Clarke, Ontario (1861 census)

Clarke was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 6,575. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.992°N, 78.563°W.

Population

In 1861, Clarke had a population of 6,575: 3,388 male and 3,187 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, Clarke shared boundaries with:

• Cavan
• Darlington
• Hope
• Manvers
• Newcastle, VL

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 174 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 6,575 total population, 3,388 males, Male members of the family who are present: 3,293, 3,187 females, Female members of the family who are present: 3,107, 2,346 single males, 2,110 single females, 972 married females, 972 married males, 761 males attending school, 600 females attending school, 126 female births, 120 male births, 105 widowed females, Males present who are not members of the family: 95, Females present who are not members of the family: 80, 70 widowed males, 37 adult males unable to read or write, 20 adult females unable to read or write, 2 lunatic females, 2 lunatic males, 2 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 468 females aged 5 to 10, 462 single females aged 10 to 15, 462 single males aged 10 to 15, 406 males aged 5 to 10, 390 single males aged 20 to 30, 376 single males aged 15 to 20, 366 single females aged 15 to 20, 298 married males aged 30 to 40, 274 married females aged 30 to 40, 260 married females aged 40 to 50, 242 married females aged 20 to 30, 228 married males aged 40 to 50, 218 married males aged 20 to 30, 194 single females aged 20 to 30, 152 married males aged 50 to 60, 134 females age 3 to 4, 124 males aged 3 to 4, 119 males aged 2 to 3, 116 males aged 1 to 2, 109 females aged 1 to 2, 106 females aged 4 to 5, 106 males aged 4 to 5, 99 married females aged 50 to 60, 96 females aged 2 to 3, 79 single males aged 30 to 40, 58 married males aged 60 to 70, 49 married females aged 60 to 70, 38 married females aged 15 to 20, 25 single males aged 40 to 50, 24 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 23 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 22 single females aged 30 to 40, 22 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 17 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 14 married males aged 70 to 80, 14 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 14 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 13 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 10 single females aged 40 to 50, 10 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 10 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 10 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 9 single males aged 50 to 60, 8 married females aged 70 to 80, 8 single females aged 50 to 60, 7 single males aged 60 to 70, 6 single females aged 70 to 80, 6 single males aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 6 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 4,014 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1,007 persons originating in Ireland, 1,003 persons originating in England or Wales, 391 persons originating in Scotland, 152 persons originating in the United States, 3 persons originating in France, 1 French Canadians, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $2,812,545 value farms (dollars), 250,445 bushels of turnips, $223,237 value all livestock, 150,014 bushels of spring wheat, 134,477 bushels of oats, 120,787 pounds of homemade butter, $110,171 value horses aged over 3 years, 93,281 bushels of potatoes, 63,869 bushels of winter wheat, 61,271 acres of land in farms, $61,194 value farm implements in dollars, 49,201 bushels of peas, 42,849 bushels of carrots, 42,400 acres of farmland under cultivation, 38,156 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 30,273 acres of farmland under crops, 26,546 pounds of maple sugar, 25,183 pounds of wool produced on farms, 18,871 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 11,653 acres of farmland in pasture, 10,786 bushels of barley, 8,969 acres of spring wheat, 7,886 bushels of corn, $7,775 value garden and orchard crops, 7,573 gallons of cider, 6,907 sheep, 6,760 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 4,014 tons of hay, 3,620 acres of oats, 3,572 swine, 3,509 acres of winter wheat, 2,833 bushels of rye, 2,286 milk cows, 2,128 acres of peas, 2,012 barrels of pork, 1,975 calves and heifers, 1,826 horses aged over 3 years, 1,510 pounds of flax or hemp, 866 acres of potatoes, 724 bushels of buckwheat, 655 occupants of farms, 652 acres of turnips, 607 horses aged 3 years and under, 546 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 474 acres of farmland in gardens, 448 bulls, oxen, or steers, 356 acres of barley, 340 barrels of beef, 309 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 297 acres of corn, 270 pounds of hops, 185 acres of rye, 176 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 160 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 159 bushels of beans, 126 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 38 acres of buckwheat, 19 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 16 acres of mangel wurtzel, 14 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 11 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $24,911 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 11,283 yards of flannel, 4,127 yards of fulled cloth, 465 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 9 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 37 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 22, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 15, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 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 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among males aged 90 to 100: 1 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people 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: ON069004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON108003_1891 — 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). "Clarke, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/clarke-on069004-1861/.