March, Ontario (1861 census)

March was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,454. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.375°N, 75.962°W.

Population

In 1861, March had a population of 1,454: 748 male and 706 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, March shared boundaries with:

• Goulburn
• Huntley
• Nepean
• Torbolton

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 146 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,454 total population, 748 males, 706 females, Male members of the family who are present: 685, Female members of the family who are present: 657, 516 single males, 466 single females, 214 married males, 208 married females, 127 males attending school, 94 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 63, Females present who are not members of the family: 49, 32 widowed females, 27 female births, 23 male births, 18 widowed males, 10 adult females unable to read or write, 9 adult males unable to read or write, 3 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 105 males aged 5 to 10, 93 females aged 5 to 10, 92 single males aged 20 to 30, 88 single females aged 10 to 15, 88 single males aged 10 to 15, 82 single females aged 15 to 20, 71 married females aged 30 to 40, 68 married males aged 30 to 40, 59 married females aged 20 to 30, 58 single females aged 20 to 30, 54 married males aged 40 to 50, 54 single males aged 15 to 20, 37 married males aged 20 to 30, 36 females aged 1 to 2, 36 married females aged 40 to 50, 34 males aged 1 to 2, 32 males aged 4 to 5, 30 males aged 2 to 3, 29 males aged 3 to 4, 27 females aged 4 to 5, 25 females age 3 to 4, 23 married males aged 60 to 70, 21 married males aged 50 to 60, 20 females aged 2 to 3, 17 married females aged 60 to 70, 16 married females aged 50 to 60, 16 single males aged 30 to 40, 11 married males aged 70 to 80, 10 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 8 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 married females aged 15 to 20, 2 males of unknown age, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 983 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 385 persons originating in Ireland, 46 persons originating in England or Wales, 25 French Canadians, 14 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $176,905 value farms (dollars), $40,818 value all livestock, 40,438 pounds of homemade butter, 31,591 bushels of oats, 25,043 bushels of potatoes, 21,149 acres of land in farms, $14,768 value farm implements in dollars, 14,224 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 13,611 bushels of spring wheat, 6,925 acres of farmland under cultivation, 5,891 bushels of peas, 5,815 bushels of turnips, 4,501 acres of farmland under crops, 3,940 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,313 acres of farmland in pasture, $1,948 value horses aged over 3 years, 1,761 bushels of winter wheat, 1,618 tons of hay, 1,343 bushels of barley, 1,260 bushels of carrots, 1,135 sheep, 1,074 acres of oats, 765 acres of spring wheat, 710 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 619 swine, 548 calves and heifers, 543 milk cows, 530 barrels of pork, 357 bushels of corn, 351 acres of peas, 295 horses aged over 3 years, 240 bushels of buckwheat, 223 acres of potatoes, $190 value garden and orchard crops, 184 occupants of farms, 175 bushels of rye, 151 horses aged 3 years and under, 105 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 102 barrels of beef, 91 acres of winter wheat, 57 acres of barley, 34 bulls, oxen, or steers, 32 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 27 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 21 acres of farmland in gardens, 17 acres of turnips, 13 acres of rye, 10 acres of corn, 10 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 9 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 7 acres of buckwheat, 3 pounds of hops, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 1,928 yards of flannel, $1,620 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 265 yards of fulled cloth, 35 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 9 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 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 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 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: ON067007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON105006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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). "March, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/march-on067007-1861/.