Mosa, Ontario (1891 census)

Mosa was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,450. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.716°N, 81.772°W.

Population

In 1891, Mosa had a population of 2,450: 1,269 male and 1,181 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 1891

In the 1891 census, Mosa shared boundaries with:

• Aldborough
• Brooke
• Dunwich
• Ekfrid
• Euphemia
• Metcalfe
• Newbury, VL
• Wardsville, VL
• Zone

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 83 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,450 total population, 1,269 males, 1,181 females, 775 married persons, 466 families, 390 married males, 385 married females, 97 widowed persons, 51 widowed females, 46 widowed males, 5.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,578 single persons under 18, 833 single males under 18, 745 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,450 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 460 houses, 460 occupied houses, 393 houses built of wood, 295 houses of 2 stories, 230 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 165 houses of 1 story, 79 houses of 4 rooms, 67 houses built of brick, 47 houses of 5 rooms, 40 houses of 3 rooms, 38 uninhabited houses, 31 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 20 houses of 2 rooms, 11 houses of 1 room, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 137,875 pounds of homemade butter, 76,670 bushels of oats, 71,082 bushels of winter wheat, 62,083 bushels of corn, 44,246 acres of land in farms, 34,438 acres of improved land in farms, 24,095 acres of farmland under crops, 21,815 bushels of potatoes, 18,875 chickens, 13,819 bushels of peas, 12,558 bushels of turnips, 11,714 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 10,136 bushels of barley, 9,808 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,546 acres of farmland in pasture, 9,433 tons of hay, 5,486 acres of hay crops, 3,908 acres of wheat, 3,692 other cattle, 3,653 swine slaughtered or sold, 3,584 acres of oats, 2,808 swine, 2,716 sheep, 2,679 bushels of beans, 2,187 bushels of buckwheat, 2,007 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,641 milk cows, 1,584 cattle killed or sold, 1,558 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,061 geese, 1,004 horses aged over 3 years, 862 bushels of rye, 797 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 770 turkeys, 595 acres of barley, 558 horses aged 3 years and under, 557 bushels of spring wheat, 492 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 460 occupants of farms, 402 farm occupants who own their land, 316 ducks, 261 acres of potatoes, 176 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 169 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 113 other fowl, 108 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 100 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 58 farm occupants who rent their land, 51 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 41 acres of turnips, 25 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON093006 — 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 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). "Mosa, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/mosa-on093006-1891/.