Vespra, Ontario (1851 census)
Vespra was a census subdivision in Simcoe County, Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 626. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115263071. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.428°N, 79.784°W.
Population
In 1851, Vespra had a population of 626: 328 male and 298 female residents. Population density was 5.6 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 626 |
| 1861 | 1,096 |
| 1871 | 2,077 |
| 1881 | 2,879 |
| 1891 | 3,022 |
| 1901 | 2,830 |
| 1911 | 2,596 |
| 1921 | 2,281 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851
In the 1851 census, Vespra shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 270 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (23 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C10 FAM NO | 106 |
| Female members of the family who are present | 271 |
| Females present who are not members of the family | 27 |
| Male members of the family who are present | 296 |
| Males present who are not members of the family | 32 |
| Number of families | 106 |
| Number of female births in the past year | 7 |
| Number of females | 298 |
| Number of females attending school | 25 |
| Number of male births in the past year | 12 |
| Number of males | 328 |
| Number of males attending school | 40 |
| Number of married females | 101 |
| Number of married males | 102 |
| Number of single females | 186 |
| Number of single males | 216 |
| Number of widowed females | 11 |
| Number of widowed males | 10 |
| POP | 626 |
| POP FX N.1 | 298 |
| POP MX N.1 | 328 |
| POP XX N.1 | 626 |
| Total population | 626 |
Age structure (43 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of females age 3 to 4 | 10 |
| Number of females aged 1 to 2 | 17 |
| Number of females aged 2 to 3 | 10 |
| Number of females aged 4 to 5 | 6 |
| Number of females aged 5 to 10 | 45 |
| Number of females under age 1 | 14 |
| Number of males aged 1 to 2 | 9 |
| Number of males aged 2 to 3 | 10 |
| Number of males aged 3 to 4 | 12 |
| Number of males aged 4 to 5 | 13 |
| Number of males aged 5 to 10 | 49 |
| Number of males under age 1 | 15 |
| Number of married females aged 15 to 20 | 2 |
| Number of married females aged 20 to 30 | 36 |
| Number of married females aged 30 to 40 | 24 |
| Number of married females aged 40 to 50 | 16 |
| Number of married females aged 50 to 60 | 13 |
| Number of married females aged 60 to 70 | 8 |
| Number of married females aged 70 to 80 | 2 |
| Number of married males aged 20 to 30 | 19 |
| Number of married males aged 30 to 40 | 31 |
| Number of married males aged 40 to 50 | 22 |
| Number of married males aged 50 to 60 | 16 |
| Number of married males aged 60 to 70 | 11 |
| Number of married males aged 70 to 80 | 3 |
| Number of single females aged 10 to 15 | 36 |
| Number of single females aged 15 to 20 | 38 |
| Number of single females aged 20 to 30 | 9 |
| Number of single females aged 40 to 50 | 1 |
| Number of single males aged 10 to 15 | 53 |
| Number of single males aged 15 to 20 | 31 |
| Number of single males aged 20 to 30 | 18 |
| Number of single males aged 30 to 40 | 5 |
| Number of single males aged 50 to 60 | 1 |
| Number of widowed females aged 30 to 40 | 1 |
| Number of widowed females aged 40 to 50 | 1 |
| Number of widowed females aged 50 to 60 | 5 |
| Number of widowed females aged 60 to 70 | 1 |
| Number of widowed females aged 70 to 80 | 2 |
| Number of widowed males aged 40 to 50 | 2 |
| Number of widowed males aged 50 to 60 | 1 |
| Number of widowed males aged 60 to 70 | 5 |
| Number of widowed males aged 80 to 90 | 2 |
