Mara, Ontario (1891 census)

Mara was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,152. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.581°N, 79.234°W.

Population

In 1891, Mara had a population of 3,152: 1,656 male and 1,496 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, Mara shared boundaries with:

• Carden
• Eldon
• Orillia
• Rama
• Thorah

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 87 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,152 total population, 1,656 males, 1,496 females, 892 married persons, 556 families, 448 married females, 444 married males, 116 widowed persons, 76 widowed females, 40 widowed males, 5.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,144 single persons under 18, 1,172 single males under 18, 972 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,123 persons who are not French Canadian, 29 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 554 occupied houses, 551 houses, 515 houses built of wood, 492 houses of 1 story, 204 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 124 houses of 4 rooms, 89 houses of 5 rooms, 68 houses of 3 rooms, 59 houses of 2 stories, 37 houses of 2 rooms, 35 houses built of brick, 18 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 10 houses of 1 room, 5 uninhabited houses, 3 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses built of stone, 1 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 160,612 pounds of homemade butter, 153,088 bushels of oats, 118,222 bushels of turnips, 52,321 acres of land in farms, 44,347 bushels of barley, 41,714 bushels of potatoes, 37,132 bushels of spring wheat, 31,790 bushels of peas, 31,619 acres of improved land in farms, 23,882 acres of farmland under crops, 20,702 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 15,846 chickens, 10,576 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 7,333 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,999 acres of oats, 6,735 bushels of winter wheat, 6,163 tons of hay, 5,408 acres of hay crops, 4,447 acres of wheat, 3,855 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 3,348 sheep, 3,097 swine slaughtered or sold, 2,640 other cattle, 2,380 acres of barley, 2,264 sheep slaughtered or sold, 2,087 swine, 1,704 milk cows, 1,312 cattle killed or sold, 1,183 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,109 horses aged over 3 years, 876 geese, 862 bushels of buckwheat, 844 bushels of corn, 592 horses aged 3 years and under, 585 bushels of beans, 548 occupants of farms, 475 acres of turnips, 452 farm occupants who own their land, 417 turkeys, 404 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 391 acres of potatoes, 314 bushels of rye, 278 ducks, 184 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 140 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 121 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 117 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 96 farm occupants who rent their land, 86 other fowl, 67 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 40 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 23 oxen, Capacity of silos (tons): 10. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON101008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON133002 — 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). "Mara, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/mara-on101008-1891/.