Tara, VL, Ontario (1881 census)

Tara, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 561. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.475°N, 81.153°W.

Population

In 1881, Tara, VL had a population of 561: 286 male and 275 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).

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Arran, 1871 (1.1% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Tara, VL shared boundaries with:

• Arran

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 29 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 561 total population, 286 males, 275 females, 200 married persons, 121 families, 101 married females, 99 married males, 17 widowed persons, 9 widowed females, 8 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 344 single persons under 18, 179 single males under 18, 165 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 117 inhabited houses, 117 occupied houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 2,488 bushels of oats, 2,466 bushels of potatoes, 2,030 bushels of turnips, 1,410 bushels of winter wheat, 596 bushels of peas and beans, 464 bushels of barley, 343 bushels of other root crops, 314 bushels of spring wheat, 188 tons of hay, 157 acres of hay crops, 118 acres of wheat, 60 bushels of rye, 22 acres of potatoes, 22 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 561 individuals enumerated here, with name, age, sex, religion, ethnic origin, birthplace, and occupation. Source: TCP/Dillon 1881 Canadian Census deposit at Borealis.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON177011 — 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 1881 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 (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/tara-vl-on177011-1881/.