Year: 1861 | Province: Ontario | County: Grey | Wikidata: Q115261272

Derby, Ontario (1861 census)

Name: Derby (1861)
Address: Ontario, CA

Derby was a census subdivision in Grey County, Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,243. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261272. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.511°N, 81.018°W.

Population

In 1861, Derby had a population of 1,243: 631 male and 612 female residents. Population density was 18.1 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1851	471
1861	1,243
1871	1,946
1881	2,363
1891	2,200
1901	2,146
1911	1,930
1921	1,554

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, Derby shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 302 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 8 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (23 variables)

Variable	Value
Female members of the family who are present	598
Females present who are not members of the family	14
Male members of the family who are present	589
Males present who are not members of the family	42
Number of adult females unable to read or write	1
Number of adult males unable to read or write	2
Number of female births in the past year	22
Number of females	612
Number of females attending school	116
Number of male births in the past year	21
Number of males	631
Number of males attending school	155
Number of married females	179
Number of married males	179
Number of single females	403
Number of single males	425
Number of widowed females	30
Number of widowed males	27
POP FX N.1	612
POP MX N.1	631
POP TOT	1,243
POP XX N.1	1,243
Total population	1,243

Age structure (54 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of females age 3 to 4	20
Number of females aged 1 to 2	17
Number of females aged 2 to 3	20
Number of females aged 4 to 5	15
Number of females aged 5 to 10	60
Number of males aged 1 to 2	21
Number of males aged 2 to 3	13
Number of males aged 3 to 4	18
Number of males aged 4 to 5	12
Number of males aged 5 to 10	69
Number of married females aged 15 to 20	3
Number of married females aged 20 to 30	46
Number of married females aged 30 to 40	49
Number of married females aged 40 to 50	38
Number of married females aged 50 to 60	26
Number of married females aged 60 to 70	16
Number of married females aged 70 to 80	1
Number of married males aged 15 to 20	1
Number of married males aged 20 to 30	30
Number of married males aged 30 to 40	43
Number of married males aged 40 to 50	49
Number of married males aged 50 to 60	26
Number of married males aged 60 to 70	19
Number of married males aged 70 to 80	9
Number of married males aged 80 to 90	2
Number of single females aged 10 to 15	62
Number of single females aged 15 to 20	77
Number of single females aged 20 to 30	72
Number of single females aged 30 to 40	21
Number of single females aged 40 to 50	5
Number of single females aged 50 to 60	4
Number of single females aged 60 to 70	6
Number of single females aged 80 to 90	2
Number of single males aged 10 to 15	69
Number of single males aged 15 to 20	76
Number of single males aged 20 to 30	89
Number of single males aged 30 to 40	24
Number of single males aged 40 to 50	8
Number of single males aged 50 to 60	2
Number of single males aged 60 to 70	2
Number of single males aged 80 to 90	1
Number of widowed females aged 30 to 40	2
Number of widowed females aged 40 to 50	5
Number of widowed females aged 50 to 60	5
Number of widowed females aged 60 to 70	9
Number of widowed females aged 70 to 80	6
Number of widowed females aged 80 to 90	3
Number of widowed males aged 20 to 30	2
Number of widowed males aged 30 to 40	2
Number of widowed males aged 40 to 50	2
Number of widowed males aged 50 to 60	4
Number of widowed males aged 60 to 70	6
Number of widowed males aged 70 to 80	8
Number of widowed males aged 80 to 90	3

Ethnic origin (7 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of persons native to Canada, not of French origin	730
Number of persons originating in England or Wales	88
Number of persons originating in Germany or Holland	6
Number of persons originating in Ireland	197
Number of persons originating in New Brunswick	1
Number of persons originating in Scotland	200
Number of persons originating in the United States	19

