Charlottetown Royalty, Prince Edward Island (1891 census)
Charlottetown Royalty was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 11,373. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.263°N, 63.135°W.
Population
In 1891, Charlottetown Royalty had a population of 11,373: 5,382 male and 5,991 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 1891
In the 1891 census, Charlottetown Royalty shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 85 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 11,373 total population, 5,991 females, 5,382 males, 3,317 married persons, 2,141 families, 1,667 married females, 1,650 married males, 685 widowed persons, 518 widowed females, 167 widowed males, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 7,371 single persons under 18, 3,806 single females under 18, 3,565 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 11,316 persons who are not French Canadian, 57 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 2,108 houses, 2,108 occupied houses, 2,047 houses built of wood, 1,138 houses of 2 stories, 968 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 761 houses of 1 story, 400 houses of 4 rooms, 278 houses of 5 rooms, 195 houses of 3 stories, 187 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 135 houses of 3 rooms, 91 houses of 2 rooms, 57 houses built of brick, 14 houses of more than 3 stories, 6 houses of 1 room, 4 houses built of stone. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 85,564 bushels of turnips, 63,848 bushels of potatoes, 27,044 bushels of oats, 19,660 pounds of homemade butter, 12,614 acres of land in farms, 9,711 acres of improved land in farms, 8,533 chickens, 6,396 acres of farmland under crops, 4,655 bushels of barley, 3,702 bushels of spring wheat, 3,193 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,903 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,889 tons of hay, 2,714 sheep slaughtered or sold, 2,305 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,171 acres of hay crops, 1,400 cattle killed or sold, 1,219 acres of oats, 852 milk cows, 837 horses aged over 3 years, 730 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 692 swine slaughtered or sold, 478 sheep, 460 bushels of winter wheat, 417 swine, 396 bushels of buckwheat, 365 acres of potatoes, 353 other cattle, 257 acres of wheat, 236 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 207 occupants of farms, 205 bushels of corn, 183 horses aged 3 years and under, 173 acres of turnips, 167 geese, 158 acres of barley, 155 farm occupants who own their land, 132 ducks, 122 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 90 bushels of rye, 82 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 64 bushels of peas, 54 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 49 bushels of beans, 49 other fowl, 47 farm occupants who rent their land, 41 turkeys, 38 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 21 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 17 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 12 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 7 oxen, 5 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 12 people connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph Pope | 1803–1895 | died here |
| James Horsfield Peters | 1811–1891 | died here |
| David Fitzgerald | 1813–1894 | died here |
| Fanny Amelia Wright | 1813–1891 | died here |
| T. Heath (Thomas Heath) Haviland | 1822–1895 | died here |
| Jedediah Slason Carvell | 1832–1894 | 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 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE136001— 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 1891 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 (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/charlottetown-royalty-pe136001-1891/.