Mono, Ontario (1861 census)

Mono was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,626. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4859513. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.017°N, 80.062°W.

Population

In 1861, Mono had a population of 3,626: 1,900 male and 1,726 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 1861

In the 1861 census, Mono shared boundaries with:

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

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 167 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,626 total population, 1,900 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,776, 1,726 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,607, 1,335 single males, 1,150 single females, 546 married males, 543 married females, 201 males attending school, 139 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 124, Females present who are not members of the family: 119, 69 male births, 64 female births, 42 adult females unable to read or write, 34 adult males unable to read or write, 33 widowed females, 19 widowed males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 258 single males aged 10 to 15, 252 males aged 5 to 10, 250 females aged 5 to 10, 249 single males aged 15 to 20, 240 single females aged 10 to 15, 240 single females aged 15 to 20, 209 married females aged 30 to 40, 200 single males aged 20 to 30, 190 married males aged 30 to 40, 158 married females aged 20 to 30, 129 married males aged 20 to 30, 102 married males aged 40 to 50, 99 married females aged 40 to 50, 99 single females aged 20 to 30, 86 married males aged 50 to 60, 62 females aged 2 to 3, 62 single males aged 30 to 40, 61 males aged 1 to 2, 60 females aged 1 to 2, 60 males aged 2 to 3, 56 males aged 3 to 4, 51 married females aged 50 to 60, 50 females age 3 to 4, 50 males aged 4 to 5, 47 females aged 4 to 5, 29 married males aged 60 to 70, 25 single females aged 30 to 40, 19 married females aged 60 to 70, 10 single males aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 7 married males aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 single females aged 40 to 50, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,305 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1,050 persons originating in Ireland, 120 persons originating in England or Wales, 97 persons originating in Scotland, 41 persons originating in the United States, 7 Indigenous persons, 4 male negroes or coloured persons, 4 persons originating in all other places, 4 persons originating in New Brunswick, 2 female negroes or coloured persons, 1 French Canadians, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in Switzerland, 1 persons originating in the East Indies. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $255,290 value farms (dollars), 98,783 bushels of spring wheat, 90,965 bushels of potatoes, $82,924 value all livestock, 67,190 pounds of homemade butter, 59,654 bushels of oats, $56,357 value horses aged over 3 years, 54,177 acres of land in farms, 46,435 bushels of turnips, 34,899 bushels of winter wheat, $34,336 value farm implements in dollars, 29,775 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 29,232 pounds of maple sugar, 24,402 acres of farmland under cultivation, 22,872 bushels of peas, 16,171 acres of farmland under crops, 10,657 pounds of wool produced on farms, 8,047 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,646 acres of spring wheat, 4,010 swine, 3,481 sheep, 2,778 bushels of barley, 2,429 acres of oats, 1,759 tons of hay, 1,595 acres of winter wheat, 1,424 calves and heifers, 1,375 acres of peas, 1,368 milk cows, 1,327 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,104 barrels of pork, $1,052 value garden and orchard crops, 749 horses aged over 3 years, 685 acres of potatoes, 550 occupants of farms, 442 bulls, oxen, or steers, 391 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 331 bushels of carrots, 292 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 287 horses aged 3 years and under, 263 acres of turnips, 225 pounds of hops, 184 acres of farmland in gardens, 176 barrels of beef, 147 acres of barley, 96 bushels of buckwheat, 58 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 56 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 36 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 34 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 25 bushels of corn, 21 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 15 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 7 bushels of beans, 5 acres of buckwheat, 2 acres of mangel wurtzel, 1 acres of corn. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 9,626 yards of flannel, $2,065 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 1,482 yards of fulled cloth, 34 carriages for pleasure, 25 yards of linen. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 12 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1861, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON098010 — 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 1861 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 (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/mono-on098010-1861/.