Oakland, Ontario (1861 census)

Oakland was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,087. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262485. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.045°N, 80.338°W.

Population

In 1861, Oakland had a population of 1,087: 578 male and 509 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, Oakland shared boundaries with:

• Brantford
• Burford
• Townsend

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 1,087 total population, 578 males, Male members of the family who are present: 564, 509 females, Female members of the family who are present: 498, 389 single males, 300 single females, 183 married females, 181 married males, 109 males attending school, 77 females attending school, 26 widowed females, 23 male births, Males present who are not members of the family: 14, 14 female births, Females present who are not members of the family: 11, 10 adult males unable to read or write, 8 widowed males, 7 adult females unable to read or write. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 78 single males aged 20 to 30, 67 single males aged 15 to 20, 65 females aged 5 to 10, 61 single males aged 10 to 15, 59 married females aged 20 to 30, 59 single females aged 15 to 20, 56 males aged 5 to 10, 50 single females aged 10 to 15, 47 married males aged 30 to 40, 42 married females aged 30 to 40, 34 married females aged 40 to 50, 34 married males aged 20 to 30, 34 single females aged 20 to 30, 32 married males aged 40 to 50, 29 married males aged 50 to 60, 24 males aged 1 to 2, 24 males aged 2 to 3, 20 married females aged 50 to 60, 19 females aged 1 to 2, 19 females aged 4 to 5, 19 males aged 3 to 4, 19 married males aged 60 to 70, 17 females aged 2 to 3, 17 married males aged 70 to 80, 14 single males aged 30 to 40, 13 females age 3 to 4, 13 males aged 4 to 5, 13 married females aged 60 to 70, 9 married females aged 70 to 80, 9 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 8 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 832 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 100 persons originating in England or Wales, 70 persons originating in the United States, 39 persons originating in Scotland, 37 persons originating in Ireland, 8 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $402,978 value farms (dollars), $46,177 value all livestock, 37,577 bushels of turnips, 30,603 bushels of winter wheat, 26,291 pounds of homemade butter, $20,105 value horses aged over 3 years, 18,375 bushels of potatoes, 16,606 bushels of oats, $10,915 value farm implements in dollars, 10,548 bushels of spring wheat, 10,401 acres of land in farms, 8,294 bushels of peas, 7,533 acres of farmland under cultivation, 7,418 bushels of corn, 7,186 gallons of cider, 6,555 acres of farmland under crops, 6,385 pounds of maple sugar, 4,312 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 4,303 bushels of barley, 4,054 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,868 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,586 bushels of carrots, 2,315 bushels of buckwheat, $2,119 value garden and orchard crops, 1,574 acres of winter wheat, 1,426 sheep, 1,212 tons of hay, 874 swine, 819 acres of farmland in pasture, 618 acres of spring wheat, 532 acres of oats, 444 acres of peas, 382 milk cows, 378 barrels of pork, 337 horses aged over 3 years, 303 calves and heifers, 275 bushels of rye, 247 acres of corn, 194 acres of potatoes, 191 acres of barley, 159 acres of farmland in gardens, 147 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 120 acres of buckwheat, 117 occupants of farms, 115 horses aged 3 years and under, 88 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 69 acres of turnips, 59 barrels of beef, 56 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 40 bushels of beans, 40 bulls, oxen, or steers, 39 acres of rye, 31 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 18 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 pounds of hops. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $6,258 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 1,324 yards of flannel, 453 yards of fulled cloth, 103 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 8 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 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 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: ON065005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON103004 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262485

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). "Oakland, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/oakland-on065005-1861/.