Farnham, Town—Ville, Quebec (1881 census)

Farnham, Town—Ville was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,880. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141743. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.284°N, 72.976°W.

Population

In 1881, Farnham, Town—Ville had a population of 1,880: 926 male and 954 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 1881

In the 1881 census, Farnham, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

• Farnham W-O

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 31 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,880 total population, 954 females, 926 males, 695 married persons, 402 families, 348 married females, 347 married males, 81 widowed persons, 53 widowed females, 28 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,104 single persons under 18, 553 single females under 18, 551 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 324 inhabited houses, 324 occupied houses, 23 uninhabited houses, 6 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 8,464 bushels of potatoes, 5,430 bushels of oats, 1,273 bushels of corn, 818 bushels of peas and beans, 657 bushels of other root crops, 418 tons of hay, 359 bushels of spring wheat, 356 acres of hay crops, 280 bushels of barley, 106 bushels of buckwheat, 78 acres of potatoes, 48 bushels of turnips, 40 acres of wheat, 18 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,880 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: QC065009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC170005 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q141743
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farnham,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farnham_(Qu%C3%A9bec)

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). "Farnham, Town—Ville, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/farnham-town-ville-qc065009-1881/.