Hawkesbury E, Ontario (1851 census)

Hawkesbury E was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,029. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3128766. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.507°N, 74.488°W.

Population

In 1851, Hawkesbury E had a population of 3,029: 1,539 male and 1,490 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, Hawkesbury E shared boundaries with:

• Hawkesbury, Village
• Lochiel
• Newton
• Rigaud

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 168 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,029 total population, 1,539 males, 1,490 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,417, Female members of the family who are present: 1,393, 1,054 single males, 1,016 single females, 456 married males, 452 families, 442 married females, 232 females attending school, 232 males attending school, Male members of the family who are present: 151, Males present who are not members of the family: 122, Females present who are not members of the family: 97, 53 female births, 48 male births, 32 widowed females, 29 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 25, 5 lunatic males, 3 persons at sea, 2 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 273 females aged 5 to 10, 237 males aged 5 to 10, 198 single males aged 10 to 15, 179 single females aged 10 to 15, 164 single males aged 15 to 20, 158 single females aged 15 to 20, 145 married females aged 20 to 30, 136 married males aged 40 to 50, 125 single males aged 20 to 30, 121 married females aged 30 to 40, 115 married males aged 30 to 40, 100 married males aged 20 to 30, 91 married females aged 40 to 50, 86 females aged 1 to 2, 82 males aged 1 to 2, 74 single females aged 20 to 30, 64 married males aged 50 to 60, 63 females age 3 to 4, 61 females aged 4 to 5, 58 females aged 2 to 3, 58 males aged 3 to 4, 55 males under age 1, 53 males aged 4 to 5, 51 females under age 1, 49 males aged 2 to 3, 42 married females aged 50 to 60, 27 married males aged 60 to 70, 21 married females aged 60 to 70, 21 single males aged 30 to 40, 19 married females aged 15 to 20, 10 married males aged 70 to 80, 10 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 7 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,251 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1,190 French Canadians, 281 persons originating in Ireland, 224 persons originating in Scotland, 36 persons originating in England or Wales, 25 persons originating in the United States, 14 persons originating in all other places, 2 persons originating in Switzerland, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 64,604 pounds of homemade butter, 38,503 bushels of oats, 35,419 acres of land in farms, 24,705 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 22,015 bushels of potatoes, 15,955 bushels of wheat, 10,714 acres of farmland under cultivation, 7,154 bushels of corn, 6,708 acres of farmland under crops, 5,919 pounds of wool produced on farms, 5,860 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 5,736 bushels of peas, 3,983 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,838 tons of hay, 2,392 sheep, 1,980 pounds of maple sugar, 1,711 acres of oats, 1,615 bushels of buckwheat, 1,321 swine, 1,261 acres of wheat, 1,016 milk cows, 972 barrels of pork, 905 calves and heifers, 875 bushels of barley, 867 pounds of tobacco, 721 horses, 610 bushels of carrots, 426 acres of peas, 419 bushels of rye, 325 occupants of farms, 283 acres of potatoes, 242 acres of corn, 210 bushels of turnips, 197 barrels of beef, 182 bulls, oxen, or steers, 154 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 112 acres of buckwheat, 92 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 57 acres of barley, 56 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 41 acres of rye, 23 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 20 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 20 pounds of flax or hemp, 13 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 5 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 3 acres of turnips, 3 bushels of beans. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 3,668 yards of flannel, 2,518 yards of fulled cloth, 1,000 woollen factories returning capital, 950 tanneries returning capital, $150 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 8 employees in woollen factories, 3 tanneries, 3 tanneries reporting, 2 employees in saw mills, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills reporting annual production, 1 saw mills returning capital, 1 woollen factories, 1 woollen factories reporting. 30,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. $500 value cloth produced in woollen factories in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 33 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 11 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 3, Deaths in the past year among females 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 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

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

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON031003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON139003_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3128766
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Hawkesbury
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawkesbury_Est

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). "Hawkesbury E, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/hawkesbury-e-on031003-1851/.