Barrie, Town of, Ontario (1861 census)

Barrie, Town of was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,134. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q34183. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.393°N, 79.679°W.

Population

In 1861, Barrie, Town of had a population of 2,134: 1,126 male and 1,008 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, Barrie, Town of shared boundaries with:

• Innisfil
• Oro
• Vespra

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 122 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,134 total population, 1,126 males, 1,008 females, Male members of the family who are present: 937, Female members of the family who are present: 820, 762 single males, 658 single females, 338 married males, 324 married females, 234 males attending school, 195 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 189, Females present who are not members of the family: 188, 64 adult females unable to read or write, 61 adult males unable to read or write, 48 male births, 46 female births, 26 widowed females, 26 widowed males, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 148 single males aged 20 to 30, 134 married males aged 30 to 40, 124 married females aged 30 to 40, 124 single males aged 15 to 20, 122 males aged 5 to 10, 122 married females aged 20 to 30, 120 single females aged 10 to 15, 120 single females aged 15 to 20, 120 single males aged 10 to 15, 112 females aged 5 to 10, 86 married males aged 20 to 30, 74 married males aged 40 to 50, 68 single females aged 20 to 30, 52 married females aged 40 to 50, 48 females aged 4 to 5, 48 males aged 2 to 3, 44 females aged 2 to 3, 44 males aged 4 to 5, 40 females aged 1 to 2, 34 females age 3 to 4, 34 males aged 1 to 2, 30 males aged 3 to 4, 30 married males aged 50 to 60, 30 single males aged 30 to 40, 20 married females aged 50 to 60, 19 single females aged 30 to 40, 12 single males aged 40 to 50, 10 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 8 married males aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 8 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 married females aged 15 to 20, 2 married females aged 60 to 70, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,258 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 405 persons originating in Ireland, 304 persons originating in England or Wales, 73 persons originating in Scotland, 45 persons originating in the United States, 26 negroes or coloured persons, 15 Indigenous males, 12 persons originating in the West Indies, 11 French Canadians, 11 Indigenous females, 9 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 7 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 5 Indigenous persons, 5 male negroes or coloured persons, 3 persons originating in France, 2 persons originating in Spain or Portugal, 2 persons originating in the East Indies, 1 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick. 1 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $25,043 value all livestock, 562 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 370 swine, 246 horses aged over 3 years, 240 milk cows, 55 sheep. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $5,349 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $600 value carriages for hire (dollars), 94 carriages for pleasure, 10 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 39 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 22, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 17, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 7, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 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 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 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: ON098002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON098002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q34183
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrie
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrie

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). "Barrie, Town of, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/barrie-town-of-on098002-1861/.