Newcastle, VL, Ontario (1861 census)

Newcastle, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,029. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q555690. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.910°N, 78.589°W.

Population

In 1861, Newcastle, VL had a population of 1,029: 528 male and 501 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 Clarke, 1851 (2.6% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Newcastle, VL shared boundaries with:

• Clarke

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 151 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,029 total population, 528 males, 501 females, Male members of the family who are present: 440, Female members of the family who are present: 406, 372 single males, 345 single females, 144 married males, 140 married females, Females present who are not members of the family: 95, 89 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 88, 67 females attending school, 24 female births, 20 adult males unable to read or write, 17 adult females unable to read or write, 16 widowed females, 14 male births, 12 widowed males, 2 persons at sea, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 78 single males aged 20 to 30, 74 females aged 5 to 10, 67 males aged 5 to 10, 57 single males aged 10 to 15, 50 single females aged 10 to 15, 45 married males aged 30 to 40, 43 single males aged 15 to 20, 42 married females aged 20 to 30, 41 married females aged 30 to 40, 40 single females aged 15 to 20, 34 single females aged 20 to 30, 33 females age 3 to 4, 31 females aged 1 to 2, 29 married males aged 50 to 60, 27 married males aged 20 to 30, 26 females aged 4 to 5, 25 males aged 1 to 2, 24 males aged 3 to 4, 24 married males aged 40 to 50, 22 males aged 4 to 5, 22 married females aged 40 to 50, 22 married females aged 50 to 60, 19 males aged 2 to 3, 18 females aged 2 to 3, 16 married males aged 60 to 70, 10 single males aged 30 to 40, 9 single females aged 30 to 40, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 married females aged 60 to 70, 5 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 579 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 192 persons originating in England or Wales, 125 persons originating in Ireland, 82 persons originating in Scotland, 43 persons originating in the United States, 2 persons originating in all other places, 2 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in France. 1 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $123,440 value farms (dollars), $20,893 value all livestock, 14,737 bushels of turnips, 8,512 bushels of spring wheat, $7,041 value horses aged over 3 years, 7,015 bushels of oats, 4,150 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,800 pounds of homemade butter, 2,795 bushels of potatoes, $2,722 value farm implements in dollars, 2,605 bushels of peas, 2,475 bushels of carrots, 1,783 acres of land in farms, 1,365 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,106 acres of farmland under crops, 901 bushels of barley, 822 gallons of cider, 814 pounds of wool produced on farms, 559 bushels of winter wheat, $430 value garden and orchard crops, 418 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 386 acres of spring wheat, 345 swine, 340 bushels of corn, 273 tons of hay, 265 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 250 pounds of flax or hemp, 234 acres of farmland in pasture, 203 milk cows, 198 sheep, 174 horses aged over 3 years, 157 acres of oats, 120 pounds of maple sugar, 114 acres of peas, 110 calves and heifers, 62 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 47 acres of winter wheat, 34 barrels of pork, 30 acres of potatoes, 28 acres of turnips, 28 occupants of farms, 25 acres of farmland in gardens, 23 acres of barley, 23 horses aged 3 years and under, 13 bulls, oxen, or steers, 9 acres of corn, 8 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 5 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 3 bushels of beans, 3 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $4,350 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $1,500 value carriages for hire (dollars), 211 yards of flannel, 101 yards of fulled cloth, 66 carriages for pleasure, 20 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 1,200 pounds of fresh fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 12 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 4 people 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: ON069008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON108010_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q555690
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastle,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastle_(Ontario)

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). "Newcastle, VL, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/newcastle-vl-on069008-1861/.