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Year: 1861  |  Province: Ontario

Bairie and Clarendon, Ontario (1861 census)

Bairie and Clarendon was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 463. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.889°N, 77.015°W.

Population

In 1861, Bairie and Clarendon had a population of 463: 299 male and 164 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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Bairie and Clarendon shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 121 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 463 total population, Male members of the family who are present: 299, 299 males, 236 single males, 164 females, Female members of the family who are present: 161, 102 single females, 63 married males, 61 married females, 7 female births, 7 male births, 5 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 3, 2 females attending school, 1 widowed females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 75 single males aged 20 to 30, 41 single males aged 15 to 20, 30 females aged 5 to 10, 26 single females aged 10 to 15, 25 males aged 5 to 10, 24 married females aged 20 to 30, 24 single males aged 10 to 15, 19 married males aged 30 to 40, 18 single males aged 30 to 40, 16 married males aged 20 to 30, 16 married males aged 40 to 50, 14 married females aged 40 to 50, 12 males aged 4 to 5, 12 married females aged 30 to 40, 11 single females aged 15 to 20, 9 males aged 3 to 4, 8 males aged 2 to 3, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 females aged 2 to 3, 6 females aged 4 to 5, 6 males aged 1 to 2, 6 married females aged 50 to 60, 6 married males aged 50 to 60, 6 single females aged 20 to 30, 5 females aged 1 to 2, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 married males aged 60 to 70, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 females age 3 to 4, 1 married females aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 325 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 49 persons originating in England or Wales, 39 French Canadians, 24 persons originating in Ireland, 24 persons originating in the United States, 5 Indigenous females, 5 Indigenous males, 2 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons whose origin is unknown. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $25,348 value farms (dollars), 6,785 acres of land in farms, 6,680 pounds of maple sugar, 6,327 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,810 bushels of potatoes, 4,303 bushels of turnips, $4,061 value all livestock, 3,575 pounds of homemade butter, $3,378 value horses aged over 3 years, 1,813 bushels of oats, 1,089 bushels of spring wheat, 1,048 pounds of hops, $878 value farm implements in dollars, 504 bushels of buckwheat, 458 acres of farmland under cultivation, 434 acres of farmland under crops, 272 bushels of corn, 215 bushels of peas, 185 bushels of mangel wurtzel, $152 value garden and orchard crops, 119 acres of oats, 118 bushels of rye, 103 pounds of wool produced on farms, 87 acres of spring wheat, 76 bushels of barley, 66 occupants of farms, 61 calves and heifers, 56 acres of potatoes, 56 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 51 horses aged over 3 years, 46 milk cows, 45 bulls, oxen, or steers, 42 swine, 41 acres of turnips, 33 tons of hay, 30 barrels of pork, 25 acres of buckwheat, 23 bushels of beans, 22 pounds of flax or hemp, 20 barrels of beef, 20 bushels of winter wheat, 19 acres of corn, 19 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 17 acres of farmland in pasture, 16 acres of peas, 13 bushels of carrots, 11 sheep, 10 acres of rye, 7 acres of barley, 7 acres of farmland in gardens, 4 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 2 acres of mangel wurtzel, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of winter wheat, 1 horses aged 3 years and under. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $210 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 76 yards of flannel, 4 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, 1 total number of deaths. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

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). "Bairie and Clarendon, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/bairie-and-clarendon-on072001-1861/.