Bromley, Ontario (1861 census)

Bromley was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,275. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115260942. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.581°N, 76.942°W.

Population

In 1861, Bromley had a population of 1,275: 664 male and 611 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, Bromley shared boundaries with:

• Admaston
• Grattan
• Ross
• Stafford
• Westmeath
• Wilberforce

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 137 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,275 total population, 664 males, 611 females, Male members of the family who are present: 583, Female members of the family who are present: 556, 474 single males, 427 single females, 179 married males, 168 married females, 135 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 81, 76 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 55, 41 adult females unable to read or write, 31 male births, 30 adult males unable to read or write, 25 female births, 16 widowed females, 11 widowed males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 106 females aged 5 to 10, 99 males aged 5 to 10, 86 single males aged 10 to 15, 78 single males aged 20 to 30, 76 single males aged 15 to 20, 75 single females aged 15 to 20, 68 single females aged 10 to 15, 63 married females aged 20 to 30, 54 married males aged 30 to 40, 50 married females aged 30 to 40, 47 married males aged 40 to 50, 42 married males aged 20 to 30, 34 females aged 2 to 3, 33 females age 3 to 4, 30 females aged 1 to 2, 30 single females aged 20 to 30, 28 males aged 1 to 2, 26 married males aged 50 to 60, 25 married females aged 40 to 50, 24 males aged 3 to 4, 21 males aged 2 to 3, 19 females aged 4 to 5, 18 males aged 4 to 5, 15 married females aged 50 to 60, 11 married females aged 15 to 20, 10 married males aged 60 to 70, 9 single males aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 married females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 females of unknown age, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 775 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 353 persons originating in Ireland, 50 persons originating in Scotland, 37 French Canadians, 27 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 20 persons originating in England or Wales, 10 persons originating in the United States, 2 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $111,800 value farms (dollars), $31,177 value all livestock, 28,145 acres of land in farms, 27,515 bushels of oats, 22,228 bushels of potatoes, 22,141 pounds of homemade butter, 21,498 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $13,202 value horses aged over 3 years, 10,586 bushels of spring wheat, $6,919 value farm implements in dollars, 6,647 acres of farmland under cultivation, 4,495 acres of farmland under crops, 3,617 bushels of winter wheat, 3,270 bushels of peas, 2,146 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,837 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,410 bushels of turnips, 1,291 acres of oats, 1,130 pounds of maple sugar, 963 tons of hay, 688 sheep, 682 acres of spring wheat, 454 swine, 420 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 396 milk cows, 360 calves and heifers, 266 barrels of pork, 264 acres of peas, 248 bushels of barley, 192 occupants of farms, 189 horses aged over 3 years, 188 acres of winter wheat, 176 acres of potatoes, 120 bushels of carrots, 113 bulls, oxen, or steers, 113 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 103 barrels of beef, 76 horses aged 3 years and under, 59 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 39 pounds of hops, 33 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 17 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 16 acres of barley, 10 bushels of beans, 10 bushels of rye, 9 acres of turnips, 6 acres of farmland in gardens, 3 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 1 acres of rye. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 2,127 yards of flannel, 514 yards of fulled cloth, $345 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 60 yards of linen, 8 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 3 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON096007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON142007 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115260942

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). "Bromley, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/bromley-on096007-1861/.