Hawkesbury E, Ontario (1861 census)

Hawkesbury E was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 4,226. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3128766. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.507°N, 74.488°W.

Population

In 1861, Hawkesbury E had a population of 4,226: 2,151 male and 2,075 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, Hawkesbury E shared boundaries with:

• Hawkesbury W-O
• Lochiel
• Newton
• Rigaud

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 177 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 4,226 total population, 2,151 males, 2,075 females, Male members of the family who are present: 2,043, Female members of the family who are present: 1,983, 1,514 single males, 1,431 single females, 597 married females, 595 married males, 414 females attending school, 372 adult males unable to read or write, 368 males attending school, 297 adult females unable to read or write, Males present who are not members of the family: 108, 108 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 92, 82 female births, 47 widowed females, 42 widowed males, 3 lunatic females, 1 blind females, 1 blind males, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 314 females aged 5 to 10, 310 males aged 5 to 10, 300 single females aged 10 to 15, 279 single males aged 10 to 15, 273 single males aged 15 to 20, 259 single females aged 15 to 20, 200 single males aged 20 to 30, 193 married females aged 20 to 30, 176 married females aged 30 to 40, 170 married males aged 30 to 40, 146 married males aged 40 to 50, 126 single females aged 20 to 30, 119 married males aged 20 to 30, 108 married females aged 40 to 50, 100 females aged 1 to 2, 92 married males aged 50 to 60, 79 females aged 2 to 3, 77 males aged 1 to 2, 77 males aged 3 to 4, 75 males aged 4 to 5, 72 females aged 4 to 5, 72 males aged 2 to 3, 70 females age 3 to 4, 69 married females aged 50 to 60, 42 married males aged 60 to 70, 24 married females aged 60 to 70, 19 single males aged 30 to 40, 18 married males aged 70 to 80, 16 married females aged 15 to 20, 15 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 14 single females aged 30 to 40, 14 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 9 married females aged 70 to 80, 9 single males aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 single males aged 60 to 70, 4 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 married males aged 90 to 100, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 females of unknown age, 1 males of unknown age, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,014 French Canadians, 1,705 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 245 persons originating in Ireland, 164 persons originating in Scotland, 40 persons originating in the United States, 36 persons originating in England or Wales, 12 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 5 persons originating in all other places, 2 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 2 persons originating in Switzerland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $633,480 value farms (dollars), 115,790 pounds of homemade butter, $112,420 value all livestock, 89,432 bushels of oats, 58,387 bushels of potatoes, $45,690 value horses aged over 3 years, 37,500 acres of land in farms, $23,347 value farm implements in dollars, 21,481 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 17,369 bushels of peas, 16,420 bushels of spring wheat, 16,019 acres of farmland under cultivation, 12,992 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 9,323 acres of farmland under crops, 8,201 pounds of wool produced on farms, 7,852 pounds of maple sugar, 6,771 bushels of corn, 6,617 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,686 bushels of turnips, 5,674 bushels of barley, 3,575 bushels of buckwheat, 3,314 tons of hay, $3,140 value garden and orchard crops, 2,896 acres of oats, 2,754 sheep, 2,669 bushels of carrots, 1,652 milk cows, 1,510 swine, 1,463 bushels of winter wheat, 1,459 calves and heifers, 1,305 bushels of rye, 1,219 barrels of pork, 1,194 acres of spring wheat, 993 acres of peas, 858 horses aged over 3 years, 447 acres of potatoes, 417 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 386 horses aged 3 years and under, 383 occupants of farms, 332 barrels of beef, 319 acres of barley, 231 acres of buckwheat, 200 acres of corn, 187 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 140 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 102 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 87 acres of rye, 79 acres of farmland in gardens, 72 acres of winter wheat, 60 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 47 bulls, oxen, or steers, 40 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 37 bushels of beans, 22 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 18 acres of turnips, 10 pounds of flax or hemp, 6 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 6 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 4 pounds of hops, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $9,546 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 6,008 yards of flannel, 3,111 yards of fulled cloth, 310 carriages for pleasure, 65 yards of linen, $16 value carriages for hire (dollars), 1 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 3,800 pounds of fresh fish sold, 25 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 19 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 8, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 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 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1. (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: ON094003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON139003_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3128766
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Hawkesbury
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawkesbury_Est

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). "Hawkesbury E, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/hawkesbury-e-on094003-1861/.