Tara, VL, Ontario (1891 census)

Tara, VL 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, VL had a population of 695: 343 male and 352 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, Tara, VL shared boundaries with:

• Arran

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 74 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 695 total population, 352 females, 343 males, 226 married persons, 147 families, 114 married females, 112 married males, 29 widowed persons, 15 widowed females, 14 widowed males, 4.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 440 single persons under 18, 223 single females under 18, 217 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 695 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 146 houses, 146 occupied houses, 135 houses of 2 stories, 112 houses built of wood, 110 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 34 houses built of brick, 10 houses of 1 story, 10 houses of 5 rooms, 8 houses of 4 rooms, 7 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 5 houses of 3 rooms, 4 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 houses of 2 rooms, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 10,415 pounds of homemade butter, 6,239 bushels of oats, 4,449 bushels of turnips, 3,432 bushels of potatoes, 2,650 bushels of peas, 1,064 bushels of winter wheat, 998 acres of land in farms, 935 chickens, 681 acres of improved land in farms, 450 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 350 acres of farmland under crops, 325 bushels of barley, 317 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 309 acres of farmland in pasture, 260 tons of hay, 258 bushels of spring wheat, 222 acres of oats, 170 acres of hay crops, 126 sheep, 123 swine, 120 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 112 horses aged over 3 years, 106 other cattle, 103 acres of wheat, 96 milk cows, 70 swine slaughtered or sold, 56 cattle killed or sold, 53 ducks, 35 geese, 25 occupants of farms, 23 acres of potatoes, 22 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 21 farm occupants who own their land, 18 turkeys, 14 acres of barley, 12 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 11 acres of turnips, 10 horses aged 3 years and under, 8 bushels of beans, 8 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 8 sheep slaughtered or sold, 4 farm occupants who rent their land, 4 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 2 oxen, 1 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

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, VL, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/tara-vl-on052012-1891/.