Chinguacousy, Ontario (1861 census)

Chinguacousy was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 6,897. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5101043. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.735°N, 79.826°W.

Population

In 1861, Chinguacousy had a population of 6,897: 3,627 male and 3,270 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, Chinguacousy shared boundaries with:

• Albion
• Brampton, T-V
• Caledon
• Erin
• Esquesing
• Toronto
• Toronto Gore
• Trafalgar

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 191 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 6,897 total population, 3,627 males, 3,270 females, Male members of the family who are present: 3,189, Female members of the family who are present: 2,939, 2,523 single males, 2,104 single females, 1,025 married males, 1,007 married females, 861 males attending school, 629 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 438, Females present who are not members of the family: 331, 159 widowed females, 149 female births, 124 male births, 79 widowed males, 37 adult males unable to read or write, 12 adult females unable to read or write, 2 blind males, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 blind females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 484 males aged 5 to 10, 479 single males aged 20 to 30, 458 single males aged 10 to 15, 442 females aged 5 to 10, 400 single females aged 15 to 20, 400 single males aged 15 to 20, 382 single females aged 10 to 15, 315 married females aged 20 to 30, 285 married females aged 30 to 40, 267 married males aged 30 to 40, 244 single females aged 20 to 30, 232 married males aged 20 to 30, 220 married males aged 40 to 50, 192 married females aged 40 to 50, 170 married males aged 50 to 60, 130 males aged 1 to 2, 126 females aged 1 to 2, 122 males aged 2 to 3, 119 males aged 4 to 5, 119 married females aged 50 to 60, 116 females age 3 to 4, 113 females aged 2 to 3, 110 males aged 3 to 4, 105 married males aged 60 to 70, 89 females aged 4 to 5, 57 married females aged 60 to 70, 50 single males aged 30 to 40, 35 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 31 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 30 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 28 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 24 married females aged 15 to 20, 23 married males aged 70 to 80, 22 single females aged 30 to 40, 20 single males aged 40 to 50, 18 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 18 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 16 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 14 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 13 single males aged 50 to 60, 11 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 10 males of unknown age, 10 married females aged 70 to 80, 10 single females aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 8 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 married males aged 80 to 90, 6 single females aged 50 to 60, 6 single males aged 60 to 70, 6 single males aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 5 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 4 married females aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 married females aged 10 to 15, 1 widowed males over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 4,491 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1,096 persons originating in Ireland, 767 persons originating in England or Wales, 417 persons originating in Scotland, 105 persons originating in the United States, 9 French Canadians, 6 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 5 female negroes or coloured persons, 4 male negroes or coloured persons, 3 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $3,814,250 value farms (dollars), $318,996 value all livestock, 231,682 pounds of homemade butter, 230,820 bushels of winter wheat, 157,356 pounds of flax or hemp, $156,326 value horses aged over 3 years, 156,035 bushels of oats, $140,096 value farm implements in dollars, 105,177 bushels of potatoes, 100,994 bushels of spring wheat, 84,512 bushels of peas, 77,252 acres of land in farms, 76,114 bushels of turnips, 67,263 bushels of barley, 52,964 acres of farmland under cultivation, 42,972 acres of farmland under crops, 31,683 pounds of wool produced on farms, $14,546 value garden and orchard crops, 12,729 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 12,542 acres of winter wheat, 10,526 pounds of maple sugar, 10,298 bushels of carrots, 9,203 sheep, 8,985 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,188 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 7,014 gallons of cider, 6,553 tons of hay, 5,211 acres of spring wheat, 5,052 swine, 4,390 acres of oats, 3,851 acres of peas, 3,562 barrels of pork, 3,240 bushels of buckwheat, 3,215 calves and heifers, 2,889 milk cows, 2,626 acres of barley, 2,428 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,069 horses aged over 3 years, 1,007 acres of farmland in gardens, 804 barrels of beef, 692 bushels of corn, 679 acres of potatoes, 675 occupants of farms, 591 horses aged 3 years and under, 380 bushels of rye, 367 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 313 bulls, oxen, or steers, 288 acres of turnips, 268 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 147 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 129 acres of buckwheat, 128 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 104 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 48 pounds of hops, 47 acres of mangel wurtzel, 39 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 38 bushels of beans, 27 acres of rye, 14 acres of corn, 10 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 8 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $32,701 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 10,034 yards of flannel, 2,917 yards of fulled cloth, 528 carriages for pleasure, $200 value carriages for hire (dollars), 30 yards of linen, 2 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 38 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 22, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 16, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 3, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 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 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 6 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: ON091004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON136003_1891 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q5101043
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinguacousy_Township

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). "Chinguacousy, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/chinguacousy-on091004-1861/.