Agriculture (74 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	28
Acres of buckwheat	1
Acres of corn	7
Acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers	1,552
Acres of farmland in gardens	57
Acres of farmland in pasture	1,335
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	15,806
Acres of farmland under crops	5,077
Acres of farmland under cultivation	6,469
Acres of land in farms	22,275
Acres of oats	601
Acres of peas	369
Acres of potatoes	190
Acres of spring wheat	1,849
Acres of turnips	245
Acres of winter wheat	48
Barrels of beef produced in the past year	81
Barrels of pork produced in the past year	398
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	510
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	6
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year	26
Bushels of carrots produced in the past year	381
Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year	160
Bushels of corn produced in the past year	42
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	17,579
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	7,317
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	23,710
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	29,500
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	55,380
Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year	895
C18 WHT FALL AC	48
C19 WHT FALL BU	895
C20 WHT SP AC	1,849
C21 WHT SP BU	29,500
C22 BAR AC	28
C23 BAR BU	510
C26 PEA AC	369
C27 PEA BU	7,317
C28 OAT AC	601
C29 OAT BU	17,579
C30 BWT AC	1
C31 BWT BU	26
C34 POT AC	190
C35 POT BU	23,710
C43 HAY TONS	1,322
C47 WOOL LBS	2,747
C63 BEEF BAR	81
C64 PORK BAR	398
HRS ov03 V	12,162
Number of bulls, oxen, or steers	269
Number of calves and heifers	768
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	68
Number of horses aged over 3 years	167
Number of milk cows	486
Number of occupants of farms	200
Number of persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres	3
Number of persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres	37
Number of persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres	35
Number of persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres	110
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	9
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	6
Number of sheep	959
Number of swine	626
Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year	2,709
Pounds of flax or hemp produced in the past year	38
Pounds of homemade butter	28,925
Pounds of hops produced in the past year	131
Pounds of maple sugar produced in the past year	9,431
Pounds of wool produced on farms in the past year	2,747
Tons of hay produced in the past year	1,322
Value of all livestock	45,488
Value of farm implements in dollars	14,806
Value of farms (dollars)	242,666
Value of garden and orchard crops produced in the past year	443

Manufacturing & industry (5 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of carriages for pleasure	16
Value of carriages for pleasure (dollars)	745
Yards of flannel produced in the past year	2,738
Yards of fulled cloth produced in the past year	506
Yards of linen produced in the past year	5

Fisheries (1 variable)

Variable	Value
Barrels of salted fish sold in the past year	9

Deaths & mortality (5 variables)

Variable	Value
Deaths in the past year among females of all ages	1
Deaths in the past year among females under age 1	2
Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2	1
Deaths in the past year among males of all ages	2
Total number of deaths in the past year	3

Other recorded variables (133 variables)

