Prince, Prince Edward Island
Prince was a Census Division in Prince Edward Island as recorded in the 1871–1921 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 Q2110336.
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 | 28,064 | 25 |
| 1881 | 34,347 | 24 |
| 1891 | 36,470 | 24 |
| 1911 | 32,779 | 24 |
| 1921 | 31,520 | 27 |
Constituent Census Subdivisions by year
1871 census
- Princetown and Royalty (pop 417)
- Summerside, T-V wd (pop 1,917)
- Township No. 1 wd (pop 2,561)
- Township No. 10 wd (pop 376)
- Township No. 11 wd (pop 570)
- Township No. 12 wd (pop 560)
- Township No. 13 wd (pop 1,103)
- Township No. 14 wd (pop 1,252)
- Township No. 15 wd (pop 1,550)
- Township No. 16 wd (pop 934)
- Township No. 17 wd (pop 1,644)
- Township No. 18 wd (pop 1,150)
- Township No. 19 wd (pop 1,371)
- Township No. 2 wd (pop 1,343)
- Township No. 25 wd (pop 925)
- Township No. 26 wd (pop 1,295)
- Township No. 27 wd (pop 1,269)
- Township No. 28 wd (pop 1,570)
- Township No. 3 wd (pop 1,149)
- Township No. 4 wd (pop 1,460)
- Township No. 5 wd (pop 909)
- Township No. 6 wd (pop 769)
- Township No. 7 wd (pop 867)
- Township No. 8 wd (pop 672)
- Township No. 9 wd (pop 431)
1881 census
- Summerside, T-V wd (pop 2,853)
- Township No. 1 wd (pop 2,787)
- Township No. 10 wd (pop 381)
- Township No. 11 wd (pop 625)
- Township No. 12 wd (pop 843)
- Township No. 13 wd (pop 1,379)
- Township No. 14 wd (pop 1,433)
- Township No. 15 wd (pop 1,908)
- Township No. 16 wd (pop 1,101)
- Township No. 17 wd (pop 1,647)
- Township No. 18 wd (pop 1,826)
- Township No. 19 wd (pop 1,608)
- Township No. 2 wd (pop 1,890)
- Township No. 25 wd (pop 1,002)
- Township No. 26 wd (pop 1,346)
- Township No. 27 wd (pop 1,348)
- Township No. 28 wd (pop 1,692)
- Township No. 3 wd (pop 1,355)
- Township No. 4 wd (pop 2,258)
- Township No. 5 wd (pop 1,465)
- Township No. 6 wd (pop 1,100)
- Township No. 7 wd (pop 1,073)
- Township No. 8 wd (pop 855)
- Township No. 9 wd (pop 572)
1891 census
- Summerside, T-V wd (pop 2,882)
- Township No. 1 wd (pop 2,950)
- Township No. 10 wd (pop 440)
- Township No. 11 wd (pop 700)
- Township No. 12 wd (pop 963)
- Township No. 13 wd (pop 1,379)
- Township No. 14 wd (pop 1,502)
- Township No. 15 wd (pop 2,062)
- Township No. 16 wd (pop 1,333)
- Township No. 17 wd (pop 1,694)
- Township No. 18 wd (pop 1,794)
- Township No. 19 wd (pop 1,753)
- Township No. 2 wd (pop 2,282)
- Township No. 25 wd (pop 1,017)
- Township No. 26 wd (pop 1,278)
- Township No. 27 wd (pop 1,425)
- Township No. 28 wd (pop 1,578)
- Township No. 3 wd (pop 1,412)
- Township No. 4 wd (pop 2,396)
- Township No. 5 wd (pop 1,532)
- Township No. 6 wd (pop 1,446)
- Township No. 7 wd (pop 1,038)
- Township No. 8 wd (pop 887)
- Township No. 9 wd (pop 727)
1911 census
- Summerside, T-V wd (pop 2,678)
- Township 1 wd (pop 2,585)
- Township 10 wd (pop 599)
- Township 11 wd (pop 659)
- Township 12 wd (pop 974)
- Township 13 wd (pop 1,170)
- Township 14 wd (pop 1,298)
- Township 15 wd (pop 2,189)
- Township 16 wd (pop 1,045)
- Township 17 wd (pop 1,499)
- Township 18 wd (pop 1,416)
- Township 19 wd (pop 1,519)
- Township 2 wd (pop 1,992)
- Township 25 wd (pop 804)
- Township 26 wd (pop 1,252)
- Township 27 wd (pop 1,113)
- Township 28 wd (pop 1,473)
- Township 3 wd (pop 1,298)
- Township 4 wd (pop 2,230)
- Township 5 wd (pop 1,185)
- Township 6 wd (pop 1,306)
- Township 7 wd (pop 864)
- Township 8 wd (pop 855)
- Township 9 wd (pop 776)
1921 census
- Alberton, T-V wd (pop 625)
- Indian reserves (pop 167)
- Kensington, T-V wd (pop 556)
- Summerside, T-V wd (pop 3,228)
- Township 1 wd (pop 2,516)
- Township 10 wd (pop 572)
- Township 11 wd (pop 604)
- Township 12 wd (pop 794)
- Township 13 wd (pop 1,082)
- Township 14 wd (pop 1,152)
- Township 15 wd (pop 1,630)
- Township 16 wd (pop 1,012)
- Township 17 wd (pop 1,331)
- Township 18 wd (pop 1,416)
- Township 19 wd (pop 1,183)
- Township 2 wd (pop 1,630)
- Township 25 wd (pop 816)
- Township 26 wd (pop 1,278)
- Township 27 wd (pop 1,122)
- Township 28 wd (pop 1,670)
- Township 3 wd (pop 1,042)
- Township 4 wd (pop 1,383)
- Township 5 wd (pop 1,286)
- Township 6 wd (pop 1,257)
- Township 7 wd (pop 769)
- Township 8 wd (pop 802)
- Township 9 wd (pop 597)
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 Prince East, Prince West in 1901.
- Re-formed from Prince East, Prince West in 1911.
Identifiers
- HGIS Canada CD ID:
CD_PE_Prince - Wikidata: Q2110336
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_County,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comt%C3%A9_de_Prince
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.