Whitby, West, Ontario (1861 census)
Whitby, West was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,546. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q386338. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.939°N, 78.967°W.
Population
In 1861, Whitby, West had a population of 3,546: 1,893 male and 1,653 female residents.
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Whitby, 1851 (46.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861
In the 1861 census, Whitby, West shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1861
The 1861 census recorded 182 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,546 total population, 1,893 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,712, 1,653 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,488, 1,343 single males, 1,113 single females, 516 married males, 466 married females, 378 males attending school, 329 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 181, Females present who are not members of the family: 165, 74 widowed females, 73 male births, 59 female births, 40 adult females unable to read or write, 40 adult males unable to read or write, 34 widowed males, 4 lunatic males, 2 deaf and dumb females, 1 blind females, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)
Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 248 single males aged 20 to 30, 246 single males aged 10 to 15, 221 males aged 5 to 10, 221 single females aged 15 to 20, 210 single males aged 15 to 20, 208 single females aged 10 to 15, 193 females aged 5 to 10, 146 single females aged 20 to 30, 137 married males aged 30 to 40, 130 married females aged 20 to 30, 121 married males aged 40 to 50, 117 married females aged 30 to 40, 101 married females aged 40 to 50, 89 married males aged 50 to 60, 85 married males aged 20 to 30, 74 males aged 2 to 3, 66 males aged 1 to 2, 64 married females aged 50 to 60, 62 single males aged 30 to 40, 61 females aged 2 to 3, 60 females aged 4 to 5, 57 married males aged 60 to 70, 53 males aged 3 to 4, 52 females age 3 to 4, 51 females aged 1 to 2, 48 males aged 4 to 5, 34 married females aged 60 to 70, 30 single females aged 30 to 40, 22 married males aged 70 to 80, 21 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 18 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 15 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 14 single males aged 40 to 50, 13 married females aged 70 to 80, 13 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 10 single females aged 40 to 50, 10 single females aged 50 to 60, 10 single males aged 50 to 60, 9 single females aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 single males aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 males of unknown age, 5 single males aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)
Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,158 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 656 persons originating in England or Wales, 321 persons originating in Scotland, 238 persons originating in Ireland, 149 persons originating in the United States, 11 persons originating in New Brunswick, 4 persons originating in all other places, 4 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in the East Indies, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $1,484,556 value farms (dollars), 247,179 bushels of turnips, $163,783 value all livestock, 77,854 bushels of spring wheat, 75,855 pounds of homemade butter, 74,282 bushels of oats, $66,638 value horses aged over 3 years, $50,402 value farm implements in dollars, 35,214 bushels of peas, 30,969 bushels of potatoes, 27,849 acres of land in farms, 21,413 bushels of carrots, 19,809 bushels of winter wheat, 19,395 acres of farmland under cultivation, 18,259 pounds of wool produced on farms, 14,759 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 14,657 acres of farmland under crops, 12,500 bushels of barley, 11,534 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 8,454 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $6,730 value garden and orchard crops, 4,957 pounds of maple sugar, 4,539 gallons of cider, 4,527 bushels of corn, 4,365 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,633 acres of spring wheat, 3,315 sheep, 3,112 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,677 tons of hay, 2,058 acres of oats, 1,703 swine, 1,507 calves and heifers, 1,463 acres of peas, 1,383 milk cows, 1,227 acres of winter wheat, 1,011 horses aged over 3 years, 651 barrels of pork, 636 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 617 acres of turnips, 374 acres of barley, 373 acres of farmland in gardens, 277 acres of potatoes, 267 bushels of buckwheat, 267 occupants of farms, 243 horses aged 3 years and under, 202 bulls, oxen, or steers, 200 bushels of rye, 149 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 140 acres of corn, 136 pounds of hops, 86 bushels of beans, 86 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 84 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 60 barrels of beef, 37 acres of mangel wurtzel, 23 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 9 acres of buckwheat, 6 acres of rye, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 3 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)
Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $18,361 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 2,337 yards of flannel, 523 yards of fulled cloth, 348 carriages for pleasure, $100 value carriages for hire (dollars), 1 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)
Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 37 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 23, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 14, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 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 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 24 people connected to this place who were alive in 1861, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Annie Amelia Chesley | 1857–1910 | born here |
| James Francis White | 1857–1922 | born here |
| Nicholas Du Bois Dominic Beck | 1857–1928 | born here |
| Robert Miller | 1857–1935 | born here |
| Charles Coursolles McCaul | 1858–1928 | born here |
| Charles Hastings | 1858–1931 | born here |
| Edwin Carswell | 1858–1919 | born here |
| Henry Oscar Partridge | 1858–1916 | born here |
| Jacob Gill Gaudaur | 1858–1937 | born here |
| Thomas Nathaniel Willing | 1858–1920 | born here |
| Colin H. Campbell | 1859–1914 | born here |
| Malcolm Smith Mercer | 1859–1916 | born here |
| Robert Franklin Sutherland | 1859–1922 | born here |
| Robert Thornton Lowery | 1859–1921 | born here |
| Thomas Edmonds Wilson | 1859–1933 | born here |
| William Henry Beaufort Aikins | 1859–1924 | born here |
| Ada Mary Brown | 1860–1923 | born here |
| Erastus William Wilson | 1860–1922 | born here |
| Frederick Coate Wade | 1860–1924 | born here |
| Napoléon Antoine Belcourt | 1860–1932 | born here |
| Samuel Thomas Wood | 1860–1917 | born here |
| Sir Augustus Meredith Nanton | 1860–1925 | born here |
| Albert Gooderham | 1861–1935 | born here |
| Tobias Crawford Norris | 1861–1936 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON089012— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON089012— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q386338
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitby,_Ontario
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitby_(Ontario)
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). "Whitby, West, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/whitby-west-on089012-1861/.