Thorah, Ontario (1891 census)
Thorah was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,623. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7796147. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.443°N, 79.148°W.
Population
In 1891, Thorah had a population of 1,623: 880 male and 743 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,965 |
| 1881 | 2,542 |
| 1891 | 1,623 |
| 1901 | 1,438 |
| 1911 | 1,366 |
| 1921 | 1,174 |
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, Thorah shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 85 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,623 total population, 880 males, 743 females, 492 married persons, 290 families, 246 married females, 246 married males, 41 widowed persons, 23 widowed females, 18 widowed males, 5.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,090 single persons under 18, 616 single males under 18, 474 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,622 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 285 houses, 285 occupied houses, 234 houses built of wood, 207 houses of 1 story, 125 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 78 houses of 2 stories, 49 houses built of brick, 49 houses of 4 rooms, 40 houses of 3 rooms, 30 houses of 5 rooms, 25 uninhabited houses, 23 houses of 2 rooms, 12 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 5 houses of 1 room, 2 houses built of stone, 2 houses under construction, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 133,370 bushels of turnips, 90,861 bushels of oats, 79,050 pounds of homemade butter, 38,097 bushels of barley, 32,433 bushels of spring wheat, 28,995 acres of land in farms, 22,821 bushels of potatoes, 21,611 acres of improved land in farms, 17,206 acres of farmland under crops, 16,451 bushels of peas, 11,565 chickens, 7,384 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,189 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 5,009 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,196 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,190 acres of oats, 4,118 tons of hay, 3,175 acres of wheat, 3,050 acres of hay crops, 2,705 sheep, 2,659 bushels of buckwheat, 2,110 acres of barley, 1,829 other cattle, 1,610 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,536 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,493 swine, 1,316 bushels of winter wheat, 1,185 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,063 milk cows, 830 cattle killed or sold, 767 horses aged over 3 years, 580 bushels of corn, 560 bushels of rye, 415 geese, 397 horses aged 3 years and under, 361 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 359 acres of turnips, 286 ducks, 285 occupants of farms, 240 turkeys, 209 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 208 farm occupants who own their land, 201 acres of potatoes, 115 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 77 farm occupants who rent their land, 74 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 63 bushels of beans, 44 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 32 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 21 other fowl, 20 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON101016— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON133008— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q7796147
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorah_Township
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). "Thorah, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/thorah-on101016-1891/.