Cramahe, Ontario (1861 census)

Cramahe was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,841. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3002087. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.080°N, 77.875°W.

Population

In 1861, Cramahe had a population of 3,841: 1,991 male and 1,850 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, Cramahe shared boundaries with:

• Brighton
• Colborne, Village
• Haldimand
• Percy

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 179 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,841 total population, 1,991 males, 1,850 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,808, Female members of the family who are present: 1,739, 1,347 single males, 1,185 single females, 617 married males, 602 married females, 402 males attending school, 378 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 183, Females present who are not members of the family: 111, 63 widowed females, 56 female births, 55 male births, 35 adult males unable to read or write, 27 widowed males, 22 adult females unable to read or write, 2 deaf and dumb males, 2 lunatic males, 1 lunatic females, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 294 males aged 5 to 10, 284 females aged 5 to 10, 241 single males aged 10 to 15, 239 single females aged 10 to 15, 229 married females aged 20 to 30, 229 single males aged 15 to 20, 225 single females aged 15 to 20, 215 single males aged 20 to 30, 184 married males aged 30 to 40, 165 married females aged 30 to 40, 160 married males aged 20 to 30, 153 married males aged 40 to 50, 121 married females aged 40 to 50, 99 single females aged 20 to 30, 73 married males aged 50 to 60, 71 males aged 2 to 3, 69 females aged 2 to 3, 68 females age 3 to 4, 65 males aged 1 to 2, 65 males aged 3 to 4, 64 females aged 1 to 2, 60 females aged 4 to 5, 59 males aged 4 to 5, 50 married females aged 50 to 60, 39 married males aged 60 to 70, 27 single males aged 30 to 40, 21 married females aged 60 to 70, 17 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 12 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 12 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 11 single males aged 40 to 50, 11 single males aged 50 to 60, 10 married females aged 15 to 20, 10 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 9 single females aged 30 to 40, 9 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 9 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 single females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 3,134 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 265 persons originating in England or Wales, 184 persons originating in Ireland, 151 persons originating in the United States, 80 persons originating in Scotland, 23 French Canadians, 3 negroes or coloured persons, 2 female negroes or coloured persons, 2 male negroes or coloured persons, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in Spain or Portugal, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $781,770 value farms (dollars), $127,126 value all livestock, 69,951 pounds of homemade butter, $56,416 value horses aged over 3 years, 53,761 bushels of oats, 49,353 bushels of potatoes, 49,240 bushels of turnips, 47,843 bushels of peas, 40,560 pounds of maple sugar, $39,367 value farm implements in dollars, 38,841 bushels of spring wheat, 37,727 acres of land in farms, 22,264 bushels of winter wheat, 21,464 acres of farmland under cultivation, 16,263 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 11,385 acres of farmland under crops, 10,115 bushels of carrots, 9,791 acres of farmland in pasture, 9,576 pounds of wool produced on farms, 8,701 bushels of barley, 8,589 bushels of buckwheat, 8,114 bushels of rye, 7,946 bushels of corn, $6,178 value garden and orchard crops, 3,357 sheep, 3,180 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,597 acres of peas, 2,578 acres of spring wheat, 2,239 tons of hay, 1,998 acres of oats, 1,822 swine, 1,657 acres of winter wheat, 1,600 gallons of cider, 1,377 barrels of pork, 1,290 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 1,267 milk cows, 1,068 calves and heifers, 900 horses aged over 3 years, 717 acres of rye, 526 acres of buckwheat, 457 barrels of beef, 395 acres of potatoes, 373 acres of corn, 367 occupants of farms, 361 bulls, oxen, or steers, 357 acres of barley, 343 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 288 acres of farmland in gardens, 264 horses aged 3 years and under, 235 bushels of beans, 165 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 147 acres of turnips, 120 pounds of flax or hemp, 94 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 80 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 65 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 56 pounds of hops, 19 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 acres of mangel wurtzel, 5 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $14,937 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 4,945 yards of flannel, 1,932 yards of fulled cloth, 317 carriages for pleasure, $180 value carriages for hire (dollars), 100 yards of linen, 4 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 40 barrels of salted fish sold, 18 pounds of fresh fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 29 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 17, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 4, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 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 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 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 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: ON088006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON132003_1891 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3002087
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cramahe,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cramahe

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). "Cramahe, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/cramahe-on088006-1861/.