Mosa, Ontario (1851 census)
Mosa was a census subdivision in Middlesex County, Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,075. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.715°N, 81.772°W.
Population
In 1851, Mosa had a population of 2,075: 1,100 male and 975 female residents. Population density was 24.8 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,075 |
| 1861 | 3,033 |
| 1871 | 3,194 |
| 1881 | 2,673 |
| 1891 | 2,450 |
| 1901 | 2,206 |
| 1911 | 1,878 |
| 1921 | 1,720 |
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, Mosa shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 347 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 8 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C10 FAM NO | 297 |
| Female members of the family who are absent | 12 |
| Female members of the family who are present | 940 |
| Females present who are not members of the family | 35 |
| Male members of the family who are present | 1,030 |
| Male members of the family who are present | 11 |
| Males present who are not members of the family | 70 |
| Number of blind females | 1 |
| Number of families | 297 |
| Number of female births in the past year | 25 |
| Number of females | 975 |
| Number of females attending school | 208 |
| Number of lunatic males | 1 |
| Number of male births in the past year | 31 |
| Number of males | 1,100 |
| Number of males attending school | 231 |
| Number of married females | 278 |
| Number of married males | 283 |
| Number of single females | 662 |
| Number of single males | 796 |
| Number of widowed females | 35 |
| Number of widowed males | 21 |
| POP | 2,075 |
| POP FX N.1 | 975 |
| POP MX N.1 | 1,100 |
| POP XX N.1 | 2,075 |
| Total population | 2,075 |
Age structure (55 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of females age 3 to 4 | 41 |
| Number of females aged 1 to 2 | 29 |
| Number of females aged 2 to 3 | 42 |
| Number of females aged 4 to 5 | 29 |
| Number of females aged 5 to 10 | 151 |
| Number of females of unknown age | 2 |
| Number of females under age 1 | 43 |
| Number of males aged 1 to 2 | 45 |
| Number of males aged 2 to 3 | 30 |
| Number of males aged 3 to 4 | 40 |
| Number of males aged 4 to 5 | 32 |
| Number of males aged 5 to 10 | 177 |
| Number of males of unknown age | 2 |
| Number of males under age 1 | 36 |
| Number of married females aged 15 to 20 | 14 |
| Number of married females aged 20 to 30 | 95 |
| Number of married females aged 30 to 40 | 84 |
| Number of married females aged 40 to 50 | 55 |
| Number of married females aged 50 to 60 | 25 |
| Number of married females aged 60 to 70 | 5 |
| Number of married males aged 20 to 30 | 56 |
| Number of married males aged 30 to 40 | 89 |
| Number of married males aged 40 to 50 | 85 |
| Number of married males aged 50 to 60 | 32 |
| Number of married males aged 60 to 70 | 20 |
| Number of married males aged 70 to 80 | 1 |
| Number of single females aged 10 to 15 | 161 |
| Number of single females aged 15 to 20 | 107 |
| Number of single females aged 20 to 30 | 43 |
| Number of single females aged 30 to 40 | 7 |
| Number of single females aged 40 to 50 | 3 |
| Number of single females aged 50 to 60 | 2 |
| Number of single females aged 70 to 80 | 1 |
| Number of single females aged 80 to 90 | 1 |
| Number of single males aged 10 to 15 | 140 |
