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Year: 1861  |  Province: Ontario  |  Wikidata: Q4954551

Bradford, Village, Ontario (1861 census)

Bradford, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 961. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4954551. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.116°N, 79.564°W.

Population

In 1861, Bradford, Village had a population of 961: 495 male and 466 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
1861961
18711,130
18811,176

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

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, Bradford, Village shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 136 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 961 total population, 495 males, Male members of the family who are present: 469, 466 females, Female members of the family who are present: 457, 342 single males, 308 single females, 144 married females, 142 married males, 108 males attending school, 78 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 26, 24 male births, 23 female births, 14 widowed females, 12 adult males unable to read or write, 11 widowed males, Females present who are not members of the family: 9, 6 adult females unable to read or write. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 65 married females aged 20 to 30, 55 single males aged 15 to 20, 55 single males aged 20 to 30, 54 females aged 5 to 10, 51 married males aged 30 to 40, 51 single females aged 10 to 15, 50 males aged 5 to 10, 50 single females aged 15 to 20, 50 single males aged 10 to 15, 49 married females aged 30 to 40, 39 married males aged 20 to 30, 30 married males aged 40 to 50, 30 single females aged 20 to 30, 25 females aged 1 to 2, 24 males aged 2 to 3, 22 females aged 2 to 3, 22 females aged 4 to 5, 21 females age 3 to 4, 21 males aged 4 to 5, 20 males aged 1 to 2, 20 males aged 3 to 4, 16 married females aged 40 to 50, 15 married males aged 50 to 60, 15 single males aged 30 to 40, 10 married females aged 50 to 60, 7 single females aged 30 to 40, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 married males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 married females aged 15 to 20, 1 married females aged 60 to 70, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 550 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 178 persons originating in Ireland, 153 persons originating in England or Wales, 51 persons originating in Scotland, 22 persons originating in the United States, 2 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 2 persons originating in the West Indies, 1 Indigenous males, 1 negroes or coloured persons, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in Spain or Portugal, 1 persons originating in the East Indies. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $37,500 value farms (dollars), $11,476 value all livestock, 4,300 bushels of turnips, 2,380 bushels of winter wheat, 2,345 bushels of spring wheat, 1,820 pounds of homemade butter, 1,200 bushels of oats, $1,085 value farm implements in dollars, 950 bushels of potatoes, 935 bushels of peas, 825 acres of land in farms, 760 bushels of carrots, 600 pounds of wool produced on farms, 425 acres of farmland under cultivation, 400 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 302 acres of farmland under crops, 205 sheep, 158 swine, 114 acres of farmland in pasture, 98 milk cows, 93 acres of spring wheat, 89 acres of winter wheat, 74 horses aged over 3 years, 60 pounds of maple sugar, 59 tons of hay, 38 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 38 acres of peas, 32 acres of oats, 27 calves and heifers, 12 barrels of pork, 10 horses aged 3 years and under, 9 acres of farmland in gardens, 8 acres of turnips, 8 occupants of farms, 6 acres of potatoes, 4 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 3 barrels of beef, 3 bulls, oxen, or steers, 3 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $2,945 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $130 value carriages for hire (dollars), 46 carriages for pleasure, 40 yards of flannel, 30 yards of fulled cloth, 2 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 6 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 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 aged 5 to 10: 1. (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). "Bradford, Village, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/bradford-village-on098003-1861/.