Hallowell, Ontario (1851 census)

Hallowell was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,203. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261670. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.989°N, 77.228°W.

Population

In 1851, Hallowell had a population of 3,203: 1,629 male and 1,574 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 1851

In the 1851 census, Hallowell shared boundaries with:

• Athol
• Hillier
• Marysburgh
• Picton, T-V
• Sophiasburg

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 174 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,203 total population, 1,629 males, 1,574 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,455, Female members of the family who are present: 1,411, 1,054 single males, 989 single females, 552 married males, 540 married females, 521 families, 400 males attending school, 312 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 174, Females present who are not members of the family: 163, 54 female births, 45 widowed females, 44 male births, 23 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 11, Male members of the family who are present: 7, 2 blind females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 244 males aged 5 to 10, 238 females aged 5 to 10, 209 single males aged 10 to 15, 206 single females aged 15 to 20, 176 single females aged 10 to 15, 172 married females aged 20 to 30, 172 single males aged 15 to 20, 168 single males aged 20 to 30, 164 married males aged 30 to 40, 145 married females aged 30 to 40, 117 married males aged 20 to 30, 115 married males aged 40 to 50, 108 single females aged 20 to 30, 93 married females aged 40 to 50, 83 married males aged 50 to 60, 63 married females aged 50 to 60, 59 females under age 1, 53 females aged 1 to 2, 51 males aged 1 to 2, 51 males aged 2 to 3, 49 females aged 2 to 3, 46 married males aged 60 to 70, 45 males under age 1, 44 females aged 4 to 5, 42 males aged 4 to 5, 40 males aged 3 to 4, 37 females age 3 to 4, 36 married females aged 60 to 70, 26 single males aged 30 to 40, 25 married females aged 15 to 20, 18 married males aged 70 to 80, 14 single females aged 30 to 40, 11 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 10 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 married males aged 15 to 20, 4 married males aged 80 to 90, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,404 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 291 persons originating in Ireland, 216 persons originating in the United States, 204 persons originating in England or Wales, 44 persons originating in New Brunswick, 17 persons originating in Scotland, 12 French Canadians, 3 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 2 persons originating in France, 2 persons originating in Germany or Holland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 101,378 pounds of homemade butter, 50,614 bushels of peas, 41,946 bushels of oats, 39,990 acres of land in farms, 36,347 bushels of wheat, 29,984 pounds of maple sugar, 25,008 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 23,585 acres of farmland under cultivation, 20,061 bushels of corn, 18,219 gallons of cider, 18,132 pounds of wool produced on farms, 16,405 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 15,755 bushels of potatoes, 15,311 acres of farmland under crops, 15,070 bushels of buckwheat, 14,553 bushels of barley, 8,632 bushels of rye, 7,775 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,635 sheep, 4,910 pounds of hops, 4,263 tons of hay, 4,073 acres of wheat, 2,590 acres of peas, 1,964 bushels of turnips, 1,728 swine, 1,432 milk cows, 1,384 acres of oats, 1,322 horses, 1,121 calves and heifers, 927 acres of corn, 905 acres of buckwheat, 872 bushels of carrots, 659 acres of rye, 610 acres of barley, 499 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 412 bulls, oxen, or steers, 323 acres of potatoes, 318 occupants of farms, 280 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 127 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 124 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 111 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 102 bushels of beans, 95 barrels of pork, 35 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 31 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 15 acres of turnips, 15 barrels of beef, 12 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 8,595 yards of flannel, $2,750 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 2,085 yards of fulled cloth, 2,000 feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, 1,200 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $480 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 300 carding and fulling mills returning capital, 11 yards of linen, 8 saw mills, 7 saw mills powered by water, 4 grist mills, 4 grist mills powered by water, 3 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 3 grist mills returning capital, 2 carding and fulling mills, 2 carding and fulling mills reporting, 2 saw mills not reporting, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 saw mills powered by steam, 1 saw mills reporting daily production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 9 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 23 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 15, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 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 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

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 1851, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON032003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON140003_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261670

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1851 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). "Hallowell, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/hallowell-on032003-1851/.