Williams, West, Ontario (1861 census)

Williams, West was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,221. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.123°N, 81.743°W.

Population

In 1861, Williams, West had a population of 2,221: 1,179 male and 1,042 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 (47.9% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

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

• Adelaide
• Bosanquet
• McGillivray
• Warwick
• Williams, East

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 161 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,221 total population, 1,179 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,152, 1,042 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,013, 833 single males, 693 single females, 326 married females, 325 married males, 150 females attending school, 112 males attending school, 99 adult females unable to read or write, 90 adult males unable to read or write, 42 male births, 39 female births, Females present who are not members of the family: 29, Males present who are not members of the family: 27, 23 widowed females, 21 widowed males, 2 persons at sea, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 173 females aged 5 to 10, 167 males aged 5 to 10, 166 single males aged 10 to 15, 162 single females aged 10 to 15, 140 single males aged 20 to 30, 137 single males aged 15 to 20, 134 single females aged 15 to 20, 94 married females aged 20 to 30, 89 married males aged 40 to 50, 86 married males aged 30 to 40, 84 married females aged 30 to 40, 73 married females aged 40 to 50, 56 married males aged 50 to 60, 46 married females aged 50 to 60, 46 married males aged 20 to 30, 42 single females aged 20 to 30, 40 females aged 4 to 5, 39 females aged 1 to 2, 39 males aged 4 to 5, 37 males aged 1 to 2, 37 married males aged 60 to 70, 35 males aged 2 to 3, 32 males aged 3 to 4, 29 females age 3 to 4, 29 females aged 2 to 3, 19 married females aged 60 to 70, 16 single males aged 30 to 40, 10 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 married females aged 70 to 80, 7 married males aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 males of unknown age, 6 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 single females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,203 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 645 persons originating in Scotland, 152 persons originating in England or Wales, 125 persons originating in Ireland, 61 persons originating in the United States, 24 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 7 persons originating in New Brunswick, 2 persons originating in Germany or Holland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $408,204 value farms (dollars), 59,761 bushels of spring wheat, $59,352 value all livestock, $30,303 value horses aged over 3 years, 29,185 bushels of turnips, 27,175 acres of land in farms, 22,471 bushels of potatoes, 19,579 pounds of maple sugar, 19,048 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 17,344 bushels of oats, 16,967 pounds of homemade butter, 13,590 bushels of peas, $11,278 value farm implements in dollars, 8,127 acres of farmland under cultivation, 5,810 pounds of wool produced on farms, 5,368 acres of farmland under crops, 2,975 acres of spring wheat, 2,681 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,037 sheep, 1,755 swine, 1,425 bushels of corn, 1,306 tons of hay, 840 calves and heifers, 636 milk cows, 635 acres of peas, 628 acres of oats, 613 bushels of barley, 393 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 391 barrels of pork, 373 bulls, oxen, or steers, 357 horses aged over 3 years, 350 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 305 occupants of farms, 228 acres of potatoes, 194 bushels of carrots, 185 bushels of buckwheat, 181 acres of turnips, 162 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, $122 value garden and orchard crops, 114 bushels of winter wheat, 98 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 92 horses aged 3 years and under, 87 barrels of beef, 78 acres of farmland in gardens, 48 acres of corn, 35 bushels of rye, 30 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 29 bushels of beans, 28 acres of barley, 21 gallons of cider, 16 acres of buckwheat, 15 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 14 pounds of hops, 9 acres of winter wheat, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 4 acres of rye, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 2,807 yards of flannel, 840 yards of fulled cloth, $110 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 39 yards of linen, 2 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 29 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 19, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 4, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON086013 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON086013 — 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, West, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/williams-west-on086013-1861/.