Clara, Head & Maria, Ontario (1891 census)
Clara, Head & Maria was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 521. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.173°N, 78.064°W.
Population
In 1891, Clara, Head & Maria had a population of 521: 281 male and 240 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 953 |
| 1891 | 521 |
| 1901 | 483 |
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, Clara, Head & Maria shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 68 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 521 total population, 281 males, 240 females, 168 married persons, 89 families, 84 married females, 84 married males, 14 widowed persons, 9 widowed males, 5.80 average size of families, 5 widowed females. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 339 single persons under 18, 188 single males under 18, 151 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 451 persons who are not French Canadian, 70 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 86 houses, 86 houses built of wood, 86 occupied houses, 55 houses of 2 stories, 31 houses of 1 story, 30 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 15 houses of 4 rooms, 11 houses of 1 room, 11 houses of 3 rooms, 6 houses of 2 rooms, 6 houses of 5 rooms, 5 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 4 uninhabited houses, 2 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 11,975 acres of land in farms, 10,277 bushels of oats, 9,451 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,135 bushels of potatoes, 2,524 acres of improved land in farms, 1,994 acres of farmland under crops, 1,510 bushels of turnips, 1,073 bushels of peas, 676 acres of hay crops, 599 tons of hay, 499 acres of farmland in pasture, 395 acres of oats, 154 chickens, 121 bushels of buckwheat, 108 bushels of spring wheat, 52 milk cows, 50 bushels of corn, 49 acres of potatoes, 43 occupants of farms, 40 bushels of rye, 39 farm occupants who own their land, 31 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 29 horses aged over 3 years, 28 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 22 swine, 20 bushels of beans, 18 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 16 other cattle, 15 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 14 acres of wheat, 8 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 8 sheep, 5 horses aged 3 years and under, 4 acres of turnips, 2 employees on farms, 2 farm occupants who rent their land, 1 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON114005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON092016— 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). "Clara, Head & Maria, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/clara-head-maria-on114005-1891/.