Hibbert, Ontario (1851 census)

Hibbert was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,191. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261744. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.452°N, 81.331°W.

Population

In 1851, Hibbert had a population of 1,191: 665 male and 526 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, Hibbert shared boundaries with:

• Fullarton
• Logan
• McKillop
• Tuckersmith
• Usborne

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 122 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,191 total population, 665 males, Male members of the family who are present: 647, 526 females, Female members of the family who are present: 520, 462 single males, 332 single females, 212 families, 187 married males, 186 married females, 47 females attending school, 46 males attending school, 29 female births, Males present who are not members of the family: 18, 17 male births, 16 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 14, 8 widowed females, Females present who are not members of the family: 6, Male members of the family who are present: 6, 1 blind males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 95 females aged 5 to 10, 88 males aged 5 to 10, 83 single males aged 10 to 15, 66 single males aged 15 to 20, 65 married females aged 20 to 30, 65 single males aged 20 to 30, 64 married females aged 30 to 40, 63 married males aged 30 to 40, 57 single females aged 10 to 15, 53 married males aged 20 to 30, 44 single females aged 15 to 20, 40 married males aged 40 to 50, 31 males aged 4 to 5, 31 males under age 1, 30 males aged 3 to 4, 29 females under age 1, 27 females aged 1 to 2, 27 married females aged 40 to 50, 26 females aged 2 to 3, 25 males aged 2 to 3, 24 females aged 4 to 5, 21 males aged 1 to 2, 18 married males aged 50 to 60, 17 females age 3 to 4, 15 married females aged 50 to 60, 12 married males aged 60 to 70, 11 married females aged 15 to 20, 11 single females aged 20 to 30, 11 single males aged 30 to 40, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 married females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 1 females of unknown age, 1 males of unknown age, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 469 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 445 persons originating in Ireland, 115 persons originating in England or Wales, 102 persons originating in Scotland, 34 persons originating in the United States, 12 French Canadians, 9 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 4 persons originating in Jersey or other British islands — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 20,320 acres of land in farms, 18,503 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 14,818 pounds of homemade butter, 10,871 bushels of wheat, 6,704 pounds of maple sugar, 6,375 bushels of oats, 6,037 bushels of turnips, 5,793 bushels of potatoes, 1,817 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,343 acres of farmland under crops, 729 pounds of wool produced on farms, 598 bushels of peas, 510 acres of wheat, 508 swine, 468 acres of farmland in pasture, 339 bulls, oxen, or steers, 302 sheep, 288 calves and heifers, 286 milk cows, 281 acres of oats, 242 tons of hay, 222 bushels of corn, 215 occupants of farms, 142 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 136 acres of potatoes, 101 barrels of pork, 100 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 54 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 52 acres of turnips, 50 acres of peas, 45 barrels of beef, 40 pounds of hops, 18 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 15 horses, 10 acres of corn, 9 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 6 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 776 yards of flannel, 101 yards of fulled cloth. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 5 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON029002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON137008 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261744

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). "Hibbert, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/hibbert-on029002-1851/.