Biddulph, Ontario (1861 census)

Biddulph was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,401. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115260848. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.217°N, 81.377°W.

Population

In 1861, Biddulph had a population of 3,401: 1,765 male and 1,636 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, Biddulph shared boundaries with:

• Blanchard
• London
• McGillivray
• Nissouri
• Stephen
• Usborne

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 160 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,401 total population, 1,765 males, 1,636 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,609, Female members of the family who are present: 1,546, 1,226 single males, 1,075 single females, 509 married males, 507 married females, 424 males attending school, 390 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 156, Females present who are not members of the family: 90, 61 adult females unable to read or write, 54 widowed females, 52 adult males unable to read or write, 50 male births, 48 female births, 30 widowed males, 2 lunatic males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 238 females aged 5 to 10, 234 males aged 5 to 10, 217 single females aged 10 to 15, 213 single males aged 20 to 30, 211 single males aged 15 to 20, 195 single males aged 10 to 15, 191 single females aged 15 to 20, 160 married females aged 20 to 30, 149 married males aged 30 to 40, 141 married females aged 30 to 40, 136 married males aged 40 to 50, 114 married males aged 20 to 30, 108 married females aged 40 to 50, 107 single females aged 20 to 30, 78 males aged 4 to 5, 70 males aged 3 to 4, 65 females aged 4 to 5, 65 married males aged 50 to 60, 62 females age 3 to 4, 61 males aged 1 to 2, 61 males aged 2 to 3, 57 females aged 2 to 3, 57 married females aged 50 to 60, 50 females aged 1 to 2, 32 married males aged 60 to 70, 26 single males aged 30 to 40, 18 single females aged 30 to 40, 17 married females aged 15 to 20, 17 married females aged 60 to 70, 16 single males aged 40 to 50, 14 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 13 single females aged 40 to 50, 12 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 12 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 11 married males aged 70 to 80, 9 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 7 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 single females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 males of unknown age, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,998 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1,124 persons originating in Ireland, 130 persons originating in England or Wales, 73 persons originating in Scotland, 53 persons originating in the United States, 13 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 5 persons originating in New Brunswick, 2 persons originating in the East Indies, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in Spain or Portugal. 1 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $802,236 value farms (dollars), 146,782 bushels of spring wheat, $111,670 value all livestock, 57,540 bushels of turnips, 55,700 bushels of oats, 49,774 pounds of homemade butter, $47,238 value horses aged over 3 years, 36,689 acres of land in farms, $29,215 value farm implements in dollars, 27,101 bushels of potatoes, 23,079 pounds of maple sugar, 21,771 bushels of peas, 20,417 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 16,272 acres of farmland under cultivation, 13,062 acres of farmland under crops, 10,163 pounds of wool produced on farms, 7,054 acres of spring wheat, 3,594 swine, 3,314 sheep, 3,220 bushels of barley, 2,988 acres of farmland in pasture, $2,911 value garden and orchard crops, 2,067 tons of hay, 1,881 acres of oats, 1,426 bushels of winter wheat, 1,213 calves and heifers, 1,048 milk cows, 977 acres of peas, 937 barrels of pork, 817 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 671 horses aged over 3 years, 515 acres of turnips, 431 occupants of farms, 402 bushels of carrots, 360 acres of potatoes, 302 bulls, oxen, or steers, 266 horses aged 3 years and under, 266 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 255 pounds of flax or hemp, 222 acres of farmland in gardens, 163 bushels of corn, 125 acres of barley, 124 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 115 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 83 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 77 barrels of beef, 60 acres of winter wheat, 60 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 38 pounds of hops, 37 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 9 acres of corn, 6 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 4 bushels of beans, 4 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 6,439 yards of flannel, $825 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 621 yards of fulled cloth, $200 value carriages for hire (dollars), 18 carriages for pleasure, 2 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). The 1861 enumerator also recorded 4 quintals of dried fish sold — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 19 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 9, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 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: ON079002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON128002_1881 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115260848

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). "Biddulph, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/biddulph-on079002-1861/.