Ethnic origin (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of persons native to Canada, not of French origin | 346 |
| Number of persons originating in England or Wales | 82 |
| Number of persons originating in Ireland | 137 |
| Number of persons originating in Scotland | 43 |
| Number of persons originating in the United States | 18 |
Agriculture (60 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 11 |
| Acres of corn | 11 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 956 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 7,634 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 1,843 |
| Acres of farmland under cultivation | 2,799 |
| Acres of land in farms | 10,433 |
| Acres of oats | 350 |
| Acres of peas | 235 |
| Acres of potatoes | 81 |
| Acres of rye | 3 |
| Acres of turnips | 57 |
| Acres of wheat | 572 |
| BAR AC | 11 |
| BAR BU | 168 |
| Barrels of beef produced in the past year | 66 |
| Barrels of pork produced in the past year | 266 |
| BEEF BAR | 66 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 168 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 460 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 185 |
| Bushels of mangel wurtzel produced in the past year | 70 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 8,754 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 3,927 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 7,534 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 30 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 10,540 |
| Bushels of wheat produced in the past year | 7,462 |
| CRN AC | 11 |
| CRN BU | 185 |
| HAY TONS | 441 |
| Number of bulls, oxen, or steers | 239 |
| Number of calves and heifers | 144 |
| Number of horses | 112 |
| Number of milk cows | 231 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 109 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres | 3 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres | 9 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres | 22 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres | 71 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 4 |
| Number of sheep | 603 |
| Number of swine | 602 |
| OAT AC | 350 |
| OAT BU | 8,754 |
| PEA AC | 235 |
| PEA BU | 3,927 |
| PORK BAR | 266 |
| POT AC | 81 |
| POT BU | 7,534 |
| Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year | 1,200 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 10,855 |
| Pounds of maple sugar produced in the past year | 3,030 |
| Pounds of wool produced on farms in the past year | 1,393 |
| RYE AC | 3 |
| RYE BU | 30 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 441 |
| WHT AC | 572 |
| WHT BU | 7,462 |
| WOOL LBS | 1,393 |
Manufacturing & industry (21 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production | 8,000 |
| Feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production | 2,000 |
| Number of carding and fulling mills | 1 |
| Number of carding and fulling mills reporting | 1 |
| Number of carding and fulling mills returning capital | 175 |
| Number of employees in grist mills | 3 |
| Number of employees in saw mills | 2 |
| Number of grist mills | 2 |
| Number of grist mills powered by water | 2 |
| Number of grist mills reporting annual production | 2 |
| Number of grist mills returning capital | 2 |
| Number of saw mills | 1 |
| Number of saw mills powered by water | 1 |
| Number of saw mills reporting daily production | 1 |
| Number of saw mills returning capital | 1 |
| Pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills in the past year | 12,000 |
| Value of capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling) | 450 |
