Tara, Village, Ontario (1891 census)

Name: Tara, Village (1891)
Address: Ontario, CA

Tara, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 695. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.475°N, 81.153°W.

Population

In 1891, Tara, Village had a population of 695: 343 male and 352 female residents. Population density was 692.9 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1881	561
1891	695
1901	625
1911	551
1921	545

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, Tara, Village shared boundaries with:

Arran

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 151 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	4.70
FAM NO	147
Number of families	147
Number of females	352
Number of males	343
Number of married females	114
Number of married males	112
Number of married persons	226
Number of widowed females	15
Number of widowed males	14
Number of widowed persons	29
POP F	352
POP M	343
POP TOT	695
Total population	695

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	223
Number of single males under 18	217
Number of single persons under 18	440

Ethnic origin (1 variable)

Variable	Value
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	695

Buildings & housing (14 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	146
Number of houses built of brick	34
Number of houses built of wood	112
Number of houses of 1 story	10
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	7
Number of houses of 2 rooms	2
Number of houses of 2 stories	135
Number of houses of 3 rooms	5
Number of houses of 3 stories	1
Number of houses of 4 rooms	8
Number of houses of 5 rooms	10
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	110
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	4
Number of occupied houses	146

Agriculture (57 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	14
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	22
Acres of farmland in pasture	309
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	317
Acres of farmland under crops	350
Acres of hay crops	170
Acres of improved land in farms	681
Acres of land in farms	998
Acres of oats	222
Acres of potatoes	23
Acres of turnips	11
Acres of wheat	103
BAR AC	14
BAR BU	325
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	325
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	8
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	6,239
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	2,650
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	3,432
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	258
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	4,449
Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year	1,064
HAY AC	170
HAY TONS	260
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	56
Number of chickens	935
Number of ducks	53
Number of farm occupants who own their land	21
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	4
Number of geese	35
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	10
Number of horses aged over 3 years	112
Number of milk cows	96
Number of occupants of farms	25
Number of other cattle	106
Number of oxen	2
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	4
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	8
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	12
Number of sheep	126
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	8
Number of swine	123
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	70
Number of turkeys	18
OAT AC	222
OAT BU	6,239
PEA BU	2,650
POT AC	23
POT BU	3,432
Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year	120
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	450
Pounds of homemade butter	10,415
Tons of hay produced in the past year	260
WHT AC	103
WHT FALL BU	1,064
WHT SP BU	258

Other recorded variables (61 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	1
A 11 50	4
A 51 100	8
BEN BU	8
BUTTER LB	10,415
CATTLE KS	56
CHEESE LB	120
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	223
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	217
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	440
COARSE WOOL LB	450
COLTS FILLIES	10
DUCKS	53
FAMILIES	147
FAMILIES AV SIZE	4.70
FRN CA	0
GEESE	35
HENS AND CHKN	935
HORSES OVR THREE	112
HOUSES	146
HOUSES B	34
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	7
HOUSES FIVE RM	10
HOUSES FOUR RM	8
HOUSES ONE STRY	10
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	110
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	4
HOUSES THREE RM	5
HOUSES THREE STRY	1
HOUSES TWO RM	2
HOUSES TWO STRY	135
HOUSES W	112
INF 11 A	12
MD FEM	114
MD MALE	112
MD TOT	226
MILK COWS	96
NAME CD	Bruce, North-Nord
OC F	4
OC P	21
OC TOT	25
OTHER HRN CATTLE	106
OTHERS	695
SHEEP	126
SHEEP KS	8
SUP AM	681
SUP FOR	317
SUP JV	22
SUP PAT	309
SUP SC	350
SUP TOT	998
SWINE	123
SWINE KS	70
TOT DWLG OCC	146
TUR AC	11
TUR BU	4,449
TURKEY	18
WID FEM	15
WID MALE	14
WID TOT	29
WORKING OX	2

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON052012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON104029 — 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). "Tara, Village, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/tara-village-on052012-1891/.