Stratford, C, Ontario (1861 census)

Stratford, C was a city in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,809. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q740756. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.370°N, 80.983°W.

Population

In 1861, Stratford, C had a population of 2,809: 1,445 male and 1,364 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, Stratford, C shared boundaries with:

• Downie
• Easthope N
• Easthope S
• Ellice

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 159 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,809 total population, 1,445 males, 1,364 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,233, Female members of the family who are present: 1,216, 974 single males, 851 single females, 449 married males, 448 married females, 245 females attending school, 223 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 212, Females present who are not members of the family: 148, 65 widowed females, 60 male births, 47 female births, 32 adult females unable to read or write, 30 adult males unable to read or write, 22 widowed males, 3 persons at sea, 1 blind females, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 192 single males aged 20 to 30, 176 married males aged 30 to 40, 162 males aged 5 to 10, 161 married females aged 20 to 30, 160 single females aged 10 to 15, 160 single females aged 15 to 20, 150 married females aged 30 to 40, 149 females aged 5 to 10, 136 single males aged 15 to 20, 127 single males aged 10 to 15, 106 single females aged 20 to 30, 98 married males aged 20 to 30, 92 married males aged 40 to 50, 86 married females aged 40 to 50, 63 males aged 1 to 2, 57 males aged 2 to 3, 52 females aged 1 to 2, 48 females aged 2 to 3, 48 males aged 4 to 5, 47 males aged 3 to 4, 47 married males aged 50 to 60, 46 females aged 4 to 5, 44 single males aged 30 to 40, 41 females age 3 to 4, 30 married females aged 50 to 60, 30 married males aged 60 to 70, 20 single females aged 30 to 40, 19 single males aged 40 to 50, 18 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 16 married females aged 60 to 70, 12 males of unknown age, 12 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 12 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 12 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 11 females of unknown age, 8 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 7 single females aged 40 to 50, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 widowed females over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,208 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 533 persons originating in Ireland, 462 persons originating in England or Wales, 314 persons originating in Scotland, 113 persons originating in the United States, 95 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 36 negroes or coloured persons, 29 persons originating in New Brunswick, 21 male negroes or coloured persons, 17 French Canadians, 15 female negroes or coloured persons, 10 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 6 persons originating in France, 6 persons originating in the East Indies, 4 persons originating in the West Indies, 2 persons originating in Sweden or Norway, 2 persons originating in Switzerland. 5 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $23,810 value farms (dollars), $23,078 value all livestock, 3,315 pounds of homemade butter, 2,535 bushels of turnips, 2,070 bushels of spring wheat, 2,040 bushels of potatoes, $1,155 value farm implements in dollars, 1,135 bushels of oats, 667 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 508 acres of land in farms, 388 pounds of wool produced on farms, 357 milk cows, 308 swine, 298 bushels of peas, 281 acres of farmland under cultivation, $245 value garden and orchard crops, 227 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 200 horses aged over 3 years, 188 acres of farmland under crops, 187 sheep, 87 acres of farmland in pasture, 85 acres of spring wheat, 67 tons of hay, 44 acres of oats, 27 calves and heifers, 14 pounds of maple sugar, 12 bushels of carrots, 10 acres of peas, 10 acres of potatoes, 10 occupants of farms, 10 pounds of hops, 6 acres of farmland in gardens, 6 bulls, oxen, or steers, 6 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 4 acres of turnips, 4 barrels of pork, 4 horses aged 3 years and under, 3 bushels of beans, 2 barrels of beef, 2 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $3,975 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $1,995 value carriages for hire (dollars), 84 carriages for pleasure, 55 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 26 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 16, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 5 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: ON092013 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON137012 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q740756
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratford,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratford_(Ontario)

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). "Stratford, C, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/stratford-c-on092013-1861/.