Faraday, Ontario (1881 census)
Faraday was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 392. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5434694. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.000°N, 77.909°W.
Population
In 1881, Faraday had a population of 392: 228 male and 164 female residents.
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).
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 Faraday, Dungannon, 1871 (53.8% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Faraday shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 34 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 392 total population, 228 males, 164 females, 96 married persons, 71 families, 48 married females, 48 married males, 6 widowed persons, 4 widowed males, 2 widowed females. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 290 single persons under 18, 176 single males under 18, 114 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 69 occupied houses, 67 inhabited houses, 5 houses under construction, 2 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 6,244 bushels of potatoes, 6,052 bushels of turnips, 5,849 bushels of oats, 1,450 bushels of spring wheat, 1,322 bushels of peas and beans, 969 bushels of barley, 341 bushels of corn, 329 acres of hay crops, 324 tons of hay, 195 bushels of other root crops, 144 acres of wheat, 101 bushels of rye, 59 acres of potatoes, 17 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 13 bushels of winter wheat, 8 bushels of buckwheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 392 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:
ON122014— 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 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). "Faraday, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/faraday-on122014-1881/.