Mosa, Ontario (1881 census)
Mosa was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,673. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.716°N, 81.772°W.
Population
In 1881, Mosa had a population of 2,673: 1,372 male and 1,301 female residents.
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 1881
In the 1881 census, Mosa 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 2,673 total population, 1,372 males, 1,301 females, 775 married persons, 464 families, 389 married males, 386 married females, 92 widowed persons, 65 widowed females, 27 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,806 single persons under 18, 956 single males under 18, 850 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 464 inhabited houses, 464 occupied houses, 18 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 90,194 bushels of oats, 80,404 bushels of winter wheat, 71,086 bushels of corn, 27,375 bushels of potatoes, 13,637 bushels of barley, 5,699 bushels of other root crops, 4,400 acres of wheat, 4,353 tons of hay, 3,653 acres of hay crops, 3,278 bushels of peas and beans, 3,058 bushels of turnips, 1,071 bushels of buckwheat, 322 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 261 acres of potatoes, 224 bushels of spring wheat, 146 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,673 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:
ON168001— 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 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). "Mosa, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/mosa-on168001-1881/.