Hawkesbury, Village, Ontario (1851 census)

Hawkesbury, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,665. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2573770. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.542°N, 74.647°W.

Population

In 1851, Hawkesbury, Village had a population of 2,665: 1,397 male and 1,268 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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Hawkesbury, Village, 1861 (1.9% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Hawkesbury, Village shared boundaries with:

• Caledonia
• Hawkesbury E
• Lochiel
• Longueuil

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 182 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,665 total population, 1,397 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,303, 1,268 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,119, 973 single males, 828 single females, 431 families, 406 married males, 390 married females, 243 males attending school, 198 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 149, Males present who are not members of the family: 94, Male members of the family who are present: 82, 55 female births, 50 widowed females, 43 male births, 18 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 6, 5 lunatic males, 2 persons at sea, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 238 males aged 5 to 10, 190 single males aged 10 to 15, 166 single females aged 10 to 15, 164 single males aged 15 to 20, 160 females aged 5 to 10, 158 single females aged 15 to 20, 137 married females aged 20 to 30, 117 single males aged 20 to 30, 104 single females aged 20 to 30, 97 married males aged 30 to 40, 95 married males aged 40 to 50, 90 married males aged 20 to 30, 89 married females aged 30 to 40, 79 married females aged 40 to 50, 78 married males aged 50 to 60, 64 males aged 2 to 3, 51 females under age 1, 47 males aged 1 to 2, 47 males aged 3 to 4, 46 females aged 1 to 2, 46 females aged 2 to 3, 46 married females aged 50 to 60, 43 males aged 4 to 5, 42 females aged 4 to 5, 39 males under age 1, 37 females age 3 to 4, 33 married males aged 60 to 70, 17 married females aged 60 to 70, 16 married females aged 15 to 20, 16 single males aged 30 to 40, 12 single females aged 30 to 40, 12 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 11 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 8 married males aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 married males aged 90 to 100, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,506 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 522 French Canadians, 343 persons originating in Ireland, 187 persons originating in Scotland, 51 persons originating in the United States, 47 persons originating in England or Wales, 4 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 3 persons originating in New Brunswick. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 51,820 pounds of homemade butter, 28,164 bushels of oats, 25,819 bushels of potatoes, 22,315 acres of land in farms, 13,057 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 12,025 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 11,598 bushels of corn, 10,579 bushels of wheat, 9,258 acres of farmland under cultivation, 7,866 bushels of turnips, 5,503 acres of farmland under crops, 5,478 pounds of wool produced on farms, 3,656 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,929 tons of hay, 2,730 pounds of maple sugar, 2,529 bushels of carrots, 2,499 sheep, 2,242 bushels of peas, 2,047 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 1,409 bushels of buckwheat, 1,176 acres of oats, 1,014 swine, 962 milk cows, 951 gallons of cider, 795 calves and heifers, 779 barrels of pork, 701 acres of wheat, 650 horses, 567 bushels of barley, 349 acres of corn, 310 acres of potatoes, 268 barrels of beef, 219 bushels of rye, 213 occupants of farms, 204 bulls, oxen, or steers, 163 acres of peas, 139 bushels of beans, 99 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 97 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 95 acres of buckwheat, 60 pounds of tobacco, 47 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 38 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 37 acres of turnips, 31 acres of barley, 24 pounds of flax or hemp, 23 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 20 pounds of hops, 17 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 16 acres of rye, 6 persons living on farms over 200 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 27,000 saw mill plants, 18,000 feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, 7,258 yards of fulled cloth, 5,186 yards of flannel, $2,875 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs: 1,900, 75 tanneries returning capital, 9 employees in tanneries, 8 saw mills, 8 saw mills powered by water, 7 saw mills returning capital, 4 saw mills reporting production by number of logs, 2 saw mills reporting annual production, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 saw mills reporting daily production, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries reporting. 180,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 3,000 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. $2,400 value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 25 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 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, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 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: ON031002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON139008 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q2573770
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawkesbury,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawkesbury

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, Village, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/hawkesbury-village-on031002-1851/.