Mono, Ontario (1891 census)
Mono was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,518. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4859513. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.017°N, 80.062°W.
Population
In 1891, Mono had a population of 3,518: 1,883 male and 1,635 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,689 |
| 1861 | 3,626 |
| 1871 | 3,980 |
| 1881 | 4,097 |
| 1891 | 3,518 |
| 1901 | 3,111 |
| 1911 | 2,677 |
| 1921 | 2,124 |
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, Mono shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 86 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,518 total population, 1,883 males, 1,635 females, 1,011 married persons, 677 families, 507 married females, 504 married males, 144 widowed persons, 89 widowed females, 55 widowed males, 5.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,363 single persons under 18, 1,324 single males under 18, 1,039 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,518 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 629 houses, 629 occupied houses, 506 houses built of wood, 386 houses of 2 stories, 264 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 240 houses of 1 story, 119 houses of 4 rooms, 89 houses of 3 rooms, 77 houses built of brick, 69 houses of 5 rooms, 46 houses built of stone, 41 houses of 2 rooms, 39 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 27 uninhabited houses, 4 houses of 1 room, 4 houses of over 15 rooms, 3 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 196,423 pounds of homemade butter, 182,680 bushels of oats, 131,005 bushels of turnips, 114,513 bushels of potatoes, 83,690 bushels of spring wheat, 66,618 acres of land in farms, 56,685 bushels of barley, 48,826 acres of improved land in farms, 46,937 bushels of peas, 40,211 acres of farmland under crops, 33,838 bushels of winter wheat, 26,207 chickens, 17,792 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 15,053 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 10,828 acres of wheat, 8,298 tons of hay, 7,966 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,756 acres of oats, 6,521 acres of hay crops, 3,837 swine, 3,741 swine slaughtered or sold, 3,478 other cattle, 3,369 sheep, 2,760 bushels of rye, 2,674 acres of barley, 2,482 geese, 2,245 turkeys, 2,053 milk cows, 1,707 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,515 horses aged over 3 years, 1,514 cattle killed or sold, 1,410 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 842 acres of potatoes, 814 ducks, 765 bushels of buckwheat, 725 horses aged 3 years and under, 649 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 614 occupants of farms, 507 farm occupants who own their land, 312 acres of turnips, 288 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 148 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 137 bushels of corn, 134 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 107 farm occupants who rent their land, 106 bushels of beans, 81 other fowl, 76 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 66 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 50 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 36 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 18 oxen, Capacity of silos (tons): 10. (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.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Cornelius Albertson Burley | b. 1804 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON054005— 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 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). "Mono, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/mono-on054005-1891/.