| Number of single males aged 15 to 20 | 133 |
| Number of single males aged 20 to 30 | 117 |
| Number of single males aged 30 to 40 | 24 |
| Number of single males aged 40 to 50 | 12 |
| Number of single males aged 50 to 60 | 7 |
| Number of single males aged 60 to 70 | 1 |
| Number of widowed females aged 20 to 30 | 1 |
| Number of widowed females aged 30 to 40 | 5 |
| Number of widowed females aged 40 to 50 | 7 |
| Number of widowed females aged 50 to 60 | 5 |
| Number of widowed females aged 60 to 70 | 10 |
| Number of widowed females aged 70 to 80 | 5 |
| Number of widowed females aged 80 to 90 | 2 |
| Number of widowed males aged 20 to 30 | 2 |
| Number of widowed males aged 30 to 40 | 1 |
| Number of widowed males aged 40 to 50 | 2 |
| Number of widowed males aged 50 to 60 | 7 |
| Number of widowed males aged 60 to 70 | 4 |
| Number of widowed males aged 70 to 80 | 2 |
| Number of widowed males aged 80 to 90 | 3 |
Ethnic origin (8 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of female negroes or coloured persons | 1 |
| Number of male negroes or coloured persons | 6 |
| Number of persons native to Canada, not of French origin | 1,334 |
| Number of persons originating in England or Wales | 110 |
| Number of persons originating in Ireland | 182 |
| Number of persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island | 13 |
| Number of persons originating in Scotland | 373 |
| Number of persons originating in the United States | 63 |
Agriculture (68 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 2 |
| Acres of buckwheat | 142 |
| Acres of corn | 328 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 108 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 3,996 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 16,899 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 3,955 |
| Acres of farmland under cultivation | 8,059 |
| Acres of land in farms | 24,958 |
| Acres of oats | 807 |
| Acres of peas | 368 |
| Acres of potatoes | 149 |
| Acres of rye | 8 |
| Acres of turnips | 6 |
| Acres of wheat | 1,783 |
| BAR AC | 2 |
| BAR BU | 28 |
| Barrels of beef produced in the past year | 422 |
| Barrels of pork produced in the past year | 682 |
| BEEF BAR | 422 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 28 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 28 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 2,051 |
| Bushels of carrots produced in the past year | 2 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 7 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 6,075 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 15,708 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 4,566 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 7,915 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 1,169 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 541 |
| Bushels of wheat produced in the past year | 23,922 |
| BWT AC | 142 |
| BWT BU | 2,051 |
| CRN AC | 328 |
| CRN BU | 6,075 |
| HAY TONS | 1,299 |
| Number of bulls, oxen, or steers | 592 |
| Number of calves and heifers | 920 |
| Number of horses | 402 |
| Number of milk cows | 726 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 254 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres | 31 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres | 39 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres | 179 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 2 |
