Richmond, Village, Ontario (1861 census)

Richmond, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 516. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.189°N, 75.835°W.

Population

In 1861, Richmond, Village had a population of 516: 259 male and 257 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, Richmond, Village shared boundaries with:

• Goulburn

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 127 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 516 total population, 259 males, 257 females, Male members of the family who are present: 228, Female members of the family who are present: 221, 171 single males, 166 single females, 83 married males, 81 married females, Females present who are not members of the family: 36, Males present who are not members of the family: 31, 31 males attending school, 17 females attending school, 13 male births, 10 widowed females, 8 female births, 5 adult females unable to read or write, 5 widowed males, 4 adult males unable to read or write. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 34 married females aged 30 to 40, 33 females aged 5 to 10, 33 single males aged 10 to 15, 32 single females aged 15 to 20, 30 single males aged 15 to 20, 30 single males aged 20 to 30, 25 single females aged 10 to 15, 23 married males aged 30 to 40, 23 single females aged 20 to 30, 21 males aged 5 to 10, 21 married males aged 40 to 50, 19 married females aged 20 to 30, 15 married males aged 20 to 30, 13 females age 3 to 4, 12 males aged 1 to 2, 11 married males aged 60 to 70, 10 females aged 1 to 2, 10 females aged 4 to 5, 10 married females aged 40 to 50, 8 females aged 2 to 3, 8 married females aged 50 to 60, 8 married males aged 50 to 60, 7 males aged 2 to 3, 7 males aged 3 to 4, 7 males aged 4 to 5, 7 married females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 single males aged 30 to 40, 4 single females aged 30 to 40, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 370 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 127 persons originating in Ireland, 10 persons originating in England or Wales, 7 persons originating in Scotland, 2 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $91,445 value farms (dollars), $8,838 value all livestock, $6,030 value horses aged over 3 years, 3,930 bushels of oats, 3,625 pounds of homemade butter, 3,538 bushels of spring wheat, 3,353 bushels of potatoes, $1,935 value farm implements in dollars, 1,065 acres of land in farms, 1,038 bushels of peas, 734 acres of farmland under cultivation, 644 acres of farmland under crops, 440 bushels of winter wheat, 416 bushels of rye, 405 bushels of barley, 344 pounds of wool produced on farms, 331 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 185 acres of spring wheat, 164 tons of hay, 154 swine, 150 bushels of turnips, 149 acres of oats, 131 milk cows, 94 sheep, 92 horses aged over 3 years, 87 acres of farmland in pasture, 73 occupants of farms, 70 bushels of buckwheat, 68 barrels of pork, 66 calves and heifers, 48 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 44 acres of peas, 38 acres of potatoes, 26 horses aged 3 years and under, 18 acres of winter wheat, 17 acres of rye, 14 acres of barley, 13 barrels of beef, 12 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 11 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 8 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 6 bushels of corn, 3 acres of buckwheat, 3 acres of farmland in gardens, 2 bulls, oxen, or steers, 1 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $1,439 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 66 yards of flannel, 32 carriages for pleasure, 17 yards of fulled cloth. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 8 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 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: ON067010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON105013 — 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). "Richmond, Village, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/richmond-village-on067010-1861/.