Alfred, Ontario (1861 census)

Alfred was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,359. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2834929. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.567°N, 74.883°W.

Population

In 1861, Alfred had a population of 1,359: 705 male and 654 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, Alfred shared boundaries with:

• Caledonia
• Longueuil
• Plantagenet N
• Plantagenet S

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 138 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,359 total population, 705 males, Male members of the family who are present: 701, 654 females, Female members of the family who are present: 639, 507 single males, 455 single females, 190 married males, 186 married females, 113 females attending school, 96 males attending school, 76 adult males unable to read or write, 65 adult females unable to read or write, 38 female births, 33 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 15, 13 widowed females, 8 widowed males, Males present who are not members of the family: 4. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 119 females aged 5 to 10, 110 males aged 5 to 10, 88 single females aged 10 to 15, 74 single males aged 10 to 15, 72 single males aged 15 to 20, 70 single females aged 15 to 20, 65 single males aged 20 to 30, 64 married females aged 20 to 30, 52 males aged 1 to 2, 52 married males aged 30 to 40, 49 married males aged 40 to 50, 47 married females aged 30 to 40, 47 married males aged 20 to 30, 37 married females aged 40 to 50, 37 single females aged 20 to 30, 26 females age 3 to 4, 26 males aged 4 to 5, 25 males aged 2 to 3, 25 males aged 3 to 4, 23 married females aged 50 to 60, 23 married males aged 50 to 60, 22 females aged 2 to 3, 20 females aged 1 to 2, 19 females aged 4 to 5, 15 married males aged 60 to 70, 10 married females aged 15 to 20, 10 single males aged 30 to 40, 7 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 married females aged 60 to 70, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,000 French Canadians, 285 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 66 persons originating in Ireland, 4 persons originating in Scotland, 3 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $74,596 value farms (dollars), $21,019 value all livestock, 18,660 bushels of oats, 13,900 bushels of potatoes, 12,122 acres of land in farms, 11,705 pounds of homemade butter, $11,009 value horses aged over 3 years, 8,586 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,795 bushels of spring wheat, 3,950 bushels of peas, 3,536 acres of farmland under cultivation, $3,058 value farm implements in dollars, 2,292 acres of farmland under crops, 1,349 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,240 acres of farmland in pasture, 813 bushels of buckwheat, 771 acres of oats, 642 bushels of barley, 591 bushels of corn, 498 sheep, 495 pounds of maple sugar, 446 tons of hay, 444 acres of spring wheat, 377 milk cows, 295 acres of peas, 293 calves and heifers, 292 swine, 270 bushels of turnips, 260 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 253 horses aged over 3 years, 242 bushels of rye, 205 barrels of pork, 152 occupants of farms, 111 acres of potatoes, 106 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 101 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 100 bushels of carrots, 95 bushels of winter wheat, 69 acres of buckwheat, 68 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 64 barrels of beef, 63 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 53 acres of barley, 50 horses aged 3 years and under, 29 acres of corn, 19 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 18 acres of rye, 14 bulls, oxen, or steers, 6 acres of winter wheat, 5 bushels of beans, 4 acres of farmland in gardens, 3 acres of turnips, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $1,566 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 1,299 yards of flannel, 706 yards of fulled cloth, 68 carriages for pleasure, 17 yards of linen. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 4, 4 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 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: ON094001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON139001 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q2834929
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_(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). "Alfred, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/alfred-on094001-1861/.