Whitchurch, Ontario (1861 census)

Whitchurch was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 6,795. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.014°N, 79.357°W.

Population

In 1861, Whitchurch had a population of 6,795: 3,604 male and 3,191 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).

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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Newmarket, Town—Ville, 1871 (0.9% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Whitchurch shared boundaries with:

• Gwillimhury, East
• King
• Markham
• Uxbridge

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 192 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 6,795 total population, 3,604 males, Male members of the family who are present: 3,254, 3,191 females, Female members of the family who are present: 2,941, 2,494 single males, 2,221 single females, 1,038 married males, 869 married females, 432 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 350, 345 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 250, 138 male births, 114 female births, 101 widowed females, 72 widowed males, 65 adult males unable to read or write, 55 adult females unable to read or write, 4 lunatic females, 3 lunatic males, 1 blind females, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 490 single males aged 20 to 30, 432 males aged 5 to 10, 419 single males aged 10 to 15, 392 single females aged 10 to 15, 383 females aged 5 to 10, 362 single females aged 15 to 20, 348 single males aged 15 to 20, 339 married males aged 30 to 40, 294 single females aged 20 to 30, 282 married females aged 30 to 40, 267 married females aged 20 to 30, 237 married males aged 40 to 50, 198 married males aged 20 to 30, 158 married females aged 40 to 50, 145 married males aged 50 to 60, 138 females aged 1 to 2, 127 males aged 2 to 3, 125 males aged 3 to 4, 122 females age 3 to 4, 119 males aged 4 to 5, 117 males aged 1 to 2, 112 single females aged 30 to 40, 111 females aged 2 to 3, 97 single males aged 30 to 40, 94 females aged 4 to 5, 82 married males aged 60 to 70, 78 married females aged 50 to 60, 48 single females aged 40 to 50, 43 married females aged 60 to 70, 37 single males aged 40 to 50, 30 married males aged 70 to 80, 29 single females aged 50 to 60, 26 single males aged 50 to 60, 25 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 24 married females aged 15 to 20, 21 single females aged 60 to 70, 21 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 19 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 19 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 16 married females aged 70 to 80, 15 single males aged 60 to 70, 15 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 15 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 13 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 12 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 8 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 married males aged 90 to 100, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 90 to 100, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 4,536 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 976 persons originating in England or Wales, 739 persons originating in Ireland, 262 persons originating in the United States, 151 persons originating in Scotland, 31 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 24 French Canadians, 19 persons originating in New Brunswick, 18 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 17 persons whose origin is unknown, 8 persons originating in France, 6 persons originating in all other places, 3 persons originating in Newfoundland, 2 persons originating in Switzerland, 1 Indigenous persons, 1 male negroes or coloured persons, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. 2 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $2,247,752 value farms (dollars), $267,502 value all livestock, 204,275 bushels of turnips, 155,967 bushels of oats, 121,045 pounds of homemade butter, $111,987 value horses aged over 3 years, $98,576 value farm implements in dollars, 91,653 bushels of spring wheat, 82,461 bushels of winter wheat, 73,976 bushels of peas, 54,512 bushels of potatoes, 49,020 acres of land in farms, 39,971 pounds of maple sugar, 29,999 acres of farmland under cultivation, 26,309 bushels of carrots, 22,659 acres of farmland under crops, 19,021 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 17,023 pounds of wool produced on farms, 13,755 bushels of barley, 13,482 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 9,365 gallons of cider, 6,929 acres of farmland in pasture, $6,848 value garden and orchard crops, 5,743 sheep, 5,554 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 4,090 acres of oats, 4,069 acres of spring wheat, 3,522 swine, 3,469 acres of winter wheat, 3,255 tons of hay, 2,800 acres of peas, 2,318 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,058 milk cows, 1,805 barrels of pork, 1,678 horses aged over 3 years, 1,587 bushels of buckwheat, 1,452 calves and heifers, 755 bushels of corn, 651 acres of turnips, 627 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 570 occupants of farms, 538 horses aged 3 years and under, 476 acres of potatoes, 442 acres of barley, 411 acres of farmland in gardens, 309 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 297 barrels of beef, 264 bulls, oxen, or steers, 200 bushels of rye, 159 pounds of hops, 144 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 121 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 85 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 62 acres of buckwheat, 55 bushels of beans, 36 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 25 acres of corn, 21 acres of mangel wurtzel, 14 acres of rye, 13 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $32,495 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 4,861 yards of flannel, 2,492 yards of fulled cloth, $865 value carriages for hire (dollars), 544 carriages for pleasure, 423 yards of linen, 14 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 45 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 24, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 21, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 8, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 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 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people 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: ON105010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON154009 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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). "Whitchurch, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/whitchurch-on105010-1861/.