Grantham, Ontario (1861 census)

Grantham was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,956. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5596641. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.175°N, 79.216°W.

Population

In 1861, Grantham had a population of 3,956: 2,063 male and 1,893 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).

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

• In a later year, this CSD contained Port Dalhousie, VL, 1871 (2.6% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Grantham shared boundaries with:

• Louth
• Niagara
• St. Catherines, Town—Ville
• Stamford
• Thorold
• Thorold, Village

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 180 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,956 total population, 2,063 males, 1,893 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,825, Female members of the family who are present: 1,691, 1,388 single males, 1,187 single females, 632 married males, 607 married females, 320 males attending school, 253 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 238, Females present who are not members of the family: 202, 99 widowed females, 81 adult males unable to read or write, 76 adult females unable to read or write, 67 male births, 51 female births, 43 widowed males, 2 lunatic females, 1 lunatic males, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 272 single males aged 10 to 15, 263 single females aged 10 to 15, 239 single males aged 20 to 30, 230 single males aged 15 to 20, 220 males aged 5 to 10, 217 single females aged 15 to 20, 195 females aged 5 to 10, 195 married females aged 20 to 30, 180 married females aged 30 to 40, 178 married males aged 30 to 40, 175 married males aged 40 to 50, 156 single females aged 20 to 30, 126 married females aged 40 to 50, 124 married males aged 20 to 30, 81 married males aged 50 to 60, 78 females aged 1 to 2, 74 males aged 1 to 2, 74 married females aged 50 to 60, 70 males aged 3 to 4, 67 males aged 4 to 5, 63 females aged 2 to 3, 63 females aged 4 to 5, 60 males aged 2 to 3, 56 married males aged 60 to 70, 55 females age 3 to 4, 44 single males aged 30 to 40, 25 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 22 single females aged 30 to 40, 19 married females aged 60 to 70, 19 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 19 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 18 single males aged 40 to 50, 17 single females aged 40 to 50, 17 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 16 married males aged 70 to 80, 15 single males aged 50 to 60, 11 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 10 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 7 married females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 6 males of unknown age, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 single males aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,489 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 702 persons originating in Ireland, 266 persons originating in England or Wales, 254 persons originating in the United States, 177 persons originating in Scotland, 58 negroes or coloured persons, 39 Indigenous persons, 38 male negroes or coloured persons, 33 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 29 Indigenous males, 20 female negroes or coloured persons, 19 persons whose origin is unknown, 10 Indigenous females, 6 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 3 persons originating in Newfoundland, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in Spain or Portugal, 1 persons originating in Switzerland, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $1,092,220 value farms (dollars), $141,060 value all livestock, 77,014 pounds of homemade butter, 57,822 bushels of potatoes, $53,925 value horses aged over 3 years, 49,095 bushels of turnips, 45,683 bushels of oats, 37,419 bushels of corn, $33,000 value farm implements in dollars, 21,024 bushels of carrots, 18,264 acres of land in farms, 16,424 bushels of barley, 14,317 bushels of winter wheat, 14,181 bushels of spring wheat, 13,493 acres of farmland under cultivation, $13,435 value garden and orchard crops, 12,731 gallons of cider, 9,611 acres of farmland under crops, 9,088 pounds of wool produced on farms, 7,440 bushels of peas, 4,771 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,246 bushels of buckwheat, 3,420 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,094 bushels of rye, 2,583 tons of hay, 2,470 sheep, 2,184 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 1,991 swine, 1,875 bushels of beans, 1,521 acres of oats, 1,164 acres of corn, 1,079 acres of spring wheat, 1,065 acres of winter wheat, 1,060 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 977 barrels of pork, 972 milk cows, 902 horses aged over 3 years, 770 calves and heifers, 744 acres of barley, 462 acres of farmland in gardens, 449 acres of potatoes, 386 acres of peas, 310 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 217 acres of rye, 215 horses aged 3 years and under, 207 acres of buckwheat, 196 occupants of farms, 125 acres of turnips, 122 barrels of beef, 122 pounds of maple sugar, 100 pounds of flax or hemp, 88 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 50 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 43 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 38 bulls, oxen, or steers, 35 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 7 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 7 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $14,267 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 679 yards of flannel, 301 yards of fulled cloth, $200 value carriages for hire (dollars), 160 carriages for pleasure, 2 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 19 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 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, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 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: ON085004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON126004 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q5596641
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grantham_Township

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). "Grantham, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/grantham-on085004-1861/.