Esquesing, Ontario (1861 census)

Esquesing was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 6,076. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q16891177. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.619°N, 79.942°W.

Population

In 1861, Esquesing had a population of 6,076: 3,120 male and 2,956 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, Esquesing shared boundaries with:

• Chinguacousy
• Eramosa
• Erin
• Georgetown, Village
• Nassagaweya
• Trafalgar

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 194 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 6,076 total population, 3,120 males, 2,956 females, Male members of the family who are present: 2,777, Female members of the family who are present: 2,741, 2,124 single males, 1,939 single females, 917 married males, 906 married females, 628 males attending school, 589 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 343, Females present who are not members of the family: 215, 126 male births, 111 female births, 111 widowed females, 79 widowed males, 26 adult males unable to read or write, 18 adult females unable to read or write, 5 lunatic males, 3 blind males, 2 lunatic females, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 451 males aged 5 to 10, 429 females aged 5 to 10, 374 single males aged 20 to 30, 356 single females aged 10 to 15, 346 single females aged 15 to 20, 336 single males aged 15 to 20, 333 single males aged 10 to 15, 324 married females aged 20 to 30, 270 married males aged 30 to 40, 248 married females aged 30 to 40, 216 single females aged 20 to 30, 206 married males aged 20 to 30, 194 married males aged 40 to 50, 167 married females aged 40 to 50, 128 married males aged 50 to 60, 116 males aged 1 to 2, 114 females aged 2 to 3, 109 females age 3 to 4, 105 males aged 2 to 3, 104 females aged 1 to 2, 104 females aged 4 to 5, 96 males aged 3 to 4, 88 males aged 4 to 5, 87 married females aged 50 to 60, 84 married males aged 60 to 70, 61 single males aged 30 to 40, 42 married females aged 60 to 70, 29 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 27 married males aged 70 to 80, 24 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 22 single females aged 30 to 40, 20 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 18 married females aged 15 to 20, 18 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 17 married females aged 70 to 80, 15 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 14 single males aged 40 to 50, 13 single females aged 40 to 50, 13 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 12 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 11 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 11 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 10 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 9 single males aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 8 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 7 single males aged 60 to 70, 6 single females aged 50 to 60, 6 single females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 5 males of unknown age, 5 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 4 married males aged 15 to 20, 4 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 females of unknown age, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 3,918 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 840 persons originating in Ireland, 636 persons originating in Scotland, 437 persons originating in England or Wales, 171 persons originating in the United States, 18 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 18 persons whose origin is unknown, 15 persons originating in New Brunswick, 12 persons originating in the West Indies, 4 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 3 male negroes or coloured persons, 2 female negroes or coloured persons, 2 French Canadians, 2 persons originating in Newfoundland, 1 persons originating in Switzerland. 1 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $2,034,320 value farms (dollars), 293,200 pounds of flax or hemp, $217,983 value all livestock, 131,133 bushels of winter wheat, 127,989 pounds of homemade butter, $93,646 value horses aged over 3 years, 82,272 bushels of oats, 73,397 bushels of potatoes, $72,761 value farm implements in dollars, 57,989 acres of land in farms, 55,539 bushels of turnips, 52,477 bushels of spring wheat, 41,613 bushels of peas, 33,804 acres of farmland under cultivation, 24,185 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 21,336 bushels of barley, 20,031 pounds of wool produced on farms, 20,016 acres of farmland under crops, 18,037 pounds of maple sugar, 13,305 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 13,100 acres of farmland in pasture, $10,675 value garden and orchard crops, 6,788 acres of winter wheat, 5,697 sheep, 4,838 bushels of carrots, 4,808 tons of hay, 3,408 swine, 3,341 gallons of cider, 2,874 acres of spring wheat, 2,365 acres of oats, 2,253 calves and heifers, 2,029 pounds of hops, 2,017 acres of peas, 1,953 milk cows, 1,677 barrels of pork, 1,546 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 1,410 horses aged over 3 years, 965 bushels of buckwheat, 854 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 809 acres of barley, 746 bushels of corn, 688 acres of farmland in gardens, 602 barrels of beef, 552 occupants of farms, 490 acres of potatoes, 443 bulls, oxen, or steers, 409 horses aged 3 years and under, 356 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 129 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 111 acres of turnips, 110 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 51 acres of buckwheat, 34 bushels of beans, 29 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 20 bushels of rye, 17 acres of corn, 16 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 15 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 7 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 acres of mangel wurtzel, 2 acres of rye. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $17,410 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 8,468 yards of flannel, 2,136 yards of fulled cloth, 323 carriages for pleasure, 50 yards of linen, $20 value carriages for hire (dollars), 1 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 1 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 45 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 30, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 15, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 4, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 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 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among males aged 90 to 100: 1 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

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: ON077001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON117001 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q16891177
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esquesing_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). "Esquesing, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/esquesing-on077001-1861/.