Orford, Quebec (1911 census)
Orford was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,256. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3355911. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.373°N, 72.121°W.
Population
In 1911, Orford had a population of 1,256: 679 male and 577 female residents. Population density was 13.9 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 725 |
| 1871 | 840 |
| 1881 | 1,236 |
| 1891 | 1,097 |
| 1901 | 1,096 |
| 1911 | 1,256 |
| 1921 | 869 |
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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Petit Lac Magog, VL, 1921 (1.7% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Orford, 1921 (78.5% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Orford shared boundaries with:
- Bolton E.
- Brompton
- Magog
- Melbourne & Brompton Gore
- Sherbrooke, C
- St. Elie d'Orford
- Stukely N.
- Stukely S.
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 57,856 area in acres, 1,256 total population, 679 males in the population, 577 females in the population, 443 single (never-married) males, 350 single (never-married) females, 223 families, 206 married males, 202 married females, 90.40 area in square miles, 30 widowed males, 24 widowed females, 13.89 population per square mile, 1 legally separated females. 1,096 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 688 persons of French origin, 384 persons of British origin (English), 97 persons of British origin (Irish), 49 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 34 persons of Dutch origin, 3 persons of German origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.) The 1911 enumerator also recorded 1 persons of Japanese origin — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 735 Roman Catholics, 245 Anglicans (Church of England), 118 Presbyterians, 94 Methodists, 46 Adventists, 7 Baptists, 7 Congregationalists, 2 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 1 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 1 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 221 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC198002— 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 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). "Orford, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/orford-qc198002-1911/.