Hullett, Ontario (1891 census)

Hullett was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,281. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261805. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.674°N, 81.463°W.

Population

In 1891, Hullett had a population of 3,281: 1,661 male and 1,620 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 1891

In the 1891 census, Hullett shared boundaries with:

• Colborne
• East Wawanosh
• Goderich
• McKillop
• Morris
• Tuckersmith
• Wawanosh W-O

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 85 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,281 total population, 1,661 males, 1,620 females, 1,070 married persons, 639 families, 535 married females, 535 married males, 119 widowed persons, 81 widowed females, 38 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,092 single persons under 18, 1,088 single males under 18, 1,004 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,280 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 630 houses, 630 occupied houses, 504 houses built of wood, 394 houses of 1 story, 342 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 236 houses of 2 stories, 119 houses built of brick, 85 houses of 4 rooms, 66 houses of 5 rooms, 63 houses of 3 rooms, 49 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 20 uninhabited houses, 17 houses of 2 rooms, 7 houses built of stone, 6 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 houses of 1 room, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 342,380 bushels of turnips, 198,682 bushels of oats, 153,299 pounds of homemade butter, 70,640 bushels of peas, 63,920 bushels of winter wheat, 60,619 bushels of barley, 52,153 acres of land in farms, 42,960 acres of improved land in farms, 31,065 acres of farmland under crops, 27,096 bushels of potatoes, 23,061 chickens, 14,561 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 12,161 tons of hay, 11,173 acres of farmland in pasture, 9,688 bushels of spring wheat, 9,193 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,642 acres of hay crops, 6,671 acres of oats, 5,178 other cattle, 4,487 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 3,977 acres of wheat, 3,457 swine slaughtered or sold, 3,388 sheep, 3,103 swine, 2,658 cattle killed or sold, 2,556 acres of barley, 1,998 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,924 milk cows, 1,676 bushels of corn, 1,348 horses aged over 3 years, 995 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 951 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 911 horses aged 3 years and under, 852 acres of turnips, 662 geese, 595 occupants of farms, 486 farm occupants who own their land, 480 ducks, 441 turkeys, 325 bushels of rye, 302 acres of potatoes, 210 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, Capacity of silos (tons): 205, 142 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 124 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 109 farm occupants who rent their land, 97 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 69 bushels of beans, 68 bushels of buckwheat, 29 other fowl, 22 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 13 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

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 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON077003 — 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 1891 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 (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/hullett-on077003-1891/.