Georgetown Royalty, Prince Edward Island (1891 census)

Georgetown Royalty was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,060. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3086648. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.197°N, 62.541°W.

Population

In 1891, Georgetown Royalty had a population of 1,060: 545 male and 515 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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, Georgetown Royalty shared boundaries with:

• Township No. 53

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 79 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,060 total population, 545 males, 515 females, 308 married persons, 202 families, 154 married females, 154 married males, 59 widowed persons, 37 widowed females, 22 widowed males, 5.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 693 single persons under 18, 369 single males under 18, 324 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 973 persons who are not French Canadian, 87 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 200 houses, 200 occupied houses, 197 houses built of wood, 160 houses of 1 story, 107 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 34 houses of 2 stories, 22 houses of 3 rooms, 21 houses of 5 rooms, 17 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 17 houses of 4 rooms, 7 houses of 2 rooms, 6 houses of 3 stories, 3 houses of 1 room, 2 houses built of stone, 1 houses built of brick. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 43,401 bushels of potatoes, 8,845 pounds of homemade butter, 8,471 bushels of turnips, 8,058 bushels of oats, 4,485 acres of land in farms, 3,552 acres of improved land in farms, 2,592 chickens, 2,533 bushels of spring wheat, 2,304 acres of farmland under crops, 1,765 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,206 acres of farmland in pasture, 933 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 712 tons of hay, 686 acres of hay crops, 574 bushels of barley, 419 acres of oats, 417 sheep, 279 acres of potatoes, 216 milk cows, 200 sheep slaughtered or sold, 194 occupants of farms, 185 acres of wheat, 155 swine slaughtered or sold, 145 other cattle, 134 swine, 120 farm occupants who own their land, 116 horses aged over 3 years, 106 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 88 bushels of buckwheat, 78 cattle killed or sold, 74 farm occupants who rent their land, 70 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 58 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 42 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 36 turkeys, 34 horses aged 3 years and under, 29 acres of barley, 26 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 25 bushels of beans, 23 acres of turnips, 22 geese, 16 ducks, 16 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 15 bushels of corn, 9 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 3 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 1 bushels of rye, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

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 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: PE134001 — 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 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). "Georgetown Royalty, Prince Edward Island (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/georgetown-royalty-pe134001-1891/.