Brantford, Town of, Ontario (1861 census)
Brantford, Town of was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 6,251. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q34180. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.145°N, 80.262°W.
Population
In 1861, Brantford, Town of had a population of 6,251: 3,180 male and 3,071 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 3,877 |
| 1861 | 6,251 |
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, Brantford, Town of shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1861
The 1861 census recorded 127 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 6,251 total population, 3,180 males, 3,071 females, Male members of the family who are present: 2,827, Female members of the family who are present: 2,801, 2,116 single males, 1,927 single females, 1,004 married males, 970 married females, 630 males attending school, 558 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 353, Females present who are not members of the family: 270, 174 widowed females, 143 adult females unable to read or write, 127 male births, 114 female births, 100 adult males unable to read or write, 60 widowed males, 2 blind males, 2 lunatic males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)
Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 394 single males aged 20 to 30, 357 males aged 5 to 10, 357 single females aged 10 to 15, 349 married males aged 30 to 40, 344 married females aged 30 to 40, 336 single males aged 10 to 15, 323 single females aged 15 to 20, 322 females aged 5 to 10, 287 married females aged 20 to 30, 287 single males aged 15 to 20, 284 single females aged 20 to 30, 264 married males aged 40 to 50, 196 married females aged 40 to 50, 164 married males aged 20 to 30, 139 married males aged 50 to 60, 134 males aged 2 to 3, 127 females aged 2 to 3, 127 males aged 1 to 2, 124 females aged 1 to 2, 119 males aged 3 to 4, 106 males aged 4 to 5, 99 females age 3 to 4, 88 married females aged 50 to 60, 78 females aged 4 to 5, 74 single males aged 30 to 40, 68 married males aged 60 to 70, 62 single females aged 30 to 40, 41 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 40 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 38 single males aged 40 to 50, 37 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 27 married females aged 60 to 70, 21 single females aged 40 to 50, 19 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 18 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 18 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 17 married females aged 15 to 20, 17 married males aged 70 to 80, 14 single males aged 50 to 60, 14 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 12 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 11 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 9 married females aged 70 to 80, 9 single females aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 7 single females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)
Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 3,091 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1,060 persons originating in England or Wales, 1,018 persons originating in Ireland, 455 persons originating in the United States, 431 persons originating in Scotland, 285 negroes or coloured persons, 163 male negroes or coloured persons, 123 female negroes or coloured persons, 79 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 55 persons whose origin is unknown, 25 persons originating in New Brunswick, 16 Indigenous persons, 10 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 8 persons originating in France, 6 persons originating in Sweden or Norway, 5 persons originating in all other places, 3 persons originating in the West Indies, 2 French Canadians, 2 persons originating in Switzerland, 1 persons originating in Newfoundland, 1 persons originating in the East Indies. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)
Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $36,354 value all livestock, 1,060 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 718 swine, 440 horses aged over 3 years, 329 milk cows, 6 sheep. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)
Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $6,765 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $3,410 value carriages for hire (dollars), 116 carriages for pleasure, 41 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)
Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 46 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 29, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 17, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 11, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 8, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 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 males aged 2 to 3: 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 60 to 70: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON065001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON065001— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q34180
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brantford
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brantford
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). "Brantford, Town of, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/brantford-town-of-on065001-1861/.