Haldimand, Ontario (1861 census)

Haldimand was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 6,164. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261662. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.068°N, 78.031°W.

Population

In 1861, Haldimand had a population of 6,164: 3,217 male and 2,947 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, Haldimand shared boundaries with:

• Alnwick
• Cramahe
• Hamilton
• Percy

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 191 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 6,164 total population, 3,217 males, Male members of the family who are present: 2,954, 2,947 females, Female members of the family who are present: 2,770, 2,119 single males, 1,853 single females, 1,031 married males, 947 married females, 573 males attending school, 523 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 263, Females present who are not members of the family: 177, 147 widowed females, 121 male births, 118 female births, 67 widowed males, 56 adult males unable to read or write, 41 adult females unable to read or write, 6 lunatic males, 3 lunatic females, 2 blind males, 2 deaf and dumb females, 1 blind females, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 414 males aged 5 to 10, 401 single males aged 10 to 15, 399 females aged 5 to 10, 356 single females aged 10 to 15, 349 single males aged 20 to 30, 316 single males aged 15 to 20, 310 single females aged 15 to 20, 280 married males aged 40 to 50, 254 married females aged 30 to 40, 252 married females aged 20 to 30, 250 married males aged 30 to 40, 240 married males aged 20 to 30, 168 married males aged 50 to 60, 164 married females aged 40 to 50, 164 married females aged 50 to 60, 140 single females aged 20 to 30, 124 females aged 1 to 2, 114 males aged 2 to 3, 108 females age 3 to 4, 106 females aged 2 to 3, 106 males aged 4 to 5, 102 males aged 1 to 2, 96 females aged 4 to 5, 90 males aged 3 to 4, 73 married females aged 60 to 70, 60 married males aged 60 to 70, 54 single females aged 30 to 40, 54 single males aged 30 to 40, 30 single males aged 40 to 50, 29 single females aged 40 to 50, 26 married males aged 70 to 80, 23 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 23 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 23 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 22 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 19 married females aged 15 to 20, 19 married females aged 70 to 80, 19 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 19 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 16 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 14 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 13 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 12 single males aged 50 to 60, 12 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 10 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 10 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 single females aged 50 to 60, 6 single males aged 60 to 70, 5 married males aged 15 to 20, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 single males aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males over 100, 1 single females over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 3,880 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 968 persons originating in Ireland, 560 persons originating in England or Wales, 438 persons originating in Scotland, 270 persons originating in the United States, 30 French Canadians, 20 negroes or coloured persons, 16 male negroes or coloured persons, 8 female negroes or coloured persons, 5 persons originating in New Brunswick, 4 persons originating in France, 3 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 2 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in the East Indies. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $1,681,618 value farms (dollars), $246,264 value all livestock, 162,200 bushels of turnips, 140,315 pounds of homemade butter, 121,705 bushels of spring wheat, $112,162 value horses aged over 3 years, 101,534 bushels of oats, 96,890 bushels of potatoes, 81,012 bushels of peas, $70,394 value farm implements in dollars, 61,925 acres of land in farms, 40,344 bushels of winter wheat, 38,980 acres of farmland under cultivation, 29,951 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 28,795 acres of farmland under crops, 22,945 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 22,309 pounds of maple sugar, 21,828 pounds of wool produced on farms, 9,841 bushels of corn, 9,653 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,735 acres of spring wheat, $7,628 value garden and orchard crops, 6,709 bushels of barley, 6,212 sheep, 5,790 gallons of cider, 5,771 bushels of buckwheat, 5,288 tons of hay, 4,440 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 3,978 acres of peas, 3,589 swine, 3,445 acres of oats, 2,832 bushels of rye, 2,526 bushels of carrots, 2,512 barrels of pork, 2,459 acres of winter wheat, 2,319 milk cows, 2,230 calves and heifers, 1,613 horses aged over 3 years, 890 barrels of beef, 786 acres of potatoes, 623 bulls, oxen, or steers, 572 occupants of farms, 558 horses aged 3 years and under, 532 acres of farmland in gardens, 395 acres of turnips, 370 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 362 acres of corn, 357 acres of buckwheat, 257 acres of barley, 241 pounds of hops, 239 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 216 bushels of beans, 158 acres of rye, 154 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 135 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 113 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 50 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 21 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 14 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 11 acres of mangel wurtzel, 10 pounds of flax or hemp. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $24,938 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 10,041 yards of flannel, 2,538 yards of fulled cloth, 581 carriages for pleasure, $75 value carriages for hire (dollars), 25 yards of linen, 2 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 7 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 30 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 21, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 3, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 3, 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 males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 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: ON088007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON132004 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261662

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). "Haldimand, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/haldimand-on088007-1861/.