Charlottetown Royalty, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)
Charlottetown Royalty was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 8,807. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.263°N, 63.135°W.
Population
In 1871, Charlottetown Royalty had a population of 8,807.
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).
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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in NO DATA, 1861 (0.6% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Charlottetown Royalty shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 106 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 9 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 8,807 total population, 2,301 married persons, 1,526 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 2 deaf and dumb persons, 2,069 persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated, 6,506 single persons, 53 insane persons, 58 persons married, 205 births — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Age structure (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 558 males aged under 5, 1,109 males aged 5 to 16, 640 males aged 16 to 21, 1,176 males aged 21 to 45, 470 males aged 45 to 60, 225 males over 60, 584 females aged 0 to 5, 1,163 females aged 5 to 16, 697 females aged 16 to 21, 1,511 females aged 21-45, 482 females aged 45-60, 192 females over 60 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 656 persons originating in Ireland, 246 persons originating in Scotland, 153 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 410 persons originating in England, 745 persons originating in the British Provinces, 6,597 persons originating in Prince Edward Island — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Religion (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1,507 members of the Church of England, 499 members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, 1,103 members of the Kirk of Scotland, 3,328 Roman Catholics, 1,791 Methodists, 256 Baptists, 272 Bible Christians, 1 Quakers, 5 Universalists, 45 members of other denominations — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Buildings & housing (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 9 churches, 10 schoolhouses — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 61,892 pounds of tobacco, 58,378 bushels of turnips, 28,098 bushels of oats, 27,092 bushels of potatoes, 12,270 pounds of homemade butter, 6,469 bushels of barley, 1,943 bushels of wheat, 1,602 tons of hay, 1,183 bushels of other root crops, 921 swine, 768 sheep, 630 horses, 405 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 359 bushels of winter wheat, 323 bushels of buckwheat, 5 bushels of beans. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 3,800 acres of farmland owned, 65 acres of farmland rented, 6 acres of farmland held by verbal agreement, 51 persons holding farmland of first quality, 16 persons holding farmland of second quality, 9 persons holding farmland of third quality, 5,832 acres of farmland in arable land, 3 bushels of clover seed, 79 bushels of timothy grass seed, $£90 s0 d0 value apples and other fruits, 3 pounds of flax, 446 acres of farmland fertilized with shell manure, 1,022 acres of farmland fertilized with lime, 25 farming mills, 29 hay mowing machines, 12 hay-making machines, 7 hay elevators, 21 mud-digging machines, 244 other machines, 16 threshing machines, 842 cattle — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 230 yards of fulled cloth, 12 tanneries, 3 grist mills, 1 saw mills. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 2 stamping machines, 348 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 804 riding wagons, carriages, wood sleds, and jaunting sleds, 305 yards of not-fulled cloth, 5 breweries and distilleries, 137,800 pounds of leather produced in tanneries, 1 shingle and lath mills, 8 steam engines, 10 lime kilns, 23,000 barrels of lime, 358 carriages and sleighs, 300 sewing machines, 309 pianos, melodeons, and organs — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Fisheries (1871). This community's record includes 2,250 barrels of mackerel, 766 gallons of fish oil, 460 barrels of herring or alewives, 20 fishing boats. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 5 fishing establishments, 750 quintals of codfish or hake, 247 men employed in fishing, 5,500 fishing barrels, 6 cooper's shops, 150 pounds of hake sounds cured, £1400 s0 d0 pounds of preserved shell and other fish produced during the past year, $£100 s0 d0 value salmon — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1871). This community's record includes 134 total number of deaths. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 29 people connected to this place who were alive in 1871, 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 |
| James Douglas Haszard | 1797–1875 | died here |
| Robert Hodgson | 1798–1880 | died here |
| William Warren Lord | 1798–1890 | died here |
| John Davis | 1802–1875 | 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 |
| Emanuel McEachen | 1816–1875 | 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 |
| Donald Currie | 1831–1880 | died here |
| Jedediah Slason Carvell | 1832–1894 | died here |
| Edward Reilly | 1839–1872 | 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 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE002024— 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 1871 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 (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/charlottetown-royalty-pe002024-1871/.