Faraday, Ontario (1881–1901)

Faraday was a township in Ontario, recorded in 3 censuses between 1881 and 1901. Population grew substantially across the period (from 392 in 1881 to 1,339 in 1901).

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Boundary lineage

Predecessors

• split off from Bancroft, VL in 1911

Successors

• later split into Faraday, Dungannon in 1881

Identifiers

• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON071005 — assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap
• Wikidata: not yet grounded.

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1851–1921 Census of Canada series, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project. Each year's detail page (linked above) cites the specific source table.