Mono, Ontario (1881 census)
Mono was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 4,097. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4859513. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.018°N, 80.061°W.
Population
In 1881, Mono had a population of 4,097: 2,128 male and 1,969 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 1881
In the 1881 census, Mono shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 4,097 total population, 2,128 males, 1,969 females, 1,196 married persons, 732 families, 599 married males, 597 married females, 119 widowed persons, 72 widowed females, 47 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,782 single persons under 18, 1,482 single males under 18, 1,300 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 712 inhabited houses, 712 occupied houses, 30 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 112,427 bushels of oats, 99,534 bushels of spring wheat, 81,455 bushels of turnips, 78,435 bushels of winter wheat, 68,072 bushels of potatoes, 33,204 bushels of peas and beans, 24,939 bushels of barley, 12,775 acres of wheat, 6,641 bushels of other root crops, 5,856 tons of hay, 5,516 acres of hay crops, 2,456 bushels of rye, 736 acres of potatoes, 271 bushels of corn, 172 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 148 bushels of buckwheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
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 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Cornelius Albertson Burley | b. 1804 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 4,098 individuals enumerated here, with name, age, sex, religion, ethnic origin, birthplace, and occupation. Source: TCP/Dillon 1881 Canadian Census deposit at Borealis.
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON141005— 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 1881 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 (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/mono-on141005-1881/.