Orford, Quebec (1881 census)

Orford was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,236. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3355911. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.382°N, 72.102°W.

Population

In 1881, Orford had a population of 1,236: 642 male and 594 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, Orford shared boundaries with:

• Bolton E
• Brompton
• Magog
• Melbourne, Brompton Gore
• Sherbrooke, Nord, Ward—Quartier
• Stukely N
• Stukely S

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,236 total population, 642 males, 594 females, 408 married persons, 217 families, 205 married males, 203 married females, 22 widowed persons, 13 widowed males, 9 widowed females. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 806 single persons under 18, 424 single males under 18, 382 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 202 inhabited houses, 202 occupied houses, 53 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 17,324 bushels of oats, 10,587 bushels of potatoes, 7,533 bushels of turnips, 3,174 bushels of buckwheat, 3,082 tons of hay, 2,398 acres of hay crops, 1,834 bushels of other root crops, 1,270 bushels of spring wheat, 1,149 bushels of barley, 493 bushels of peas and beans, 365 bushels of corn, 105 acres of potatoes, 71 acres of wheat, 49 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 44 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,236 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: QC055005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC088002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3355911
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orford_(canton)

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). "Orford, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/orford-qc055005-1881/.