Blandford, Ontario (1861 census)

Blandford was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,996. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115260872. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.220°N, 80.683°W.

Population

In 1861, Blandford had a population of 1,996: 1,057 male and 939 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, Blandford shared boundaries with:

• Blenheim
• Oxford, East
• Wilmot
• Woodstock, C
• Zorra, East

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 162 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,996 total population, 1,057 males, Male members of the family who are present: 946, 939 females, Female members of the family who are present: 867, 742 single males, 602 single females, 307 married females, 306 married males, 207 males attending school, 168 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 111, Females present who are not members of the family: 72, 31 female births, 30 widowed females, 27 male births, 10 adult males unable to read or write, 9 widowed males, 2 lunatic females, 1 adult females unable to read or write. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 143 single females aged 10 to 15, 142 single males aged 10 to 15, 133 males aged 5 to 10, 129 single males aged 20 to 30, 118 single males aged 15 to 20, 111 married males aged 30 to 40, 109 married females aged 30 to 40, 105 single females aged 15 to 20, 96 females aged 5 to 10, 78 married males aged 40 to 50, 74 married females aged 20 to 30, 64 single females aged 20 to 30, 58 married females aged 40 to 50, 46 married females aged 50 to 60, 43 males aged 1 to 2, 43 married males aged 50 to 60, 41 females aged 1 to 2, 40 females aged 4 to 5, 40 males aged 3 to 4, 37 males aged 2 to 3, 36 females aged 2 to 3, 36 married males aged 20 to 30, 33 females age 3 to 4, 33 single males aged 30 to 40, 30 males aged 4 to 5, 26 married males aged 60 to 70, 15 married females aged 60 to 70, 12 married males aged 70 to 80, 10 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 9 single females aged 30 to 40, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,185 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 316 persons originating in Scotland, 309 persons originating in England or Wales, 93 persons originating in Ireland, 48 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 36 persons originating in the United States, 18 negroes or coloured persons, 3 Indigenous females, 3 persons originating in France, 2 Indigenous males, 2 male negroes or coloured persons, 2 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. 2 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $811,469 value farms (dollars), 92,288 bushels of turnips, $91,350 value all livestock, 64,926 bushels of oats, 57,704 pounds of homemade butter, $38,676 value horses aged over 3 years, 33,724 bushels of winter wheat, 32,289 bushels of spring wheat, 28,065 bushels of potatoes, 26,061 bushels of peas, $25,445 value farm implements in dollars, 23,148 acres of land in farms, 19,870 pounds of maple sugar, 15,230 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 13,274 acres of farmland under cultivation, 10,419 pounds of wool produced on farms, 10,227 bushels of carrots, 9,874 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,605 acres of farmland under crops, 5,144 bushels of barley, 4,477 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,197 gallons of cider, 3,075 sheep, $2,689 value garden and orchard crops, 1,759 tons of hay, 1,692 acres of winter wheat, 1,658 acres of spring wheat, 1,653 acres of oats, 1,346 swine, 1,252 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,073 calves and heifers, 1,048 acres of peas, 973 bushels of corn, 843 barrels of pork, 796 milk cows, 666 bushels of buckwheat, 660 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 529 horses aged over 3 years, 245 acres of turnips, 217 acres of potatoes, 210 occupants of farms, 192 acres of farmland in gardens, 177 acres of barley, 156 horses aged 3 years and under, 137 barrels of beef, 137 bulls, oxen, or steers, 101 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 67 bushels of beans, 58 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 56 pounds of hops, 46 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 35 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 34 acres of corn, 30 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 25 acres of buckwheat, 20 bushels of rye, 13 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 acres of mangel wurtzel, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of rye, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $4,506 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 2,178 yards of flannel, 404 yards of fulled cloth, 104 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 12 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 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 under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON090001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON134001_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115260872

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). "Blandford, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/blandford-on090001-1861/.