Hawkesbury W-O, Ontario (1861 census)

Hawkesbury W-O was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,186. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.541°N, 74.648°W.

Population

In 1861, Hawkesbury W-O had a population of 2,186: 1,112 male and 1,074 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 W-O shared boundaries with:

• Caledonia
• Hawkesbury E
• Hawkesbury, Village
• Lochiel
• Longueuil

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 164 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,186 total population, 1,112 males, 1,074 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,024, Female members of the family who are present: 961, 799 single males, 736 single females, 294 married males, 291 married females, 228 males attending school, 192 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 113, 102 adult males unable to read or write, Males present who are not members of the family: 88, 85 adult females unable to read or write, 47 widowed females, 46 female births, 34 male births, 19 widowed males, 5 lunatic males, 3 lunatic females, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 167 single males aged 10 to 15, 162 females aged 5 to 10, 162 single females aged 15 to 20, 162 single males aged 15 to 20, 152 males aged 5 to 10, 129 single males aged 20 to 30, 120 single females aged 10 to 15, 98 single females aged 20 to 30, 82 married females aged 20 to 30, 76 married males aged 30 to 40, 73 married females aged 30 to 40, 68 married males aged 40 to 50, 52 married females aged 40 to 50, 48 married females aged 50 to 60, 47 married males aged 50 to 60, 44 married males aged 60 to 70, 42 males aged 4 to 5, 42 married males aged 20 to 30, 37 females aged 1 to 2, 30 males aged 1 to 2, 29 females aged 4 to 5, 28 females age 3 to 4, 28 males aged 3 to 4, 27 females aged 2 to 3, 27 males aged 2 to 3, 25 married females aged 60 to 70, 16 single males aged 30 to 40, 14 single females aged 30 to 40, 13 married males aged 70 to 80, 11 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 10 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 males of unknown age, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 widowed females over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,254 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 542 French Canadians, 191 persons originating in Ireland, 136 persons originating in Scotland, 32 persons originating in the United States, 30 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $345,036 value farms (dollars), $62,818 value all livestock, 58,680 pounds of homemade butter, 50,213 bushels of oats, 36,285 bushels of potatoes, $25,681 value horses aged over 3 years, 20,269 acres of land in farms, $17,399 value farm implements in dollars, 10,499 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,770 acres of farmland under cultivation, 8,204 bushels of spring wheat, 6,983 bushels of turnips, 6,389 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 6,210 pounds of maple sugar, 6,002 bushels of corn, 5,781 acres of farmland under crops, 5,087 bushels of carrots, 4,862 bushels of peas, 4,844 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,946 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,037 bushels of barley, 2,488 tons of hay, 1,820 bushels of winter wheat, 1,613 sheep, 1,551 acres of oats, 1,533 bushels of buckwheat, 1,349 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 988 milk cows, $958 value garden and orchard crops, 832 calves and heifers, 728 swine, 656 acres of spring wheat, 558 barrels of pork, 478 horses aged over 3 years, 303 acres of potatoes, 264 acres of peas, 230 barrels of beef, 230 horses aged 3 years and under, 214 acres of corn, 200 pounds of flax or hemp, 184 occupants of farms, 169 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 133 acres of barley, 99 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 81 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 74 acres of winter wheat, 72 acres of buckwheat, 64 pounds of hops, 59 bushels of beans, 48 bushels of rye, 43 acres of farmland in gardens, 42 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 29 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 27 acres of turnips, 17 bulls, oxen, or steers, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 acres of mangel wurtzel, 4 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 acres of rye, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $8,349 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 3,686 yards of flannel, 1,405 yards of fulled cloth, 230 carriages for pleasure, $142 value carriages for hire (dollars), 6 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 17 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 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 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON094004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON114004_1901 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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 W-O, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/hawkesbury-w-o-on094004-1861/.