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Year: 1861  |  Province: Ontario

Garafraxa, Ontario (1861 census)

Garafraxa was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 4,866. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.812°N, 80.314°W.

Population

In 1861, Garafraxa had a population of 4,866: 2,591 male and 2,275 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18512,083
18614,866

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Garafraxa shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 170 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 4,866 total population, 2,591 males, Male members of the family who are present: 2,465, 2,275 females, Female members of the family who are present: 2,214, 1,779 single males, 1,459 single females, 772 married males, 748 married females, 484 males attending school, 431 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 126, 109 male births, 101 female births, 68 widowed females, Females present who are not members of the family: 61, 40 widowed males, 6 adult males unable to read or write, 2 blind males, 2 lunatic males, 1 adult females unable to read or write, 1 blind females, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 385 males aged 5 to 10, 366 females aged 5 to 10, 303 single males aged 10 to 15, 280 single females aged 10 to 15, 262 single males aged 15 to 20, 253 married males aged 30 to 40, 253 single males aged 20 to 30, 252 married females aged 20 to 30, 228 single females aged 15 to 20, 215 married males aged 20 to 30, 214 married females aged 30 to 40, 144 married males aged 40 to 50, 116 married females aged 40 to 50, 106 females aged 1 to 2, 105 males aged 1 to 2, 103 males aged 2 to 3, 100 males aged 3 to 4, 92 single females aged 20 to 30, 91 married males aged 50 to 60, 89 females aged 4 to 5, 86 females age 3 to 4, 81 females aged 2 to 3, 79 males aged 4 to 5, 72 married females aged 50 to 60, 55 married females aged 15 to 20, 49 single males aged 30 to 40, 45 married males aged 60 to 70, 32 married females aged 60 to 70, 28 single males aged 40 to 50, 19 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 18 single females aged 30 to 40, 17 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 15 married males aged 70 to 80, 11 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 10 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 10 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 7 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 married males aged 15 to 20, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,847 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 941 persons originating in Ireland, 688 persons originating in Scotland, 301 persons originating in England or Wales, 70 persons originating in the United States, 9 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 7 negroes or coloured persons, 4 male negroes or coloured persons, 3 female negroes or coloured persons, 2 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in Spain or Portugal. 5 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $1,250,110 value farms (dollars), 355,970 bushels of turnips, $175,565 value all livestock, 162,086 bushels of spring wheat, 148,450 bushels of oats, 72,725 bushels of potatoes, $64,665 value horses aged over 3 years, 58,757 pounds of homemade butter, $55,301 value farm implements in dollars, 54,429 acres of land in farms, 41,725 bushels of peas, 31,949 pounds of maple sugar, 29,909 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 24,520 acres of farmland under cultivation, 18,378 acres of farmland under crops, 9,593 pounds of wool produced on farms, 9,491 bushels of barley, 8,111 acres of spring wheat, 6,117 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,536 acres of oats, 4,395 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 3,608 swine, 2,660 sheep, 2,492 calves and heifers, 2,386 tons of hay, 2,215 bushels of winter wheat, 1,935 acres of peas, 1,457 milk cows, 1,299 acres of turnips, 988 pounds of flax or hemp, 935 barrels of pork, 858 bulls, oxen, or steers, 793 horses aged over 3 years, 645 acres of potatoes, 567 occupants of farms, 390 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 369 acres of barley, 337 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 300 bushels of buckwheat, $300 value garden and orchard crops, 243 horses aged 3 years and under, 207 barrels of beef, 164 pounds of hops, 120 bushels of rye, 103 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 101 bushels of carrots, 70 acres of winter wheat, 61 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 25 acres of farmland in gardens, 17 acres of buckwheat, 8 acres of rye, 8 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 bushels of beans, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 5,688 yards of flannel, 1,655 yards of fulled cloth, $900 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $100 value carriages for hire (dollars), 13 carriages for pleasure, 1 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 25 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 14, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

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). "Garafraxa, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/garafraxa-on103007-1861/.