Barford, Quebec (1861 census)

Barford was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 700. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.085°N, 71.735°W.

Population

In 1861, Barford had a population of 700: 361 male and 339 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, Barford shared boundaries with:

• Barnston
• Clifton
• Compton
• Hereford

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 89 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 700 total population, 361 males, 339 females, Male members of the family who are present: 325, Female members of the family who are present: 323, 226 single males, 212 single females, 128 married males, 115 married females, 72 males attending school, 64 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 36, Females present who are not members of the family: 16, 13 female births, 12 adult males unable to read or write, 12 widowed females, 11 male births, 7 widowed males, 4 adult females unable to read or write, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 blind males, 1 lunatic females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 53 single males aged 15 to 20, 45 single females aged 10 to 15, 42 males aged 5 to 10, 42 single females aged 15 to 20, 38 married males aged 30 to 40, 37 females aged 5 to 10, 37 single males aged 20 to 30, 34 married females aged 20 to 30, 34 single males aged 10 to 15, 31 married females aged 30 to 40, 27 married males aged 20 to 30, 25 married males aged 40 to 50, 24 married females aged 40 to 50, 21 married males aged 50 to 60, 16 married females aged 50 to 60, 13 females age 3 to 4, 13 females aged 4 to 5, 12 females aged 1 to 2, 11 females aged 2 to 3, 11 males aged 3 to 4, 11 single females aged 20 to 30, 10 males aged 4 to 5, 8 males aged 1 to 2, 8 males aged 2 to 3, 8 married males aged 60 to 70, 8 single males aged 30 to 40, 7 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 married females aged 60 to 70, 6 single females aged 30 to 40, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 males of unknown age, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 459 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 135 persons originating in the United States, 52 French Canadians, 45 persons originating in England or Wales, 4 persons originating in Ireland, 3 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in Sweden or Norway, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 7 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 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 females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC053002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC200001 — 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). "Barford, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/barford-qc053002-1861/.