Georgetown Royalty, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Georgetown Royalty was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,118. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3086648. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.197°N, 62.541°W.
Population
In 1881, Georgetown Royalty had a population of 1,118: 562 male and 556 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,056 |
| 1881 | 1,118 |
| 1891 | 1,060 |
| 1901 | 1,123 |
| 1911 | 1,010 |
| 1921 | 884 |
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, Georgetown Royalty shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 45 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,118 total population, 562 males, 556 females, 305 married persons, 195 families, 153 married females, 152 married males, 59 widowed persons, 39 widowed females, 20 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 754 single persons under 18, 390 single males under 18, 364 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 186 inhabited houses, 186 occupied houses, 14 uninhabited houses, 7 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 36,763 bushels of potatoes, 10,032 bushels of oats, 7,970 bushels of turnips, 2,516 bushels of spring wheat, 791 tons of hay, 565 acres of hay crops, 472 bushels of other root crops, 408 bushels of barley, 239 acres of potatoes, 189 acres of wheat, 144 bushels of buckwheat, 45 bushels of peas and beans, 39 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 6 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 707 fathoms of fishing nets, 571 barrels of mackerel, 413 quintals of cod, 214 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 204 barrels of herring or alewives, 180 gallons of fish oil, 65 men on fishing boats, 60 barrels of other fish, 44 fishing boats, 21 shoremen, 10 men on fishing vessels, 4 barrels of eels, 1 fishing vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 200,000 pounds of lobster canned — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel Gordon | 1821–1907 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,118 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:
PE003022— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE001023— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3086648
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgetown,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgetown_(%C3%8Ele-du-Prince-%C3%89douard)
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). "Georgetown Royalty, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/georgetown-royalty-pe003022-1881/.