Lochiel, Ontario (1851 census)

Lochiel was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 4,174. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.398°N, 74.595°W.

Population

In 1851, Lochiel had a population of 4,174: 2,116 male and 2,058 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, Lochiel shared boundaries with:

• Caledonia
• Hawkesbury E
• Hawkesbury, Village
• Kenyon
• Lancaster
• Newton

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 167 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 4,174 total population, 2,116 males, 2,058 females, 1,492 single males, 1,414 single females, 577 families, 576 married females, 572 married males, 243 males attending school, 196 females attending school, Male members of the family who are present: 104, 68 widowed females, 61 male births, 52 widowed males, 38 female births, Female members of the family who are absent: 5, 1 blind males, 1 lunatic females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 310 females aged 5 to 10, 298 males aged 5 to 10, 255 single males aged 10 to 15, 248 single males aged 20 to 30, 244 single females aged 15 to 20, 235 single females aged 10 to 15, 213 single males aged 15 to 20, 186 married females aged 20 to 30, 171 married males aged 30 to 40, 166 single females aged 20 to 30, 162 married females aged 30 to 40, 136 married males aged 40 to 50, 100 married females aged 40 to 50, 100 married males aged 50 to 60, 93 males under age 1, 87 females aged 1 to 2, 85 males aged 1 to 2, 85 married males aged 20 to 30, 81 females aged 4 to 5, 79 females age 3 to 4, 76 males aged 3 to 4, 73 females aged 2 to 3, 72 married females aged 50 to 60, 71 males aged 2 to 3, 65 males aged 4 to 5, 62 females under age 1, 53 single males aged 30 to 40, 48 married males aged 60 to 70, 39 single females aged 30 to 40, 28 married females aged 60 to 70, 25 married males aged 70 to 80, 22 single females aged 40 to 50, 17 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 16 single males aged 40 to 50, 16 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 16 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 13 married females aged 70 to 80, 13 single males aged 50 to 60, 13 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 11 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 10 married females aged 15 to 20, 9 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 8 single females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 married males aged 80 to 90, 5 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 single males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,924 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 759 persons originating in Scotland, 366 French Canadians, 75 persons originating in Ireland, 22 persons originating in England or Wales, 14 persons originating in the United States, 12 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in Newfoundland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 68,870 pounds of homemade butter, 56,625 bushels of oats, 53,894 acres of land in farms, 36,518 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 32,344 bushels of wheat, 22,303 bushels of potatoes, 20,092 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 17,376 acres of farmland under cultivation, 12,932 pounds of wool produced on farms, 9,943 bushels of peas, 9,694 acres of farmland under crops, 7,681 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,124 sheep, 3,882 tons of hay, 3,354 swine, 3,276 pounds of maple sugar, 2,609 acres of oats, 2,248 acres of wheat, 1,991 milk cows, 1,486 calves and heifers, 1,405 horses, 1,208 barrels of pork, 867 acres of peas, 798 bushels of corn, 504 occupants of farms, 412 barrels of beef, 369 bushels of buckwheat, 351 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 269 acres of potatoes, 203 bulls, oxen, or steers, 200 bushels of turnips, 109 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 40 bushels of carrots, 33 acres of corn, 29 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 20 bushels of barley, 19 acres of buckwheat, 13 bushels of rye, 13 pounds of hops, 8 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 acres of turnips, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of barley, 1 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1 acres of rye. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 4,364 yards of fulled cloth, 3,551 yards of flannel, $1,850 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $400 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 8 employees in saw mills, 4 saw mills, 4 saw mills powered by water, 4 saw mills returning capital, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 grist mills reporting annual production, 2 grist mills returning capital, 2 saw mills not reporting, 2 saw mills reporting annual production. 200,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 600 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 20 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: 9, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 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: ON010003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON112004_1891 — 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). "Lochiel, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/lochiel-on010003-1851/.