Stamford, Ontario (1861 census)

Stamford was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,041. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7597413. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.098°N, 79.121°W.

Population

In 1861, Stamford had a population of 3,041: 1,488 male and 1,553 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).

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

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Stamford, 1851 (93.8% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Stamford shared boundaries with:

• Chippawa, Village
• Clifton, Town—Ville
• Crowland
• Grantham
• Niagara
• Thorold
• Thorold, Village
• Willoughby

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 182 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,041 total population, 1,553 females, 1,488 males, Female members of the family who are present: 1,439, Male members of the family who are present: 1,344, 997 single females, 995 single males, 470 married females, 466 married males, 255 males attending school, 215 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 144, Females present who are not members of the family: 114, 86 widowed females, 55 male births, 50 female births, 37 adult males unable to read or write, 28 adult females unable to read or write, 27 widowed males, 3 lunatic females, 2 blind females, 2 lunatic males, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 186 single males aged 20 to 30, 183 single males aged 10 to 15, 178 single females aged 10 to 15, 174 single females aged 15 to 20, 164 females aged 5 to 10, 164 single females aged 20 to 30, 159 males aged 5 to 10, 155 single males aged 15 to 20, 139 married males aged 30 to 40, 121 married females aged 20 to 30, 121 married females aged 30 to 40, 115 married females aged 40 to 50, 101 married males aged 40 to 50, 100 married males aged 50 to 60, 64 married females aged 50 to 60, 58 married males aged 20 to 30, 51 females aged 1 to 2, 51 males aged 2 to 3, 47 females aged 2 to 3, 46 married males aged 60 to 70, 42 females age 3 to 4, 42 single females aged 30 to 40, 40 males aged 3 to 4, 39 males aged 4 to 5, 39 single males aged 30 to 40, 35 females aged 4 to 5, 33 married females aged 60 to 70, 32 males aged 1 to 2, 30 single males aged 40 to 50, 22 single females aged 40 to 50, 20 married males aged 70 to 80, 20 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 18 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 16 single females aged 50 to 60, 16 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 15 single males aged 50 to 60, 13 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 11 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 9 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 8 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 single females aged 70 to 80, 6 single males aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,973 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 341 persons originating in England or Wales, 327 persons originating in Ireland, 241 persons originating in the United States, 112 persons originating in Scotland, 92 negroes or coloured persons, 56 male negroes or coloured persons, 36 female negroes or coloured persons, 26 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 5 persons originating in France, 3 persons originating in New Brunswick, 3 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 2 French Canadians, 2 persons originating in the West Indies, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in Sweden or Norway, 1 persons originating in Switzerland. 2 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $889,210 value farms (dollars), $122,943 value all livestock, 63,383 pounds of homemade butter, 63,055 bushels of oats, 39,824 bushels of potatoes, $38,243 value horses aged over 3 years, 22,934 bushels of corn, 21,933 gallons of cider, $20,564 value farm implements in dollars, 19,757 acres of land in farms, 14,023 bushels of barley, 13,940 acres of farmland under cultivation, 13,850 bushels of spring wheat, 11,032 bushels of winter wheat, 10,087 bushels of turnips, 9,771 acres of farmland under crops, 9,496 bushels of carrots, $8,459 value garden and orchard crops, 7,988 bushels of peas, 7,715 pounds of wool produced on farms, 5,817 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,424 bushels of buckwheat, 4,071 tons of hay, 3,633 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,515 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 3,310 pounds of hops, 2,966 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,586 sheep, 1,729 acres of oats, 1,447 swine, 1,380 bushels of rye, 933 acres of spring wheat, 891 milk cows, 844 horses aged over 3 years, 817 acres of winter wheat, 735 calves and heifers, 683 acres of barley, 642 barrels of pork, 546 acres of corn, 536 acres of farmland in gardens, 479 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 474 acres of peas, 444 pounds of maple sugar, 344 barrels of beef, 318 acres of potatoes, 314 acres of buckwheat, 308 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 215 occupants of farms, 200 pounds of flax or hemp, 192 horses aged 3 years and under, 107 acres of rye, 83 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 46 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 45 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 35 acres of turnips, 30 bulls, oxen, or steers, 19 bushels of beans, 16 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 13 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 12 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 7 acres of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $14,162 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $3,433 value carriages for hire (dollars), 689 yards of flannel, 252 yards of fulled cloth, 211 carriages for pleasure, 34 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 22 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 14, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 4, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 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 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 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: ON102008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON151005_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7597413
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamford_Township

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). "Stamford, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/stamford-on102008-1861/.