Alice, Ontario (1861 census)

Alice was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 727. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.743°N, 77.301°W.

Population

In 1861, Alice had a population of 727: 1,015 male and 806 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 NO DATA, 1851 (0.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Alice shared boundaries with:

• Algona
• Nipissing
• Pettawawa, Buchanan and McKay
• Stafford
• Wilberforce

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 140 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,015 males, 806 females, Male members of the family who are present: 803, Female members of the family who are present: 732, 727 total population, 725 single males, 515 single females, 283 married males, 275 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 212, 145 males attending school, 102 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 74, 51 male births, 50 female births, 16 widowed females, 7 widowed males, 3 adult males unable to read or write, 1 lunatic females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 142 single males aged 20 to 30, 128 males aged 5 to 10, 126 married females aged 20 to 30, 115 females aged 5 to 10, 112 single males aged 15 to 20, 100 married males aged 30 to 40, 89 married males aged 20 to 30, 89 single males aged 10 to 15, 80 single females aged 10 to 15, 63 married females aged 30 to 40, 62 single females aged 15 to 20, 52 married males aged 40 to 50, 47 married females aged 40 to 50, 44 single females aged 20 to 30, 40 females age 3 to 4, 40 females aged 1 to 2, 40 single males aged 30 to 40, 39 females aged 2 to 3, 35 males aged 2 to 3, 32 males aged 3 to 4, 28 females aged 4 to 5, 28 males aged 1 to 2, 28 males aged 4 to 5, 28 married males aged 50 to 60, 20 married females aged 50 to 60, 17 single males aged 40 to 50, 15 married females aged 15 to 20, 10 males of unknown age, 10 married males aged 60 to 70, 9 single males aged 50 to 60, 7 single females aged 30 to 40, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 married females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 females of unknown age, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 383 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 139 persons originating in Ireland, 68 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 64 French Canadians, 31 persons originating in Scotland, 16 persons originating in New Brunswick, 9 persons originating in England or Wales, 6 Indigenous persons, 6 persons originating in all other places, 4 Indigenous females, 4 persons originating in the United States, 2 Indigenous males, 2 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $57,700 value farms (dollars), 17,333 acres of land in farms, 14,634 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $13,854 value all livestock, 11,278 bushels of potatoes, 8,540 bushels of oats, 6,732 pounds of homemade butter, 3,918 bushels of peas, $3,500 value horses aged over 3 years, 3,486 bushels of winter wheat, 2,699 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,530 bushels of spring wheat, 2,177 acres of farmland under crops, $2,068 value farm implements in dollars, 805 pounds of wool produced on farms, 521 acres of farmland in pasture, 483 bushels of rye, 464 acres of oats, 373 tons of hay, 318 sheep, 274 calves and heifers, 262 swine, 240 acres of peas, 232 acres of winter wheat, 179 acres of spring wheat, 165 milk cows, 140 barrels of pork, 125 occupants of farms, 100 bushels of turnips, 93 acres of potatoes, 85 bulls, oxen, or steers, 80 pounds of maple sugar, 70 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 59 horses aged over 3 years, 46 barrels of beef, 44 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 42 acres of rye, 37 horses aged 3 years and under, 24 bushels of barley, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 acres of barley, 1 acres of farmland in gardens, 1 acres of turnips, 1 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 687 yards of flannel. (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: 5, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 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 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON096002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON096002 — 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). "Alice, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/alice-on096002-1861/.