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Year: 1861  |  Province: Ontario

Mador, Ontario (1861 census)

Mador was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,590. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.584°N, 77.508°W.

Population

In 1861, Mador had a population of 3,590: 1,888 male and 1,702 female residents.

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.

Earlier boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Mador shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 169 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,590 total population, 1,888 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,772, 1,702 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,619, 1,264 single males, 1,134 single females, 588 married males, 534 married females, 370 males attending school, 361 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 116, Females present who are not members of the family: 83, 77 male births, 72 female births, 49 adult females unable to read or write, 48 adult males unable to read or write, 36 widowed males, 34 widowed females, 3 lunatic females, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 blind females, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic males, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 279 males aged 5 to 10, 274 females aged 5 to 10, 235 single males aged 10 to 15, 223 single females aged 10 to 15, 206 married females aged 20 to 30, 202 single males aged 15 to 20, 190 married males aged 30 to 40, 188 single females aged 15 to 20, 160 married females aged 30 to 40, 144 married males aged 20 to 30, 132 married males aged 40 to 50, 101 single males aged 20 to 30, 90 married females aged 40 to 50, 79 males aged 3 to 4, 76 married males aged 50 to 60, 74 females age 3 to 4, 71 males aged 1 to 2, 68 females aged 1 to 2, 67 single females aged 20 to 30, 64 males aged 2 to 3, 64 males aged 4 to 5, 60 females aged 2 to 3, 56 females aged 4 to 5, 43 married females aged 50 to 60, 40 married males aged 60 to 70, 38 single males aged 30 to 40, 37 males of unknown age, 30 single females aged 30 to 40, 17 married females aged 60 to 70, 15 married females aged 15 to 20, 13 females of unknown age, 10 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 7 single males aged 50 to 60, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,673 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 469 persons originating in Ireland, 211 persons originating in England or Wales, 110 persons originating in Scotland, 110 persons originating in the United States, 7 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 5 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 2 French Canadians, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in France. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $477,640 value farms (dollars), $102,911 value all livestock, 82,595 pounds of homemade butter, 69,072 bushels of potatoes, 61,746 bushels of oats, 53,455 pounds of maple sugar, 50,314 bushels of spring wheat, 39,377 acres of land in farms, 35,750 bushels of peas, $35,638 value horses aged over 3 years, $28,674 value farm implements in dollars, 22,575 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 16,802 acres of farmland under cultivation, 11,210 bushels of turnips, 10,029 acres of farmland under crops, 7,982 pounds of wool produced on farms, 7,410 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 6,718 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,520 bushels of winter wheat, 5,275 bushels of buckwheat, 3,610 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 2,886 acres of spring wheat, 2,722 sheep, 2,327 bushels of corn, 2,305 bushels of rye, 2,217 acres of oats, 2,129 swine, 2,107 tons of hay, 2,027 acres of peas, 1,517 bushels of barley, 1,360 calves and heifers, 1,267 milk cows, $1,182 value garden and orchard crops, 1,139 barrels of pork, 641 bushels of carrots, 586 horses aged over 3 years, 510 acres of potatoes, 505 bulls, oxen, or steers, 414 occupants of farms, 399 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 361 pounds of flax or hemp, 322 acres of winter wheat, 266 horses aged 3 years and under, 264 acres of buckwheat, 247 barrels of beef, 237 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 221 pounds of hops, 194 acres of corn, 172 acres of rye, 101 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 89 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 87 acres of barley, 59 bushels of beans, 59 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 57 acres of turnips, 55 acres of farmland in gardens, 19 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 acres of mangel wurtzel, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 7,712 yards of flannel, $5,060 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 2,126 yards of fulled cloth, 112 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 18 pounds of fresh fish sold, 2 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 27 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 15, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 9, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 6, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 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). "Mador, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/mador-on078006-1861/.