| Value of capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling) | 150 |
| Yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills in the past year | 1,000 |
| Yards of flannel produced in the past year | 316 |
| Yards of fulled cloth produced in the past year | 88 |
Deaths & mortality (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males of all ages | 1 |
| Total number of deaths in the past year | 1 |
Other recorded variables (114 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| B LBS | 10,855 |
| BOV | 239 |
| C H | 144 |
| C LBS | 1,200 |
| C01 GM NO MILLS | 1 |
| C01 SEX MALE | 328 |
| C02 SEX FEM | 298 |
| C03 GM WATER | 1 |
| C03 TOTAL | 626 |
| C04 MEM OF FAM M | 296 |
| C05 MEM OF FAM F | 271 |
| C06 NOT MEM OF FAM M | 32 |
| C07 NOT MEM OF FAM F | 27 |
| C100 BTWN 80 AND 90 M WID | 2 |
| C104 BTWN 80 AND 90 M DEATHS | 1 |
| C12 BIRTHS M | 12 |
| C12 GM CAP NO | 1 |
| C126 MD MALE | 102 |
| C127 S MALE | 216 |
| C128 WID MALE | 10 |
| C129 TOT MALE | 328 |
| C13 BIRTHS F | 7 |
| C13 GM CAP P | 500 |
| C130 MD FEM | 101 |
| C131 S FEM | 186 |
| C132 WID FEM | 11 |
| C133 TOT FEM | 298 |
| C134 GRAND TOT | 626 |
| C135 DEATHS M | 1 |
| C137 DEATHS TOT | 1 |
| C14 GM HANDS | 3 |
| C14 UNDER 1 M | 15 |
| C143 ATTND SCHOOL M | 40 |
| C144 ATTND SCHOOL F | 25 |
| C15 GM NO RETURNS | 1 |
| C15 UNDER 1 F | 14 |
| C16 SM NO | 4 |
| C18 SM WATER | 4 |
| C18 UNDER 2 M | 9 |
| C19 UNDER 2 F | 17 |
| C21 SM NO DAY | 3 |
| C22 SM FEET DAY | 6,000 |
| C22 UNDER 3 M | 10 |
| C23 UNDER 3 F | 10 |
| C26 UNDER 4 M | 12 |
| C27 UNDER 4 F | 10 |
| C28 SM RETURNS NO | 4 |
| C29 SM RETURNS P | 1,000 |
| C30 SM EMPLOYED | 8 |
| C30 UNDER 5 M | 13 |
| C31 SM NO RETURNS | 1 |
| C31 UNDER 5 F | 6 |
| C34 BTWN 5 AND 10 M | 49 |
| C35 BTWN 5 AND 10 F | 45 |
| C39 BTWN 10 AND 15 M S | 53 |
| C41 BTWN 10 AND 15 F S | 36 |
| C45 BTWN 15 AND 20 M S | 31 |
| C46 BTWN 15 AND 20 F MD | 2 |
| C47 BTWN 15 AND 20 F S | 38 |
| C50 BTWN 20 AND 30 M MD | 19 |
| C51 BTWN 20 AND 30 M S | 18 |
| C53 BTWN 20 AND 30 F MD | 36 |
| C54 BTWN 20 AND 30 F S | 9 |
| C58 BTWN 30 AND 40 M MD | 31 |
| C59 BTWN 30 AND 40 M S | 5 |
| C61 BTWN 30 AND 40 F MD | 24 |
| C63 BTWN 30 AND 40 F WID | 1 |
| C66 BTWN 40 AND 50 M MD | 22 |
| C68 BTWN 40 AND 50 M WID | 2 |
| C69 BTWN 40 AND 50 F MD | 16 |
| C70 BTWN 40 AND 50 F S | 1 |
| C71 BTWN 40 AND 50 F WID | 1 |
| C72 BTWN 40 AND 50 M DEATHS | 1 |
| C74 BTWN 50 AND 60 M MD | 16 |
| C75 BTWN 50 AND 60 M S | 1 |
| C76 BTWN 50 AND 60 M WID | 1 |
| C77 BTWN 50 AND 60 F MD | 13 |
| C79 BTWN 50 AND 60 F WID | 5 |
| C82 BTWN 60 AND 70 M MD | 11 |
| C84 BTWN 60 AND 70 M WID | 5 |
| C85 BTWN 60 AND 70 F MD | 8 |
| C87 BTWN 60 AND 70 F WID | 1 |
| C90 BTWN 70 AND 80 M MD | 3 |
| C93 BTWN 70 AND 80 F MD | 2 |
| C95 BTWN 70 AND 80 F WID | 2 |
| CD NAME | Simcoe |
| CROP | 1,843 |
| CULT | 2,799 |
| ENG WLS | 82 |
| FC YRDS | 88 |
| FLAN YRDS | 316 |
| GRA BU | 460 |
| HELD | 10,433 |
| HORSE | 112 |
| IRE | 137 |
| LINE NO | 317 |
| M COWS | 231 |
| MPLS LBS | 3,030 |
| MW BU | 70 |
| NOT FRN | 346 |
| O 10 TO 20 | 3 |
| O 100 TO 200 | 9 |
| O 20 TO 50 | 22 |
| O 50 TO 100 | 71 |
| O UNDR 10 | 4 |
| PASTURE | 956 |
| SCOT | 43 |
| SHEEP | 603 |
| SWINE | 602 |
| TOT O | 109 |
| TUR AC | 57 |
| TUR BU | 10,540 |
| US | 18 |
| WOOD | 7,634 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON035005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON144016— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q115263071
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1851 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). "Vespra, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/vespra-on035005-1851/.