Warwick, Ontario (1861 census)

Warwick was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,388. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115263106. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.008°N, 81.901°W.

Population

In 1861, Warwick had a population of 3,388: 1,845 male and 1,543 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, Warwick shared boundaries with:

• Adelaide
• Bosanquet
• Brooke
• Metcalfe
• Plympton
• Williams, West

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 165 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,388 total population, 1,845 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,705, 1,543 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,445, 1,275 single males, 961 single females, 540 married males, 527 married females, 394 males attending school, 327 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 140, Females present who are not members of the family: 98, 74 male births, 66 female births, 55 widowed females, 31 adult females unable to read or write, 30 widowed males, 25 adult males unable to read or write, 2 lunatic males, 1 blind females, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 228 single males aged 10 to 15, 220 single females aged 10 to 15, 216 single males aged 15 to 20, 209 single males aged 20 to 30, 195 males aged 5 to 10, 176 married females aged 20 to 30, 176 single females aged 15 to 20, 174 married males aged 30 to 40, 142 married females aged 30 to 40, 139 females aged 5 to 10, 125 married males aged 40 to 50, 104 married females aged 40 to 50, 102 married males aged 20 to 30, 96 single females aged 20 to 30, 79 males aged 2 to 3, 72 females aged 4 to 5, 71 married males aged 50 to 60, 68 males aged 4 to 5, 65 females aged 2 to 3, 65 males aged 1 to 2, 61 females aged 1 to 2, 60 males aged 3 to 4, 56 females age 3 to 4, 54 married females aged 50 to 60, 50 married males aged 60 to 70, 50 single males aged 30 to 40, 25 married females aged 60 to 70, 18 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 17 single males aged 40 to 50, 16 married females aged 15 to 20, 14 married males aged 70 to 80, 12 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 10 married females aged 70 to 80, 10 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 8 single males aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,252 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 523 persons originating in Ireland, 247 persons originating in Scotland, 235 persons originating in England or Wales, 87 persons originating in the United States, 12 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 7 persons originating in New Brunswick, 7 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 5 negroes or coloured persons, 3 persons originating in Switzerland, 2 French Canadians, 2 persons originating in all other places, 2 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in the East Indies, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. 6 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $803,304 value farms (dollars), $113,161 value all livestock, 97,098 bushels of spring wheat, 93,426 pounds of homemade butter, 80,541 bushels of oats, $48,781 value horses aged over 3 years, 47,383 acres of land in farms, 45,498 pounds of maple sugar, 41,678 bushels of peas, 39,893 bushels of potatoes, 31,870 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 24,223 bushels of turnips, $23,991 value farm implements in dollars, 15,513 acres of farmland under cultivation, 12,016 pounds of wool produced on farms, 11,593 acres of farmland under crops, 6,499 bushels of barley, 4,301 acres of spring wheat, 3,803 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,795 sheep, 3,293 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,901 swine, 2,817 bushels of winter wheat, 2,621 bushels of corn, 2,476 tons of hay, 2,256 acres of oats, 2,171 calves and heifers, 1,744 acres of peas, 1,384 bushels of buckwheat, 1,341 barrels of pork, 1,304 milk cows, $1,089 value garden and orchard crops, 880 bushels of carrots, 771 horses aged over 3 years, 590 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 462 occupants of farms, 364 acres of potatoes, 312 horses aged 3 years and under, 289 bulls, oxen, or steers, 250 acres of barley, 230 barrels of beef, 229 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 194 acres of winter wheat, 150 acres of turnips, 148 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 117 acres of farmland in gardens, 115 bushels of beans, 75 pounds of flax or hemp, 73 acres of buckwheat, 66 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 65 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 40 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 37 pounds of hops, 9 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 8 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 acres of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 7,549 yards of flannel, $7,447 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 1,170 yards of fulled cloth, 224 carriages for pleasure, 18 yards of linen. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 17 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person 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: ON081011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON122010_1881 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115263106

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). "Warwick, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/warwick-on081011-1861/.