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Year: 1861  |  Province: Ontario

Mosa, Ontario (1861 census)

Mosa was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,033. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.715°N, 81.772°W.

Population

In 1861, Mosa had a population of 3,033: 1,603 male and 1,430 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18512,075
18613,033
18713,194
18812,673
18912,450
19012,206
19111,878
19211,720

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Mosa shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 176 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,033 total population, 1,603 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,453, 1,430 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,351, 1,025 single males, 898 single females, 543 married males, 460 married females, 369 males attending school, 333 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 150, Females present who are not members of the family: 79, 72 widowed females, 60 male births, 56 female births, 35 widowed males, 27 adult males unable to read or write, 14 adult females unable to read or write, 3 blind males, 3 persons at sea, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 blind females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 279 males aged 5 to 10, 215 females aged 5 to 10, 164 single females aged 10 to 15, 161 single males aged 10 to 15, 151 single males aged 15 to 20, 143 married males aged 20 to 30, 138 single females aged 15 to 20, 132 married males aged 30 to 40, 118 married males aged 40 to 50, 115 married females aged 20 to 30, 110 married females aged 30 to 40, 94 married females aged 40 to 50, 92 single males aged 20 to 30, 78 married females aged 50 to 60, 77 married males aged 50 to 60, 73 males aged 1 to 2, 68 females aged 1 to 2, 68 males aged 2 to 3, 65 single females aged 20 to 30, 60 males aged 3 to 4, 55 females aged 2 to 3, 54 males aged 4 to 5, 51 females age 3 to 4, 51 females aged 4 to 5, 47 married males aged 60 to 70, 33 married females aged 60 to 70, 21 married males aged 70 to 80, 21 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 19 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 17 single males aged 30 to 40, 16 single females aged 30 to 40, 14 married females aged 15 to 20, 14 married females aged 70 to 80, 10 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 8 single females aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 6 single females aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 married males aged 80 to 90, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,021 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 393 persons originating in Scotland, 236 persons originating in Ireland, 209 persons originating in England or Wales, 132 persons originating in the United States, 28 negroes or coloured persons, 16 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 15 Indigenous females, 14 Indigenous males, 10 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 6 French Canadians, 6 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in Newfoundland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $480,680 value farms (dollars), $93,783 value all livestock, 54,580 bushels of oats, 50,007 pounds of homemade butter, 38,792 bushels of spring wheat, 32,228 bushels of peas, 30,760 acres of land in farms, $30,384 value horses aged over 3 years, 30,353 bushels of potatoes, $21,250 value farm implements in dollars, 17,507 bushels of turnips, 16,727 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 15,861 pounds of maple sugar, 14,033 acres of farmland under cultivation, 11,960 bushels of corn, 9,324 pounds of wool produced on farms, 8,904 acres of farmland under crops, 8,640 gallons of cider, 6,615 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 6,003 bushels of winter wheat, 5,576 bushels of buckwheat, 4,894 acres of farmland in pasture, $3,425 value garden and orchard crops, 3,209 sheep, 2,936 swine, 2,878 bushels of barley, 2,442 acres of spring wheat, 2,152 tons of hay, 1,756 acres of oats, 1,466 acres of peas, 1,264 calves and heifers, 1,123 milk cows, 820 bushels of rye, 622 horses aged over 3 years, 557 barrels of pork, 421 acres of corn, 414 acres of winter wheat, 362 bushels of carrots, 352 pounds of flax or hemp, 349 occupants of farms, 322 acres of buckwheat, 312 acres of potatoes, 235 acres of farmland in gardens, 232 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 219 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 213 horses aged 3 years and under, 183 bulls, oxen, or steers, 172 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 161 bushels of beans, 128 acres of barley, 123 barrels of beef, 106 pounds of hops, 97 acres of turnips, 91 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 68 acres of rye, 59 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 47 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 12 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 7 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 5 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 3,137 yards of flannel, $2,586 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 1,653 yards of fulled cloth, $1,080 value carriages for hire (dollars), 65 yards of linen, 57 carriages for pleasure, 14 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 20 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

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). "Mosa, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/mosa-on086009-1861/.