Faraday, Ontario
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Faraday is a township
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 in the Canadian
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 province of Ontario
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, located within Hastings County
Hastings County, Ontario
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. The township had a population of 1,578 in the Canada 2006 Census
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The township comprises the communities of Bow Lake, Faraday, Monck Road, and Paudash.

Demographics

Population trend:
  • Population in 2006: 1578 (2001 to 2006 population change: -0.2 %)
  • Population in 2001: 1581
  • Population in 1996: 1638
  • Population in 1991: 1495


Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 668 (total dwellings: 1272)

Mother tongue:
  • English as first language: 94.6 %
  • French as first language: 0.6 %
  • English and French as first language: 0 %
  • Other as first language: 4.7 %

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