Vespra, Ontario (1861 census)

Vespra was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,096. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115263071. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.428°N, 79.784°W.

Population

In 1861, Vespra had a population of 1,096.

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, Vespra shared boundaries with:

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

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 64 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,096 total population, 2 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 654 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 178 persons originating in Ireland, 132 persons originating in England or Wales, 91 persons originating in Scotland, 28 persons originating in the United States, 6 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 5 French Canadians, 1 negroes or coloured persons. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $173,040 value farms (dollars), 45,555 bushels of turnips, $34,703 value all livestock, 24,840 bushels of spring wheat, 22,695 pounds of homemade butter, 21,878 bushels of potatoes, 19,804 bushels of oats, $15,610 value horses aged over 3 years, 12,150 acres of land in farms, 10,882 bushels of peas, 9,295 pounds of maple sugar, $8,878 value farm implements in dollars, 7,941 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,209 acres of farmland under cultivation, 3,608 acres of farmland under crops, 1,456 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,257 bushels of winter wheat, 1,172 acres of spring wheat, 786 swine, 734 tons of hay, $710 value garden and orchard crops, 574 acres of oats, 572 acres of farmland in pasture, 508 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 478 sheep, 456 acres of peas, 358 calves and heifers, 337 milk cows, 317 barrels of pork, 204 horses aged over 3 years, 200 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 183 acres of potatoes, 178 acres of turnips, 156 bushels of barley, 133 occupants of farms, 127 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 125 bulls, oxen, or steers, 72 barrels of beef, 71 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 64 acres of winter wheat, 63 horses aged 3 years and under, 50 bushels of rye, 43 bushels of corn, 41 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 29 acres of farmland in gardens, 19 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 7 acres of barley, 3 acres of corn, 3 acres of rye, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $1,608 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 731 yards of flannel, 112 yards of fulled cloth, 33 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON098021 — 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 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). "Vespra, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/vespra-on098021-1861/.