| Number of sheep | 2,613 |
| Number of swine | 1,524 |
| OAT AC | 807 |
| OAT BU | 15,708 |
| PEA AC | 368 |
| PEA BU | 4,566 |
| PORK BAR | 682 |
| POT AC | 149 |
| POT BU | 7,915 |
| Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year | 890 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 28,489 |
| Pounds of hops produced in the past year | 48 |
| Pounds of maple sugar produced in the past year | 11,536 |
| Pounds of wool produced on farms in the past year | 7,503 |
| RYE AC | 8 |
| RYE BU | 1,169 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,299 |
| WHT AC | 1,783 |
| WHT BU | 23,922 |
| WOOL LBS | 7,503 |
Manufacturing & industry (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of carding and fulling mills | 2 |
| Number of carding and fulling mills reporting | 2 |
| Number of carding and fulling mills returning capital | 150 |
| Number of distilleries | 1 |
| Number of distilleries reporting | 1 |
| Number of distilleries returning capital | 180 |
| Number of employees in carding and fulling mills | 2 |
| Number of employees in distilleries | 2 |
| Number of employees in woollen factories | 1 |
| Number of grist mills | 2 |
| Number of grist mills not reporting | 1 |
| Number of grist mills powered by water | 2 |
| Number of grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent | 1 |
| Number of grist mills returning capital | 1 |
| Value of annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling) | 175 |
| Value of capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling) | 500 |
| Yards of flannel produced in the past year | 3,778 |
| Yards of fulled cloth produced in the past year | 1,571 |
Fisheries (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Barrels of cured fish produced in the past year | 20 |
Deaths & mortality (17 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among females of all ages | 7 |
| Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age | 2 |
| Deaths in the past year among females under age 1 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80 | 1 |
| Deaths in the past year among males of all ages | 17 |
| Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age | 10 |
| Deaths in the past year among males under age 1 | 1 |
| Total number of deaths in the past year | 24 |
Other recorded variables (153 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| B LBS | 28,489 |
| BEN BU | 28 |
| BOV | 592 |
| C F BAR | 20 |
| C H | 920 |
| C LBS | 890 |
| C01 GM NO MILLS | 2 |
| C01 SEX MALE | 1,100 |
| C02 SEX FEM | 975 |
| C03 GM WATER | 2 |
| C03 TOTAL | 2,075 |
| C04 MEM OF FAM M | 1,030 |
| C05 MEM OF FAM F | 940 |
| C06 NOT MEM OF FAM M | 70 |
| C07 NOT MEM OF FAM F | 35 |
| C08 MEM OF FAM ABSENT M | 11 |
| C09 MEM OF FAM ABSENT F | 12 |
| C10 GM ANNUAL NO | 1 |
| C100 BTWN 80 AND 90 M WID | 3 |
| C102 BTWN 80 AND 90 F S | 1 |
| C103 BTWN 80 AND 90 F WID | 2 |
| C11 GM ANNUAL P | 175 |
| C12 BIRTHS M | 31 |
| C12 GM CAP NO | 1 |
| C122 AGES NOT GIVEN M | 2 |
| C123 AGES NOT GIVEN F | 2 |
| C124 DEATHS AGES NOT GIVEN M | 10 |
| C125 DEATHS AGES NOT GIVEN F | 2 |
| C126 MD MALE | 283 |
| C127 S MALE | 796 |
| C128 WID MALE | 21 |
| C129 TOT MALE | 1,100 |
| C13 BIRTHS F | 25 |
| C13 GM CAP P | 500 |
