Mono, Ontario (1851 census)

Mono was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,689. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4859513. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.017°N, 80.062°W.

Population

In 1851, Mono had a population of 2,689: 1,481 male and 1,208 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, Mono shared boundaries with:

• Adjala
• Albion
• Amaranth
• Caledon
• Garafraxa
• Mulmer

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 165 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,689 total population, 1,481 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,376, 1,208 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,155, 1,057 single males, 757 single females, 416 families, 401 married females, 394 married males, Males present who are not members of the family: 105, Females present who are not members of the family: 53, 50 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 47, 47 female births, 47 females attending school, 43 male births, 43 males attending school, 30 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 24, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 234 single males aged 10 to 15, 231 males aged 5 to 10, 216 females aged 5 to 10, 213 single females aged 10 to 15, 140 single males aged 15 to 20, 128 married females aged 20 to 30, 119 married females aged 30 to 40, 111 married males aged 30 to 40, 106 married males aged 20 to 30, 103 single males aged 20 to 30, 85 married males aged 40 to 50, 78 married females aged 40 to 50, 71 males under age 1, 61 males aged 2 to 3, 61 married males aged 50 to 60, 56 males aged 1 to 2, 52 females under age 1, 49 males aged 4 to 5, 46 females aged 1 to 2, 46 females aged 2 to 3, 46 females aged 4 to 5, 45 males aged 3 to 4, 39 females age 3 to 4, 37 single females aged 20 to 30, 36 married females aged 50 to 60, 34 single females aged 15 to 20, 33 males of unknown age, 23 single males aged 30 to 40, 18 married females aged 15 to 20, 18 married males aged 60 to 70, 16 females of unknown age, 16 married females aged 60 to 70, 13 married males aged 70 to 80, 12 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 11 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 10 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 9 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 single females aged 30 to 40, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,377 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1,096 persons originating in Ireland, 96 persons originating in Scotland, 50 persons originating in England or Wales, 47 persons originating in the United States, 20 persons originating in all other places, 3 French Canadians. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 41,160 bushels of potatoes, 36,507 acres of land in farms, 31,535 pounds of homemade butter, 30,194 bushels of wheat, 28,100 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 27,906 bushels of oats, 12,382 pounds of maple sugar, 8,407 acres of farmland under cultivation, 6,194 acres of farmland under crops, 5,519 bushels of turnips, 4,966 pounds of wool produced on farms, 4,641 bushels of peas, 2,510 swine, 2,409 acres of wheat, 2,215 sheep, 2,144 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,454 acres of oats, 1,089 tons of hay, 934 barrels of pork, 797 bulls, oxen, or steers, 778 milk cows, 748 calves and heifers, 628 bushels of barley, 530 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 460 acres of potatoes, 407 bushels of rye, 393 pounds of flax or hemp, 360 horses, 302 bushels of buckwheat, 290 acres of peas, 279 barrels of beef, 169 occupants of farms, 151 bushels of corn, 144 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 133 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 69 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 65 pounds of hops, 48 acres of turnips, 35 acres of barley, 33 acres of rye, 18 bushels of carrots, 16 acres of buckwheat, 16 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 16 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 13 acres of corn, 6 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 4 bushels of beans, 3 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 4,990 yards of flannel, 909 yards of fulled cloth, $300 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $75 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 3 saw mills, 1 employees in grist mills, 1 employees in saw mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills returning capital. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 30 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 18, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 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 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 3 people 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: ON035016 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON106005 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q4859513
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mono,_Ontario

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). "Mono, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/mono-on035016-1851/.