Burford, Ontario (1861 census)

Burford was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 5,599. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115260971. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.082°N, 80.489°W.

Population

In 1861, Burford had a population of 5,599: 2,888 male and 2,711 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, Burford shared boundaries with:

• Blenheim
• Brantford
• Dumfries, South
• Norwich, North
• Oakland
• Oxford, East
• Townsend
• Windham

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 172 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 5,599 total population, 2,888 males, Male members of the family who are present: 2,734, 2,711 females, Female members of the family who are present: 2,581, 1,928 single males, 1,705 single females, 934 married females, 921 married males, 562 males attending school, 459 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 154, Females present who are not members of the family: 130, 109 male births, 100 female births, 72 widowed females, 39 widowed males, 30 adult males unable to read or write, 29 adult females unable to read or write, 2 deaf and dumb females, 2 persons at sea, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 410 females aged 5 to 10, 409 males aged 5 to 10, 390 single males aged 10 to 15, 314 single females aged 10 to 15, 298 married females aged 20 to 30, 298 single males aged 20 to 30, 296 single females aged 15 to 20, 290 married females aged 30 to 40, 289 married males aged 30 to 40, 269 single males aged 15 to 20, 210 married males aged 20 to 30, 205 married males aged 40 to 50, 160 married females aged 40 to 50, 135 single females aged 20 to 30, 120 married males aged 50 to 60, 110 males aged 1 to 2, 107 females aged 1 to 2, 100 females aged 2 to 3, 100 married females aged 50 to 60, 96 females age 3 to 4, 90 males aged 3 to 4, 89 males aged 2 to 3, 86 males aged 4 to 5, 79 females aged 4 to 5, 79 married males aged 60 to 70, 43 married females aged 60 to 70, 38 married females aged 15 to 20, 34 single males aged 30 to 40, 28 single females aged 30 to 40, 20 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 15 married males aged 70 to 80, 15 single females aged 40 to 50, 15 single males aged 40 to 50, 15 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 15 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 12 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 10 single females aged 50 to 60, 10 single males aged 50 to 60, 10 single males aged 60 to 70, 9 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 7 single females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 males of unknown age, 4 single males aged 70 to 80, 3 females of unknown age, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 widowed males over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 4,078 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 502 persons originating in England or Wales, 359 persons originating in Ireland, 222 persons originating in Scotland, 216 persons originating in the United States, 127 persons originating in New Brunswick, 57 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 16 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. 2 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $1,610,060 value farms (dollars), $160,102 value all livestock, 123,095 pounds of homemade butter, 96,937 bushels of peas, $93,668 value horses aged over 3 years, 90,008 bushels of winter wheat, 82,963 bushels of turnips, 65,977 bushels of potatoes, 62,508 bushels of oats, $55,187 value farm implements in dollars, 52,203 acres of land in farms, 51,470 pounds of maple sugar, 32,394 bushels of spring wheat, 30,372 acres of farmland under cultivation, 24,435 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 22,514 acres of farmland under crops, 21,831 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 20,380 bushels of carrots, 18,022 pounds of wool produced on farms, 17,441 gallons of cider, 14,420 bushels of barley, 12,510 bushels of corn, $10,058 value garden and orchard crops, 8,089 bushels of buckwheat, 7,284 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,966 sheep, 5,573 acres of winter wheat, 4,612 tons of hay, 3,450 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 3,368 swine, 2,450 acres of spring wheat, 2,250 acres of peas, 2,220 acres of oats, 1,916 milk cows, 1,557 calves and heifers, 1,411 horses aged over 3 years, 1,348 barrels of pork, 1,343 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 981 bushels of rye, 636 acres of barley, 575 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 574 acres of farmland in gardens, 574 acres of potatoes, 502 acres of corn, 437 acres of buckwheat, 405 horses aged 3 years and under, 332 occupants of farms, 290 pounds of flax or hemp, 288 acres of turnips, 242 bulls, oxen, or steers, 231 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 162 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 142 bushels of beans, 132 barrels of beef, 102 acres of rye, 102 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 28 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 25 pounds of hops, 11 acres of mangel wurtzel, 5 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 4 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $23,747 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 7,489 yards of flannel, 2,041 yards of fulled cloth, 418 carriages for pleasure, $65 value carriages for hire (dollars), 22 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 24 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 9, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 8, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 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: ON065003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON103002_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115260971

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). "Burford, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/burford-on065003-1861/.