Maidstone, Ontario (1861 census)

Maidstone was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,652. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262130. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.243°N, 82.798°W.

Population

In 1861, Maidstone had a population of 1,652: 881 male and 771 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, Maidstone shared boundaries with:

• Colchester
• Golded
• Rochester
• Sandwich E

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 166 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,652 total population, 881 males, Male members of the family who are present: 833, 771 females, Female members of the family who are present: 741, 629 single males, 524 single females, 233 married males, 229 married females, 196 males attending school, 166 females attending school, 61 adult males unable to read or write, Males present who are not members of the family: 48, 38 adult females unable to read or write, 33 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 30, 30 female births, 19 widowed males, 18 widowed females, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 133 males aged 5 to 10, 115 single males aged 10 to 15, 107 single males aged 15 to 20, 99 single females aged 10 to 15, 99 single females aged 15 to 20, 96 females aged 5 to 10, 79 single males aged 20 to 30, 70 married males aged 30 to 40, 68 married females aged 20 to 30, 66 married females aged 30 to 40, 51 married males aged 40 to 50, 45 single females aged 20 to 30, 44 married males aged 20 to 30, 44 married males aged 50 to 60, 43 married females aged 40 to 50, 37 females aged 1 to 2, 36 females age 3 to 4, 33 married females aged 50 to 60, 30 males aged 1 to 2, 27 males aged 3 to 4, 26 females aged 2 to 3, 26 males aged 2 to 3, 26 single males aged 30 to 40, 22 females aged 4 to 5, 19 males aged 4 to 5, 19 married males aged 60 to 70, 16 single females aged 30 to 40, 16 single males aged 40 to 50, 11 married females aged 60 to 70, 10 single females aged 50 to 60, 8 single males aged 50 to 60, 8 single males aged 60 to 70, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 single females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 710 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 375 negroes or coloured persons, 295 French Canadians, 221 persons originating in Ireland, 220 persons originating in the United States, 195 male negroes or coloured persons, 180 female negroes or coloured persons, 92 persons originating in England or Wales, 82 persons originating in Scotland, 27 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 2 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 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 $193,063 value farms (dollars), $40,795 value all livestock, 40,020 pounds of homemade butter, 26,909 bushels of corn, 19,817 acres of land in farms, 18,462 bushels of potatoes, 16,896 bushels of oats, $16,368 value horses aged over 3 years, 14,392 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $8,679 value farm implements in dollars, 5,425 acres of farmland under cultivation, 3,565 acres of farmland under crops, 3,011 bushels of peas, 2,373 bushels of winter wheat, 2,115 bushels of buckwheat, 1,907 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,777 swine, 1,756 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,554 bushels of turnips, 1,493 bushels of rye, 1,186 acres of corn, 1,007 calves and heifers, 1,003 tons of hay, 858 bushels of barley, 815 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 706 acres of oats, 649 milk cows, 648 sheep, 647 gallons of cider, 582 bushels of spring wheat, $466 value garden and orchard crops, 416 horses aged over 3 years, 349 horses aged 3 years and under, 323 barrels of pork, 272 occupants of farms, 217 acres of potatoes, 211 acres of peas, 154 acres of winter wheat, 148 acres of buckwheat, 132 bulls, oxen, or steers, 124 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 117 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 112 acres of rye, 104 acres of farmland in gardens, 75 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 74 barrels of beef, 55 acres of spring wheat, 52 acres of barley, 35 bushels of beans, 32 pounds of hops, 21 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 15 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 11 acres of turnips, 8 pounds of maple sugar, 6 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 5 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 bushels of carrots. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 431 yards of flannel, $265 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 36 yards of linen, 8 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 16 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 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 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 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 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 74 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: ON071005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON110006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262130

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). "Maidstone, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/maidstone-on071005-1861/.