Huron, Ontario (1851 census)

Huron was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 236. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261817. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.072°N, 81.617°W.

Population

In 1851, Huron had a population of 236: 135 male and 101 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, Huron shared boundaries with:

• Ashfield
• Kincardine
• Kinlas

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 85 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 236 total population, Male members of the family who are present: 135, 135 males, Female members of the family who are present: 101, 101 females, 94 single males, 60 single females, 53 families, 40 married females, 40 married males, 7 female births, 5 male births, 1 widowed females, 1 widowed males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 20 single males aged 10 to 15, 18 single males aged 20 to 30, 16 married males aged 40 to 50, 16 single males aged 15 to 20, 15 females aged 5 to 10, 15 males aged 5 to 10, 13 married females aged 40 to 50, 12 married females aged 30 to 40, 10 married females aged 20 to 30, 10 married males aged 20 to 30, 10 married males aged 30 to 40, 8 females aged 2 to 3, 8 single females aged 10 to 15, 7 females aged 1 to 2, 7 females under age 1, 6 females aged 4 to 5, 5 males aged 2 to 3, 5 males aged 4 to 5, 5 males under age 1, 5 married females aged 50 to 60, 4 males aged 1 to 2, 4 married males aged 50 to 60, 4 single females aged 15 to 20, 3 females age 3 to 4, 3 males aged 3 to 4, 2 single males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 20 to 30, 1 single females aged 30 to 40, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 66 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 62 persons originating in Ireland, 54 persons originating in Scotland, 21 persons originating in England or Wales, 17 French Canadians, 11 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 5 persons originating in New Brunswick. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 5,280 bushels of potatoes, 5,153 acres of land in farms, 4,836 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,430 bushels of turnips, 1,842 bushels of wheat, 1,460 pounds of maple sugar, 500 bushels of oats, 400 pounds of homemade butter, 317 acres of farmland under cultivation, 235 acres of farmland under crops, 175 bushels of corn, 95 acres of wheat, 58 acres of potatoes, 46 acres of farmland in pasture, 43 occupants of farms, 38 acres of turnips, 37 bulls, oxen, or steers, 37 milk cows, 36 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 36 bushels of buckwheat, 36 swine, 34 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 24 acres of oats, 17 acres of corn, 17 calves and heifers, 10 sheep, 9 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 2 acres of buckwheat. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 10, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON003008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON104011 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261817

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). "Huron, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/huron-on003008-1851/.