Variable	Value
C01 TOTAL	200
C02 OCC UNDR 10	6
C03 OCC 10 TO 20	3
C04 OCC 20 TO 50	35
C05 OCC 50 TO 100	110
C06 OCC 100 TO 200	37
C07 OCC OVR 200	9
C08 HELD	22,275
C09 UNDR CULT	6,469
C1 Males	631
C10 UNDR CROP	5,077
C11 Deaths under 1 year F	2
C11 UNDR PAST	1,335
C12 GARDENS	57
C12 Under 2 Years M	21
C120 Married M	179
C121 Single M	425
C122 Widowed M	27
C123 Total M	631
C124 Married F	179
C125 Single F	403
C126 Widows F	30
C127 Total F	612
C128 Grand Total	1,243
C129 Deaths M	2
C13 Under 2 Years F	17
C13 WOOD WILD	15,806
C130 Deaths F	1
C131 Deaths Total	3
C136 Attending School M	155
C137 Attending School F	116
C138 Adults unable to read or write M	2
C139 Adults unable to read or write F	1
C14 CASH FARM	242,666
C14 Deaths under 2 years M	1
C15 CASH IMP	14,806
C16 GARDN VALUE	443
C16 Under 3 years M	13
C17 LAND HELD	1,552
C17 Under 3 years F	20
C2 Females	612
C20 Under 4 years M	18
C21 Under 4 years F	20
C24 Under 5 years M	12
C25 Under 5 years F	15
C28 Between 5 and 10 Years M	69
C29 Between 5 and 10 years F	60
C3 Total	1,243
C32 INDN CRN AC	7
C33 Between 10 and 15 years Single M	69
C33 INDN CRN BU	42
C35 Between 10 and 15 years Single F	62
C36 TUR AC	245
C37 TUR BU	55,380
C38 Between 15 and 20 years Married M	1
C38 CAR BU	381
C39 Between 15 and 20 years Single M	76
C4 Members of Family M	589
C40 Between 15 and 20 years Married F	3
C41 BEN BU	6
C41 Between 15 and 20 years Single F	77
C42 CLV TIM GRA	160
C44 Between 20 and 30 years Married M	30
C44 HOP LBS	131
C45 Between 20 and 30 years Single M	89
C45 MPL SGR LBS	9,431
C46 Between 20 and 30 years Widowers M	2
C47 Between 20 and 30 years Married F	46
C48 Between 20 and 30 years Single F	72
C48 FLLD CLOTH YRDS	506
C49 FLAN YRDS	2,738
C5 Members of Family F	598
C50 FLX HEM LBS	38
C51 LIN YRDS	5
C52 Between 30 and 40 years Married M	43
C52 BULLS OX STEERS	269
C53 Between 30 and 40 years Single M	24
C53 MILK COWS	486
C54 Between 30 and 40 years Widowers M	2
C54 CALVES HEIFERS	768
C55 Between 30 and 40 years Married F	49
C55 HORSES	167
C56 Between 30 and 40 years Single F	21
C56 HORSES VAL	12,162
C57 Between 30 and 40 years Widows F	2
C57 COLTS FILLIES	68
C58 SHEEP	959
C59 SWINE	626
C6 Not Members of Family M	42
C60 Between 40 and 50 years Married M	49
C60 TOT VALUE	45,488
C61 Between 40 and 50 years Single M	8
C61 BUTTER LB	28,925
C62 Between 40 and 50 years Widowers M	2
C62 CHEESE LB	2,709
C63 Between 40 and 50 years Married F	38
C64 Between 40 and 50 years Single F	5
C65 Between 40 and 50 years Widows F	5
C66 FISH SALTED	9
C68 Between 50 and 60 years Married M	26
C68 CAR PLEASURE	16
C69 Between 50 and 60 years Single M	2
C69 VALUE DOL P	745
C7 Not Members of Family F	14
C70 Between 50 and 60 years Widowers M	4
C71 Between 50 and 60 years Married F	26
C72 Between 50 and 60 years Single F	4
C73 Between 50 and 60 years Widows F	5
C76 Between 60 and 70 years Married M	19
C77 Between 60 and 70 years Single M	2
C78 Between 60 and 70 years Widowers M	6
C79 Between 60 and 70 years Married F	16
C8 Births in 1860 M	21
C80 Between 60 and 70 years Single F	6
C81 Between 60 and 70 years Widows F	9
C84 Between 70 and 80 years Married M	9
C86 Between 70 and 80 years Widowers M	8
C87 Between 70 and 80 years Married F	1
C89 Between 70 and 80 years Widows F	6
C9 Births in 1860 F	22
C92 Between 80 and 90 years Married M	2
C93 Between 80 and 90 years Single M	1
C94 Between 80 and 90 years Widowers M	3
C96 Between 80 and 90 years Single F	2
C97 Between 80 and 90 years Widows F	3
CD NAME	Grey
England and Wales	88
Ireland	197
Natives of Canada Not of French Origin	732
New Brunswick	1
Prussia German States and Holland	6
Scotland	200
United States	19

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON075004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON114004 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q115261272

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). "Derby, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/derby-on075004-1861/.