Brant, Ontario (1861 census)
Brant was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,123. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.192°N, 81.145°W.
Population
In 1861, Brant had a population of 3,123: 1,623 male and 1,502 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 621 |
| 1861 | 3,123 |
| 1871 | 5,994 |
| 1881 | 5,423 |
| 1891 | 4,929 |
| 1901 | 4,349 |
| 1911 | 3,532 |
| 1921 | 3,063 |
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, Brant shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1861
The 1861 census recorded 172 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.
Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,123 total population, 1,623 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,504, 1,502 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,420, 1,124 single males, 995 single females, 463 married females, 463 married males, 154 males attending school, 135 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 119, Females present who are not members of the family: 82, 72 adult males unable to read or write, 59 adult females unable to read or write, 44 female births, 44 widowed females, 39 male births, 36 widowed males, 2 lunatic males, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)
Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 274 females aged 5 to 10, 238 males aged 5 to 10, 201 single males aged 10 to 15, 198 single females aged 10 to 15, 184 single males aged 15 to 20, 173 married females aged 20 to 30, 158 single males aged 20 to 30, 136 married males aged 30 to 40, 135 single females aged 15 to 20, 124 married females aged 30 to 40, 113 married males aged 20 to 30, 109 married males aged 40 to 50, 95 single females aged 20 to 30, 76 males aged 1 to 2, 69 males aged 3 to 4, 67 males aged 2 to 3, 67 married females aged 40 to 50, 62 females age 3 to 4, 61 females aged 1 to 2, 61 married males aged 50 to 60, 57 females aged 2 to 3, 56 males aged 4 to 5, 51 females aged 4 to 5, 41 married females aged 50 to 60, 37 married females aged 15 to 20, 32 married males aged 60 to 70, 21 married females aged 60 to 70, 19 single males aged 30 to 40, 18 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 10 single females aged 30 to 40, 10 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 5 married males aged 15 to 20, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)
Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,876 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 428 persons originating in Ireland, 363 persons originating in Scotland, 230 persons originating in England or Wales, 134 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 38 French Canadians, 38 persons originating in the United States, 7 persons originating in New Brunswick, 5 persons whose origin is unknown, 1 negroes or coloured persons, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in Spain or Portugal, 1 persons originating in Switzerland, 1 persons originating in the East Indies. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $606,740 value farms (dollars), 133,334 bushels of turnips, $88,184 value all livestock, 78,591 bushels of spring wheat, 53,828 acres of land in farms, 51,137 pounds of homemade butter, 44,568 bushels of potatoes, 44,155 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 30,184 bushels of oats, 19,152 pounds of maple sugar, $18,342 value horses aged over 3 years, $14,137 value farm implements in dollars, 12,485 bushels of peas, 9,673 acres of farmland under cultivation, 8,609 acres of farmland under crops, 4,676 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,012 bushels of barley, 3,865 acres of spring wheat, 2,285 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,234 swine, 1,800 tons of hay, 1,507 calves and heifers, 1,418 sheep, 1,053 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,030 acres of oats, 936 milk cows, 798 barrels of pork, 752 acres of turnips, 715 bulls, oxen, or steers, 642 bushels of winter wheat, 547 acres of peas, 481 occupants of farms, 383 acres of potatoes, 346 pounds of flax or hemp, $296 value garden and orchard crops, 255 horses aged over 3 years, 242 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 169 acres of barley, 154 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 142 barrels of beef, 114 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 102 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 99 horses aged 3 years and under, 90 bushels of buckwheat, 85 bushels of rye, 59 pounds of hops, 36 bushels of corn, 29 acres of winter wheat, 15 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 15 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 11 acres of farmland in gardens, 7 bushels of carrots, 5 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 4 acres of buckwheat, 4 acres of rye, 3 acres of corn, 3 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)
Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 3,092 yards of flannel, $442 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 121 yards of fulled cloth, $15 value carriages for hire (dollars), 14 carriages for pleasure, 1 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)
Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 1 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 quintals of dried fish sold — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 23 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 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
- TCP UID:
ON066004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON104004— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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). "Brant, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/brant-on066004-1861/.