Huntingdon, Ontario (1851 census)

Huntingdon was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,548. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261812. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.415°N, 77.441°W.

Population

In 1851, Huntingdon had a population of 2,548: 1,344 male and 1,204 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, Huntingdon shared boundaries with:

• Elzevir, Madoc & Tudor
• Grimsthorpe
• Rawdon
• Thurlow
• Tyendinaga

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 172 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,548 total population, 1,344 males, 1,204 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,195, Female members of the family who are present: 1,102, 926 single males, 759 single females, 672 families, 420 married females, 407 married males, 229 males attending school, 193 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 149, Females present who are not members of the family: 102, 62 male births, 58 female births, Male members of the family who are present: 29, 25 widowed females, Female members of the family who are absent: 24, 11 widowed males, 1 blind females, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 207 females aged 5 to 10, 200 males aged 5 to 10, 179 single males aged 10 to 15, 161 single females aged 10 to 15, 150 married females aged 20 to 30, 139 married males aged 30 to 40, 127 single males aged 15 to 20, 126 married females aged 30 to 40, 112 single males aged 20 to 30, 108 single females aged 15 to 20, 105 married males aged 20 to 30, 81 married males aged 40 to 50, 67 males under age 1, 63 males aged 1 to 2, 60 married females aged 40 to 50, 55 females under age 1, 50 married males aged 50 to 60, 48 females aged 2 to 3, 47 males aged 2 to 3, 46 males aged 3 to 4, 44 females aged 1 to 2, 43 females age 3 to 4, 43 females aged 4 to 5, 42 males aged 4 to 5, 40 single females aged 20 to 30, 37 married females aged 50 to 60, 28 married females aged 15 to 20, 26 married males aged 60 to 70, 24 males of unknown age, 16 married females aged 60 to 70, 15 single males aged 30 to 40, 8 single females aged 30 to 40, 8 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 4 married males aged 70 to 80, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,731 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 464 persons originating in Ireland, 101 persons originating in Scotland, 90 persons originating in the United States, 81 persons originating in England or Wales, 75 French Canadians, 3 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 2 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 1 persons whose origin is unknown. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 48,037 pounds of homemade butter, 35,847 acres of land in farms, 28,232 bushels of wheat, 27,707 bushels of oats, 23,669 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 17,595 bushels of potatoes, 14,306 pounds of maple sugar, 12,809 bushels of peas, 12,178 acres of farmland under cultivation, 8,042 acres of farmland under crops, 6,558 pounds of wool produced on farms, 5,051 bushels of corn, 4,168 bushels of buckwheat, 4,037 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,585 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 3,473 sheep, 2,525 bushels of rye, 2,489 acres of wheat, 2,121 bushels of turnips, 1,994 swine, 1,602 tons of hay, 1,378 acres of oats, 1,134 barrels of pork, 955 bulls, oxen, or steers, 870 acres of peas, 782 calves and heifers, 770 milk cows, 633 horses, 566 gallons of cider, 540 bushels of barley, 343 occupants of farms, 339 acres of potatoes, 315 acres of buckwheat, 296 acres of corn, 284 acres of rye, 217 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 187 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 165 barrels of beef, 131 bushels of beans, 131 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 117 bushels of carrots, 103 pounds of hops, 99 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 77 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 45 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 35 pounds of tobacco, 29 acres of barley, 25 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 20 pounds of flax or hemp, 16 acres of turnips, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 5,201 yards of flannel, 3,489 yards of fulled cloth, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs: 500, $430 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $242 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $62 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 9 employees in saw mills, 5 saw mills, 5 saw mills powered by water, 3 saw mills returning capital, 2 employees in grist mills, 2 saw mills reporting annual production, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 saw mills reporting production by number of logs, 1 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent. 500,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 5,000 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 19 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 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 aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON015002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON118010 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261812

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). "Huntingdon, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/huntingdon-on015002-1851/.