Bagot and Brougham, Ontario (1861 census)

Bagot and Brougham was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,550. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.268°N, 76.884°W.

Population

In 1861, Bagot and Brougham had a population of 1,550: 921 male and 807 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 contained Bagot, 1851 (35.1% share).
• In an earlier year, this CSD contained Brougham, 1851 (64.8% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Brougham, 1871 (64.8% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Bagot and Brougham shared boundaries with:

• Admaston
• Blithfield
• Grattan
• Lavant
• Miller and Canonto
• NO DATA
• Sebastopol and Griffith

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 144 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,550 total population, 921 males, Male members of the family who are present: 855, 807 females, Female members of the family who are present: 759, 655 single males, 561 single females, 249 married males, 232 married females, 142 males attending school, 138 females attending school, 75 adult males unable to read or write, Males present who are not members of the family: 66, 65 adult females unable to read or write, Females present who are not members of the family: 48, 33 male births, 32 female births, 17 widowed males, 14 widowed females, 3 lunatic males, 3 persons at sea, 2 lunatic females, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 157 females aged 5 to 10, 132 males aged 5 to 10, 126 single males aged 10 to 15, 116 single females aged 10 to 15, 107 single males aged 20 to 30, 96 single males aged 15 to 20, 93 single females aged 15 to 20, 84 married males aged 40 to 50, 78 married females aged 30 to 40, 76 married females aged 20 to 30, 66 married males aged 30 to 40, 47 married females aged 40 to 50, 44 married males aged 20 to 30, 41 females age 3 to 4, 41 married males aged 50 to 60, 38 males aged 1 to 2, 34 females aged 2 to 3, 34 males aged 4 to 5, 33 males aged 3 to 4, 30 females aged 1 to 2, 28 females aged 4 to 5, 28 males aged 2 to 3, 27 single females aged 20 to 30, 22 married females aged 50 to 60, 11 married males aged 60 to 70, 11 single males aged 30 to 40, 10 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 males of unknown age, 4 married females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 females of unknown age, 1 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,031 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 358 persons originating in Ireland, 95 persons originating in Scotland, 41 persons originating in England or Wales, 19 persons originating in the United States, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in the East Indies. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $132,026 value farms (dollars), 42,631 bushels of potatoes, $39,997 value all livestock, 32,605 pounds of homemade butter, 30,318 acres of land in farms, 20,989 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 18,897 bushels of oats, $10,872 value horses aged over 3 years, 10,326 bushels of spring wheat, 9,329 acres of farmland under cultivation, 8,062 pounds of maple sugar, $6,526 value farm implements in dollars, 4,727 acres of farmland under crops, 4,602 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,978 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,589 bushels of peas, 2,068 bushels of winter wheat, 2,030 bushels of turnips, 1,237 sheep, 1,177 tons of hay, 824 acres of spring wheat, 811 acres of oats, 725 bushels of barley, 692 calves and heifers, 659 swine, 600 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 508 bushels of corn, 479 milk cows, 395 barrels of pork, 324 acres of potatoes, 223 occupants of farms, 217 acres of peas, 169 bulls, oxen, or steers, 147 bushels of rye, 147 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 143 horses aged over 3 years, 118 barrels of beef, 117 acres of winter wheat, 115 bushels of buckwheat, 65 horses aged 3 years and under, 46 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 40 acres of barley, 27 acres of corn, 21 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 16 bushels of carrots, 14 acres of rye, 14 acres of turnips, 7 acres of buckwheat, 7 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 4 pounds of hops, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 2,666 yards of flannel, 729 yards of fulled cloth, $230 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $68 value carriages for hire (dollars), 5 carriages for pleasure, 3 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 4 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 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. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON096005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON096005 — 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). "Bagot and Brougham, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/bagot-and-brougham-on096005-1861/.