| C130 MD FEM | 278 |
| C131 S FEM | 662 |
| C132 WID FEM | 35 |
| C133 TOT FEM | 975 |
| C134 GRAND TOT | 2,075 |
| C135 DEATHS M | 17 |
| C136 DEATHS F | 7 |
| C137 DEATHS TOT | 24 |
| C14 UNDER 1 M | 36 |
| C141 COL PERSON M | 6 |
| C142 COL PERSONS F | 1 |
| C143 ATTND SCHOOL M | 231 |
| C144 ATTND SCHOOL F | 208 |
| C148 BLIND F | 1 |
| C149 LUNATICS M | 1 |
| C15 GM NO RETURNS | 1 |
| C15 UNDER 1 F | 43 |
| C16 DEATHS UNDER 1 M | 1 |
| C17 DEATHS UNDER 1 F | 1 |
| C18 UNDER 2 M | 45 |
| C19 UNDER 2 F | 29 |
| C21 DEATHS UNDER 2 F | 1 |
| C22 UNDER 3 M | 30 |
| C23 UNDER 3 F | 42 |
| C24 DEATHS UNDER 3 M | 1 |
| C26 UNDER 4 M | 40 |
| C27 UNDER 4 F | 41 |
| C30 UNDER 5 M | 32 |
| C31 UNDER 5 F | 29 |
| C32 CFM NO | 2 |
| C33 CFM RETURNS | 2 |
| C34 BTWN 5 AND 10 M | 177 |
| C34 CFM CAPITAL | 150 |
| C35 BTWN 5 AND 10 F | 151 |
| C37 CFM HANDS | 2 |
| C37 DEATHS BTWN 5 AND 10 F | 1 |
| C39 BTWN 10 AND 15 M S | 140 |
| C41 BTWN 10 AND 15 F S | 161 |
| C44 WF HANDS | 1 |
| C45 BTWN 15 AND 20 M S | 133 |
| C46 BTWN 15 AND 20 F MD | 14 |
| C46 DIST NO | 1 |
| C47 BTWN 15 AND 20 F S | 107 |
| C47 DIST RETURNS | 1 |
| C48 BTWN 15 AND 20 M DEATHS | 1 |
| C48 DIST CAPITAL | 180 |
| C50 BTWN 20 AND 30 M MD | 56 |
| C50 DIST HANDS | 2 |
| C51 BTWN 20 AND 30 M S | 117 |
| C52 BTWN 20 AND 30 M WID | 2 |
| C53 BTWN 20 AND 30 F MD | 95 |
| C54 BTWN 20 AND 30 F S | 43 |
| C55 BTWN 20 AND 30 F WID | 1 |
| C56 BTWN 20 AND 30 M DEATHS | 1 |
| C58 BTWN 30 AND 40 M MD | 89 |
| C59 BTWN 30 AND 40 M S | 24 |
| C60 BTWN 30 AND 40 M WID | 1 |
| C61 BTWN 30 AND 40 F MD | 84 |
| C62 BTWN 30 AND 40 F S | 7 |
| C63 BTWN 30 AND 40 F WID | 5 |
| C65 BTWN 30 AND 40 F DEATHS | 1 |
| C66 BTWN 40 AND 50 M MD | 85 |
| C67 BTWN 40 AND 50 M S | 12 |
| C68 BTWN 40 AND 50 M WID | 2 |
| C69 BTWN 40 AND 50 F MD | 55 |
| C70 BTWN 40 AND 50 F S | 3 |
| C71 BTWN 40 AND 50 F WID | 7 |
| C72 BTWN 40 AND 50 M DEATHS | 1 |
| C74 BTWN 50 AND 60 M MD | 32 |
| C75 BTWN 50 AND 60 M S | 7 |
| C76 BTWN 50 AND 60 M WID | 7 |
| C77 BTWN 50 AND 60 F MD | 25 |
| C78 BTWN 50 AND 60 F S | 2 |
| C79 BTWN 50 AND 60 F WID | 5 |
| C80 BTWN 50 AND 60 M DEATHS | 1 |
| C82 BTWN 60 AND 70 M MD | 20 |
| C83 BTWN 60 AND 70 M S | 1 |
| C84 BTWN 60 AND 70 M WID | 4 |
| C85 BTWN 60 AND 70 F MD | 5 |
| C87 BTWN 60 AND 70 F WID | 10 |
| C89 BTWN 60 AND 70 F DEATHS | 1 |
| C90 BTWN 70 AND 80 M MD | 1 |
| C92 BTWN 70 AND 80 M WID | 2 |
| C94 BTWN 70 AND 80 F S | 1 |
| C95 BTWN 70 AND 80 F WID | 5 |
| C96 BTWN 70 AND 80 M DEATHS | 1 |
| CAR BU | 2 |
| CD NAME | Middlesex |
| CROP | 3,955 |
| CULT | 8,059 |
| ENG WLS | 110 |
| FC YRDS | 1,571 |
| FLAN YRDS | 3,778 |
| GARDEN | 108 |
| GRA BU | 7 |
| HELD | 24,958 |
| HOP LBS | 48 |
| HORSE | 402 |
| IRE | 182 |
| LINE NO | 198 |
| M COWS | 726 |
| MPLS LBS | 11,536 |
| NOT FRN | 1,334 |
| NS PEI | 13 |
| O 10 TO 20 | 2 |
| O 100 TO 200 | 31 |
| O 20 TO 50 | 39 |
| O 50 TO 100 | 179 |
| O OVR 200 | 1 |
| O UNDR 10 | 2 |
| PASTURE | 3,996 |
| SCOT | 373 |
| SHEEP | 2,613 |
| SWINE | 1,524 |
| TOT O | 254 |
| TUR AC | 6 |
| TUR BU | 541 |
| US | 63 |
| WOOD | 16,899 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON023001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON128012— 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). "Mosa, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/mosa-on023001-1851/.