Cardiff, Ontario (1901 census)

Cardiff was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 698. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261025. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.990°N, 78.093°W.

Population

In 1901, Cardiff had a population of 698: 386 male and 312 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 1901

In the 1901 census, Cardiff shared boundaries with:

• Burleigh & Anstruther
• Chandos
• Faraday
• Harcourt, Dudley & Dysart
• Monmouth
• Monteagle & Herschell

Full census record, 1901

The 1901 census recorded 12 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 698 total population, 386 males, 312 females, 265 single males, 195 single females, 135 families, 115 married males, 108 married females, 9 widowed females, 6 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 135 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 72,048 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON106006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON116003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261025

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1901 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). "Cardiff, Ontario (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/cardiff-on106006-1901/.