation, 270 bushels of corn, 265 milk cows, 248 acres of farmland under crops, 219 bushels of barley, 209 horses aged over 3 years, 186 sheep, 153 acres of farmland in pasture, 138 swine, 130 pounds of maple sugar, 129 tons of hay, 110 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 110 bushels of peas, 97 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 79 pounds of wool produced on farms, 67 acres of spring wheat, 36 bushels of buckwheat, 24 acres of oats, 20 barrels of beef, 19 barrels of pork, 18 occupants of farms, 9 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 8 acres of barley, 7 acres of potatoes, 6 acres of farmland in gardens, 5 acres of corn, 5 acres of peas, 5 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 5 bulls, oxen, or steers, 5 horses aged 3 years and under, 4 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 2 acres of turnips, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of buckwheat, 1 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $7,586 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $2,192 value carriages for hire (dollars), 167 carriages for pleasure, 68 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 40 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 23, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 17, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 9, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, 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 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 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 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 2 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: ON083002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON083002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q34047
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brockville
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brockville_(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). "Brockville, Town of, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/brockville-town-of-on083002-1861/.