Williams, East, Ontario (1861 census)

Williams, East was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,475. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.103°N, 81.596°W.

Population

In 1861, Williams, East had a population of 2,475: 1,260 male and 1,215 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 Williams, 1851 (52.1% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Williams, East shared boundaries with:

• Adelaide
• Lobo
• London
• McGillivray
• Williams, West

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 156 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,475 total population, 1,260 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,239, 1,215 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,202, 838 single males, 765 single females, 399 married females, 396 married males, 206 males attending school, 155 females attending school, 51 widowed females, 39 male births, 31 female births, 26 widowed males, Males present who are not members of the family: 21, Females present who are not members of the family: 13, 3 lunatic females, 3 lunatic males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 173 males aged 5 to 10, 169 females aged 5 to 10, 161 single females aged 10 to 15, 151 single males aged 20 to 30, 145 single males aged 15 to 20, 141 single males aged 10 to 15, 125 married females aged 20 to 30, 121 married males aged 30 to 40, 120 single females aged 15 to 20, 111 single females aged 20 to 30, 108 married females aged 30 to 40, 90 married males aged 40 to 50, 84 married males aged 20 to 30, 78 married females aged 40 to 50, 55 married males aged 50 to 60, 52 females aged 1 to 2, 44 males aged 1 to 2, 41 females aged 4 to 5, 41 married females aged 50 to 60, 39 males aged 3 to 4, 37 males aged 2 to 3, 34 males aged 4 to 5, 32 females aged 2 to 3, 31 females age 3 to 4, 27 married females aged 60 to 70, 25 married males aged 60 to 70, 20 single males aged 30 to 40, 18 married males aged 70 to 80, 13 married females aged 15 to 20, 11 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 10 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 9 single females aged 30 to 40, 9 single males aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 7 married females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,342 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 876 persons originating in Scotland, 132 persons originating in England or Wales, 68 persons originating in Ireland, 33 persons originating in the United States, 13 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 6 French Canadians, 4 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in Switzerland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $552,250 value farms (dollars), $82,809 value all livestock, 71,610 bushels of spring wheat, $42,120 value horses aged over 3 years, 38,585 bushels of turnips, 35,032 pounds of homemade butter, 34,476 bushels of oats, 32,194 acres of land in farms, 28,606 bushels of potatoes, 21,769 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $20,020 value farm implements in dollars, 15,341 bushels of peas, 13,980 pounds of wool produced on farms, 13,082 pounds of maple sugar, 10,425 acres of farmland under cultivation, 7,758 acres of farmland under crops, 6,614 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 4,108 sheep, 3,516 acres of spring wheat, 3,425 bushels of barley, 2,611 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,998 tons of hay, 1,933 swine, 1,370 calves and heifers, 1,154 acres of oats, 983 milk cows, $805 value garden and orchard crops, 732 acres of peas, 516 horses aged over 3 years, 315 occupants of farms, 306 bulls, oxen, or steers, 272 barrels of pork, 244 horses aged 3 years and under, 228 bushels of buckwheat, 225 acres of potatoes, 192 bushels of winter wheat, 189 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 159 bushels of corn, 157 acres of turnips, 150 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 137 bushels of carrots, 133 acres of barley, 93 pounds of hops, 87 bushels of beans, 83 barrels of beef, 56 acres of farmland in gardens, 51 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 45 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 19 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 13 acres of winter wheat, 13 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 9 acres of buckwheat, 8 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 7 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 6 acres of corn, 4 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 2,003 yards of flannel, 838 yards of fulled cloth, $280 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $240 value carriages for hire (dollars), 6 carriages for pleasure, 4 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 8 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON086012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON086012 — 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). "Williams, East, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/williams-east-on086012-1861/.