Charlottetown Royalty, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Charlottetown Royalty was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 11,485. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.263°N, 63.135°W.
Population
In 1881, Charlottetown Royalty had a population of 11,485: 5,440 male and 6,045 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 8,807 |
| 1881 | 11,485 |
| 1891 | 11,373 |
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, Charlottetown Royalty shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 42 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 11,485 total population, 6,045 females, 5,440 males, 3,356 married persons, 2,099 families, 1,695 married females, 1,661 married males, 519 widowed persons, 410 widowed females, 109 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 7,610 single persons under 18, 3,940 single females under 18, 3,670 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 2,049 occupied houses, 2,046 inhabited houses, 102 uninhabited houses, 15 houses under construction, 3 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 77,998 bushels of turnips, 58,159 bushels of potatoes, 31,279 bushels of oats, 11,983 bushels of other root crops, 4,901 bushels of spring wheat, 4,624 bushels of barley, 3,520 tons of hay, 2,121 acres of hay crops, 879 bushels of buckwheat, 349 acres of wheat, 335 acres of potatoes, 273 bushels of peas and beans, 159 bushels of corn, 22 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 2,100 barrels of mackerel, 1,100 barrels of herring or alewives, 530 gallons of fish oil, 500 quintals of cod, 250 fathoms of fishing nets, 60 men on fishing boats, 13 fishing boats, 11 shoremen, 6 men on fishing vessels, 1 fishing vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 26 people connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Henry Wolsey Bayfield | 1795–1885 | died here |
| John Mackieson | 1795–1885 | died here |
| William Warren Lord | 1798–1890 | died here |
| Joseph Pope | 1803–1895 | died here |
| Francis Longworth | 1807–1883 | died here |
| Edward Palmer | 1809–1889 | died here |
| George Wright | 1810–1887 | died here |
| James Horsfield Peters | 1811–1891 | died here |
| John Hamilton Gray | 1811–1887 | died here |
| John Lepage | 1812–1886 | died here |
| David Fitzgerald | 1813–1894 | died here |
| Fanny Amelia Wright | 1813–1891 | died here |
| John Longworth | 1814–1885 | died here |
| Mark Butcher | 1814–1883 | died here |
| David Stirling | 1822–1887 | died here |
| T. Heath (Thomas Heath) Haviland | 1822–1895 | died here |
| George Wastie Deblois | 1824–1886 | died here |
| Angus McDonald | 1830–1889 | died here |
| Jedediah Slason Carvell | 1832–1894 | died here |
| Donald Montgomery | 1848–1890 | died here |
| Albert William Mitchell | 1868–1906 | born here |
| John Stanfield | 1868–1934 | born here |
| Annie Marion MacLean | 1870–1934 | born here |
| George Frederick Byers | 1872–1937 | born here |
| Lucy Maud Montgomery | 1874–1942 | born here |
| Walter Maxfield Lea | 1874–1936 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 11,485 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:
PE002001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE136001— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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). "Charlottetown Royalty, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/charlottetown-royalty-pe002001-1881/.