Vespra, Ontario (1851 census)

Vespra was a census subdivision in 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 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 1851

In the 1851 census, Vespra shared boundaries with:

• Barrie, Town of
• Essa
• Flos
• Innisfil
• Oro
• Sunnidale

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 133 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 626 total population, 328 males, 298 females, Male members of the family who are present: 296, Female members of the family who are present: 271, 216 single males, 186 single females, 106 families, 102 married males, 101 married females, 40 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 32, Females present who are not members of the family: 27, 25 females attending school, 12 male births, 11 widowed females, 10 widowed males, 7 female births. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 53 single males aged 10 to 15, 49 males aged 5 to 10, 45 females aged 5 to 10, 38 single females aged 15 to 20, 36 married females aged 20 to 30, 36 single females aged 10 to 15, 31 married males aged 30 to 40, 31 single males aged 15 to 20, 24 married females aged 30 to 40, 22 married males aged 40 to 50, 19 married males aged 20 to 30, 18 single males aged 20 to 30, 17 females aged 1 to 2, 16 married females aged 40 to 50, 16 married males aged 50 to 60, 15 males under age 1, 14 females under age 1, 13 males aged 4 to 5, 13 married females aged 50 to 60, 12 males aged 3 to 4, 11 married males aged 60 to 70, 10 females age 3 to 4, 10 females aged 2 to 3, 10 males aged 2 to 3, 9 males aged 1 to 2, 9 single females aged 20 to 30, 8 married females aged 60 to 70, 6 females aged 4 to 5, 5 single males aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 married females aged 15 to 20, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 346 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 137 persons originating in Ireland, 82 persons originating in England or Wales, 43 persons originating in Scotland, 18 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 10,855 pounds of homemade butter, 10,540 bushels of turnips, 10,433 acres of land in farms, 8,754 bushels of oats, 7,634 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,534 bushels of potatoes, 7,462 bushels of wheat, 3,927 bushels of peas, 3,030 pounds of maple sugar, 2,799 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,843 acres of farmland under crops, 1,393 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,200 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 956 acres of farmland in pasture, 603 sheep, 602 swine, 572 acres of wheat, 460 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 441 tons of hay, 350 acres of oats, 266 barrels of pork, 239 bulls, oxen, or steers, 235 acres of peas, 231 milk cows, 185 bushels of corn, 168 bushels of barley, 144 calves and heifers, 112 horses, 109 occupants of farms, 81 acres of potatoes, 71 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 70 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 66 barrels of beef, 57 acres of turnips, 30 bushels of rye, 22 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 11 acres of barley, 11 acres of corn, 9 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 4 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 3 acres of rye, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 12,000 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 2,000 feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, 1,000 yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills, $450 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 316 yards of flannel, 175 carding and fulling mills returning capital, $150 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 88 yards of fulled cloth, 3 employees in grist mills, 2 employees in saw mills, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 grist mills reporting annual production, 2 grist mills returning capital, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills reporting daily production, 1 saw mills returning capital. 8,000 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 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, 1 total number of deaths. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

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/.