Rama, Ontario (1891 census)

Rama was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,752. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.709°N, 79.273°W.

Population

In 1891, Rama had a population of 1,752: 946 male and 806 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, Rama shared boundaries with:

• Carden
• Dalton
• Mara
• Morrison
• Orillia

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,752 total population, 946 males, 806 females, 545 married persons, 311 families, 274 married females, 271 married males, 70 widowed persons, 39 widowed males, 31 widowed females, 5.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,137 single persons under 18, 636 single males under 18, 501 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,746 persons who are not French Canadian, 6 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 310 houses, 310 occupied houses, 307 houses built of wood, 294 houses of 1 story, 100 houses of 4 rooms, 58 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 55 houses of 5 rooms, 45 houses of 3 rooms, 38 houses of 2 rooms, 16 houses of 2 stories, 15 uninhabited houses, 7 houses of 1 room, 5 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses built of brick, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses built of stone. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 43,322 pounds of homemade butter, 26,070 bushels of oats, 21,881 acres of land in farms, 18,588 bushels of potatoes, 15,642 bushels of turnips, 14,766 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,162 bushels of peas, 7,115 acres of improved land in farms, 5,801 acres of farmland under crops, 4,439 bushels of spring wheat, 3,966 chickens, 3,190 bushels of barley, 2,790 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,356 tons of hay, 2,175 acres of hay crops, 1,895 bushels of corn, 1,821 bushels of winter wheat, 1,343 acres of oats, 1,173 acres of farmland in pasture, 733 other cattle, 643 sheep, 601 acres of wheat, 563 milk cows, 527 swine slaughtered or sold, 514 swine, 370 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 359 sheep slaughtered or sold, 353 horses aged over 3 years, 311 cattle killed or sold, 308 occupants of farms, 238 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 218 geese, 206 farm occupants who own their land, 187 acres of barley, 162 bushels of buckwheat, 157 acres of potatoes, 141 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 112 horses aged 3 years and under, 101 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 99 farm occupants who rent their land, 83 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 80 turkeys, 71 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 65 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 48 acres of turnips, 48 ducks, 45 bushels of rye, 33 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 31 bushels of beans, 20 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 10 oxen, 3 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON101011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON133004 — 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). "Rama, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/rama-on101011-1891/.