Hawkesbury, Village, Ontario (1861 census)

Hawkesbury, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,259. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2573770. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.603°N, 74.599°W.

Population

In 1861, Hawkesbury, Village had a population of 1,259: 655 male and 604 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 Hawkesbury, Village, 1851 (1.9% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Hawkesbury, Village shared boundaries with:

• Hawkesbury W-O

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 153 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,259 total population, 655 males, 604 females, Male members of the family who are present: 576, Female members of the family who are present: 528, 448 single males, 394 single females, 193 married males, 191 married females, 92 adult males unable to read or write, 88 adult females unable to read or write, 84 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 79, Females present who are not members of the family: 76, 58 females attending school, 34 male births, 31 female births, 19 widowed females, 14 widowed males, 2 blind males, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 103 males aged 5 to 10, 83 females aged 5 to 10, 83 married females aged 20 to 30, 73 single females aged 10 to 15, 73 single males aged 10 to 15, 68 single males aged 15 to 20, 67 married males aged 30 to 40, 66 single females aged 15 to 20, 62 married males aged 20 to 30, 53 single males aged 20 to 30, 51 married females aged 30 to 40, 41 single females aged 20 to 30, 32 males aged 3 to 4, 30 males aged 2 to 3, 27 females age 3 to 4, 26 married males aged 40 to 50, 24 married females aged 40 to 50, 23 females aged 1 to 2, 21 males aged 1 to 2, 20 females aged 2 to 3, 19 females aged 4 to 5, 17 married males aged 50 to 60, 16 married females aged 50 to 60, 16 married males aged 60 to 70, 14 males aged 4 to 5, 9 males of unknown age, 8 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 married females aged 60 to 70, 6 single males aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 30 to 40, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 537 French Canadians, 477 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 162 persons originating in Ireland, 35 persons originating in England or Wales, 28 persons originating in Scotland, 18 persons originating in the United States, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons whose origin is unknown. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $64,085 value farms (dollars), $18,749 value all livestock, 12,518 bushels of oats, 9,470 bushels of potatoes, 9,200 pounds of homemade butter, $6,520 value horses aged over 3 years, 5,231 acres of land in farms, 3,182 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $3,145 value farm implements in dollars, 2,550 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,240 bushels of turnips, 2,049 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,727 bushels of carrots, 1,453 bushels of corn, 1,209 acres of farmland under crops, 966 bushels of spring wheat, 944 bushels of barley, 894 bushels of peas, 888 pounds of wool produced on farms, 830 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 829 acres of farmland in pasture, 567 tons of hay, 488 bushels of winter wheat, 345 acres of oats, 277 sheep, 240 milk cows, 240 pounds of maple sugar, 182 calves and heifers, 181 swine, 163 bushels of buckwheat, 161 horses aged over 3 years, 80 bushels of rye, 68 acres of potatoes, 60 barrels of pork, 56 acres of spring wheat, 56 bulls, oxen, or steers, 54 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 53 horses aged 3 years and under, 42 acres of corn, 38 acres of peas, 35 acres of barley, 35 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 30 occupants of farms, 23 barrels of beef, 21 acres of winter wheat, 21 pounds of hops, 13 bushels of beans, 12 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 11 acres of farmland in gardens, 9 acres of buckwheat, 9 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 8 acres of turnips, 7 acres of rye, 4 acres of mangel wurtzel, 4 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $2,635 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 805 yards of flannel, $450 value carriages for hire (dollars), 216 yards of fulled cloth, 84 carriages for pleasure, 23 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 23 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 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: ON094005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON139008 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q2573770
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawkesbury,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawkesbury

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, Village, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/hawkesbury-village-on094005-1861/.