Harvey, Ontario (1861 census)

Harvey was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 360. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261706. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.589°N, 78.401°W.

Population

In 1861, Harvey had a population of 360: 333 male and 27 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.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Smith & Harvey, 1851 (61.6% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Harvey shared boundaries with:

• Dummer
• Emily
• Ennismore
• Galway
• Smith
• Somerville
• Verulam

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 114 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 360 total population, 333 males, Males present who are not members of the family: 207, 196 single males, 134 married males, Male members of the family who are present: 126, 33 adult males unable to read or write, 27 females, Female members of the family who are present: 26, 17 single females, 9 married females, 4 females attending school, 3 female births, 3 males attending school, 3 widowed males, Females present who are not members of the family: 1, 1 male births, 1 widowed females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 101 single males aged 20 to 30, 48 married males aged 30 to 40, 36 single males aged 30 to 40, 35 married males aged 50 to 60, 30 married males aged 20 to 30, 28 single males aged 15 to 20, 19 married males aged 40 to 50, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 males aged 5 to 10, 6 males of unknown age, 5 single males aged 10 to 15, 4 females aged 2 to 3, 4 females aged 5 to 10, 4 single females aged 10 to 15, 3 married females aged 20 to 30, 3 married females aged 40 to 50, 2 males aged 4 to 5, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 females aged 4 to 5, 1 males aged 1 to 2, 1 males aged 2 to 3, 1 males aged 3 to 4, 1 married females aged 15 to 20, 1 married females aged 30 to 40, 1 married females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 15 to 20, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 164 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 103 persons originating in Ireland, 46 French Canadians, 16 persons originating in Scotland, 14 persons originating in England or Wales, 8 persons originating in the United States, 7 persons originating in all other places, 1 Indigenous females, 1 Indigenous males, 1 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $252,498 value farms (dollars), $43,272 value all livestock, 30,043 pounds of homemade butter, 27,079 bushels of oats, 24,576 bushels of winter wheat, 19,788 acres of land in farms, 18,365 bushels of potatoes, $17,691 value horses aged over 3 years, 15,805 bushels of turnips, 12,543 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 10,748 bushels of peas, $10,096 value farm implements in dollars, 7,245 acres of farmland under cultivation, 5,294 pounds of maple sugar, 5,070 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 4,853 bushels of spring wheat, 4,703 acres of farmland under crops, 4,331 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,610 bushels of carrots, 2,527 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,235 acres of winter wheat, 1,150 sheep, 870 tons of hay, 752 acres of oats, 561 acres of peas, $553 value garden and orchard crops, 539 swine, 519 barrels of pork, 464 calves and heifers, 406 milk cows, 377 acres of spring wheat, 199 horses aged over 3 years, 196 bulls, oxen, or steers, 167 occupants of farms, 137 acres of potatoes, 120 barrels of beef, 109 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 83 horses aged 3 years and under, 59 acres of turnips, 38 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 30 bushels of buckwheat, 20 pounds of hops, 16 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 15 acres of farmland in gardens, 12 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 acres of buckwheat, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 1,767 yards of flannel, $1,672 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 684 yards of fulled cloth, 40 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

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

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: ON093008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON138011 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261706

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). "Harvey, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/harvey-on093008-1861/.