Hinchinbrooke, Ontario (1851 census)
Hinchinbrooke was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 364. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.601°N, 76.764°W.
Population
In 1851, Hinchinbrooke had a population of 364: 225 male and 139 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 364 |
| 1861 | 760 |
| 1871 | 997 |
| 1881 | 1,322 |
| 1891 | 1,465 |
| 1901 | 1,545 |
| 1911 | 408 |
| 1921 | 1,373 |
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, Hinchinbrooke shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 113 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 364 total population, 225 males, Male members of the family who are present: 212, 158 single males, 139 females, Female members of the family who are present: 135, 87 single females, 66 married males, 57 families, 50 married females, 16 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 13, Male members of the family who are present: 11, 9 male births, 7 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 4, Female members of the family who are absent: 3, 2 female births, 2 widowed females, 1 widowed males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 37 single males aged 20 to 30, 28 single males aged 10 to 15, 28 single males aged 15 to 20, 26 males aged 5 to 10, 26 married females aged 20 to 30, 25 married males aged 20 to 30, 21 married males aged 30 to 40, 19 females aged 5 to 10, 14 single females aged 10 to 15, 13 married males aged 40 to 50, 12 single females aged 30 to 40, 11 males under age 1, 8 females aged 2 to 3, 8 females under age 1, 6 females aged 1 to 2, 6 females aged 4 to 5, 6 males aged 1 to 2, 6 males aged 2 to 3, 6 married females aged 40 to 50, 6 single females aged 15 to 20, 5 males aged 3 to 4, 5 single males aged 30 to 40, 4 females age 3 to 4, 4 males aged 4 to 5, 4 married males aged 60 to 70, 4 single females aged 20 to 30, 3 married females aged 50 to 60, 3 married males aged 50 to 60, 2 married females aged 30 to 40, 2 married females aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 married females aged 15 to 20, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 213 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 123 persons originating in Ireland, 12 persons originating in the United States, 11 persons originating in England or Wales, 4 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 persons originating in Russia, Prussia, or Poland — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 6,789 acres of land in farms, 6,064 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,048 pounds of homemade butter, 2,913 bushels of potatoes, 1,607 bushels of barley, 1,157 pounds of maple sugar, 725 acres of farmland under cultivation, 586 acres of farmland under crops, 505 pounds of wool produced on farms, 291 bushels of peas, 271 bushels of wheat, 198 sheep, 149 bushels of rye, 139 acres of farmland in pasture, 132 swine, 116 bulls, oxen, or steers, 114 acres of barley, 114 tons of hay, 100 bushels of turnips, 88 milk cows, 79 calves and heifers, 72 barrels of pork, 55 acres of oats, 55 acres of potatoes, 50 occupants of farms, 29 acres of wheat, 25 acres of peas, 24 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 22 horses, 17 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 16 acres of rye, 13 barrels of beef, 5 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 4 bushels of beans, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of turnips, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $550 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 324 yards of flannel, 101 yards of fulled cloth, 10 employees in saw mills, 3 saw mills, 3 saw mills powered by water, 3 saw mills returning capital, 2 saw mills reporting annual production, 1 saw mills not reporting. 150,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)
Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 2 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 1, 1 total number of deaths. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON009003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON111005— 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 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). "Hinchinbrooke, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/hinchinbrooke-on009003-1851/.