Hullett, Ontario (1851 census)

Hullett was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 955. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261805. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.674°N, 81.463°W.

Population

In 1851, Hullett had a population of 955: 525 male and 430 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, Hullett shared boundaries with:

• Colborno
• Goderich
• Grey, Morris & Turnbury
• McKillop
• Tuckersmith
• Wawanosh

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 955 total population, 525 males, Male members of the family who are present: 486, 430 females, Female members of the family who are present: 416, 355 single males, 259 single females, 185 families, 161 married males, 160 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 39, 30 males attending school, 27 male births, 19 female births, 16 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 14, 11 widowed females, 9 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 7, Female members of the family who are absent: 1, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 82 males aged 5 to 10, 73 females aged 5 to 10, 73 single males aged 20 to 30, 64 married females aged 20 to 30, 62 married males aged 30 to 40, 51 single males aged 10 to 15, 48 married females aged 30 to 40, 48 single females aged 10 to 15, 44 single males aged 15 to 20, 42 married males aged 20 to 30, 34 married males aged 40 to 50, 29 single females aged 15 to 20, 27 married females aged 40 to 50, 26 males under age 1, 23 females age 3 to 4, 22 females aged 1 to 2, 19 females under age 1, 17 females aged 4 to 5, 17 males aged 1 to 2, 16 males aged 2 to 3, 16 males aged 3 to 4, 15 females aged 2 to 3, 15 males aged 4 to 5, 15 married males aged 50 to 60, 12 single females aged 20 to 30, 12 single males aged 30 to 40, 11 married females aged 50 to 60, 5 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 married females aged 60 to 70, 4 married males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 males of unknown age, 1 single females aged 30 to 40, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 374 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 231 persons originating in England or Wales, 194 persons originating in Ireland, 135 persons originating in Scotland, 13 persons originating in the United States, 6 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 2 French Canadians. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 19,434 acres of land in farms, 17,453 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,195 bushels of oats, 8,513 bushels of wheat, 7,991 pounds of homemade butter, 5,634 bushels of turnips, 5,039 pounds of maple sugar, 2,292 bushels of potatoes, 1,978 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,633 bushels of peas, 1,618 acres of farmland under crops, 1,088 pounds of wool produced on farms, 900 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 666 acres of wheat, 523 swine, 400 sheep, 373 acres of oats, 357 acres of farmland in pasture, 346 bulls, oxen, or steers, 268 calves and heifers, 244 milk cows, 210 tons of hay, 190 barrels of pork, 170 occupants of farms, 166 pounds of tobacco, 148 bushels of corn, 128 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 125 acres of peas, 120 bushels of barley, 78 horses, 73 barrels of beef, 68 acres of potatoes, 37 acres of turnips, 28 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 13 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 10 acres of barley, 8 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 4 acres of corn, 3 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 831 yards of flannel, 174 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 females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 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 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: ON016012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON119007 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261805

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). "Hullett, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/hullett-on016012-1851/.