Queen's, Prince Edward Island
Queen's was a Census Division in Prince Edward Island as recorded in the 1871–1891 Canadian census series. It comprised the constituent Census Subdivisions listed below for each year it appears in the published volumes. This CD is grounded to Wikidata Q2006290.
Population trajectory across census years
Aggregate population summed from constituent Census Subdivisions in this Census Division each year. Where the published 1851–1921 census volumes report a CD-level total, the figures should match within rounding; for cities split into wards, the per-CSD sum may diverge from the published CD aggregate.
| Year | Population | CSDs |
|---|---|---|
| 1871 | 42,574 | 24 |
| 1881 | 48,111 | 24 |
| 1891 | 45,975 | 24 |
Constituent Census Subdivisions by year
1871 census
- Charlottetown Royalty (pop 8,807)
- Township 20 wd (pop 1,245)
- Township 21 wd (pop 1,569)
- Township 22 wd (pop 1,411)
- Township 23 wd (pop 1,804)
- Township 24 wd (pop 2,356)
- Township 29 wd (pop 1,957)
- Township 30 wd (pop 1,430)
- Township 31 wd (pop 1,278)
- Township 34 wd (pop 1,387)
- Township 35 wd (pop 1,080)
- Township 36 wd (pop 1,530)
- Township 37 wd (pop 1,355)
- Township 48 wd (pop 1,412)
- Township 49 wd (pop 1,661)
- Township 50 wd (pop 1,511)
- Township 57 wd (pop 1,934)
- Township 58 wd (pop 1,258)
- Township 60 wd (pop 961)
- Township 62 wd (pop 952)
- Township 65 wd (pop 1,746)
- Township 67 wd (pop 1,435)
- Township No. 32 wd (pop 1,276)
- Township No. 33 wd (pop 1,219)
1881 census
- Charlottetown Royalty (pop 11,485)
- Township 20 wd (pop 1,419)
- Township 21 wd (pop 1,871)
- Township 22 wd (pop 1,556)
- Township 23 wd (pop 1,903)
- Township 24 wd (pop 2,737)
- Township 29 wd (pop 2,096)
- Township 30 wd (pop 1,530)
- Township 31 wd (pop 1,493)
- Township 34 wd (pop 1,384)
- Township 35 wd (pop 1,116)
- Township 36 wd (pop 1,263)
- Township 37 wd (pop 1,675)
- Township 48 wd (pop 1,506)
- Township 49 wd (pop 1,731)
- Township 50 wd (pop 1,501)
- Township 57 wd (pop 2,085)
- Township 58 wd (pop 1,343)
- Township 60 wd (pop 1,064)
- Township 62 wd (pop 1,046)
- Township 65 wd (pop 1,865)
- Township 67 wd (pop 1,797)
- Township No. 32 wd (pop 1,313)
- Township No. 33 wd (pop 1,332)
1891 census
- Charlottetown Royalty (pop 11,373)
- Township 20 wd (pop 1,325)
- Township 21 wd (pop 1,700)
- Township 22 wd (pop 1,466)
- Township 23 wd (pop 1,835)
- Township 24 wd (pop 2,615)
- Township 29 wd (pop 1,970)
- Township 30 wd (pop 1,417)
- Township 31 wd (pop 1,576)
- Township 34 wd (pop 1,317)
- Township 35 wd (pop 1,089)
- Township 36 wd (pop 1,253)
- Township 37 wd (pop 1,395)
- Township 48 wd (pop 1,355)
- Township 49 wd (pop 1,543)
- Township 50 wd (pop 1,376)
- Township 57 wd (pop 2,001)
- Township 58 wd (pop 1,246)
- Township 60 wd (pop 971)
- Township 62 wd (pop 1,085)
- Township 65 wd (pop 1,721)
- Township 67 wd (pop 1,853)
- Township No. 32 wd (pop 1,214)
- Township No. 33 wd (pop 1,279)
Lineage
Boundary changes connecting this Census Division to others in the 1851–1921 series, derived from spatial polygon overlap across census-year boundary files.
- Split off from Prince Edward Island in 1871.
- Split into Queens East, Queens West in 1901.
Identifiers
- HGIS Canada CD ID:
CD_PE_Queen's - Wikidata: Q2006290
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queens_County,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comt%C3%A9_de_Queens_(%C3%8Ele-du-Prince-%C3%89douard)
Sources
Census Division boundaries derived from the
Canadian Peoples / TCP
1851–1921 Census Subdivision boundary files (NAME_CD_<year> attributes,
hosted at the HGIS Lab, University of Saskatchewan).
Constituent-CSD memberships use the P10_falls_within CIDOC-CRM relationships
emitted by the spatial CIDOC builder. Wikidata grounding for Census Divisions performed via the
HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph
project's MCP-assisted disambiguation pipeline. See the About / Methodology
page for the full data pipeline.