Faraday, Ontario (1911 census)
Faraday was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 752. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5434694. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.000°N, 77.910°W.
Population
In 1911, Faraday had a population of 752: 402 male and 350 female residents. Population density was 7.5 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 392 |
| 1891 | 705 |
| 1901 | 1,339 |
| 1911 | 752 |
| 1921 | 681 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Faraday shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 30 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 63,916 area in acres, 752 total population, 402 males in the population, 350 females in the population, 257 single (never-married) males, 208 single (never-married) females, 139 families, 138 married males, 135 married females, 99.87 area in square miles, 7.53 population per square mile, 7 widowed females, 7 widowed males. 1,339 population in the previous census (1901 reference column included in 1911 V1T1). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 310 persons of British origin (English), 188 persons of British origin (Irish), 98 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 94 persons of German origin, 39 persons of Dutch origin, 21 persons of French origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 370 Methodists, 133 Anglicans (Church of England), 75 Roman Catholics, 69 Presbyterians, 53 Brethren, 33 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 10 Baptists, 6 Lutherans, 2 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 139 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON080002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON118006_1911— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q5434694
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday,_Ontario
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1911 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). "Faraday, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/faraday-on080002-1911/.