Princetown and Royalty, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)
Princetown and Royalty was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 417. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.534°N, 63.695°W.
Population
In 1871, Princetown and Royalty had a population of 417.
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 (0.3% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Township No. 18, 1881 (17.9% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Princetown and Royalty shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 87 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 9 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 417 total population, 105 married persons, 64 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 171 persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated, 312 single persons, 1 persons married, 5 births — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Age structure (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 29 males aged under 5, 49 males aged 5 to 16, 25 males aged 16 to 21, 49 males aged 21 to 45, 23 males aged 45 to 60, 23 males over 60, 20 females aged 0 to 5, 57 females aged 5 to 16, 29 females aged 16 to 21, 68 females aged 21-45, 30 females aged 45-60, 15 females over 60 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 10 persons originating in Ireland, 3 persons originating in Scotland, 2 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 2 persons originating in England, 10 persons originating in the British Provinces, 390 persons originating in Prince Edward Island — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Religion (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 16 members of the Church of England, 370 members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, 21 Roman Catholics, 7 Methodists, 1 Universalists, 2 members of other denominations — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Buildings & housing (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 churches, 1 schoolhouses — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 18,272 bushels of oats, 16,876 bushels of potatoes, 8,177 pounds of homemade butter, 6,390 bushels of turnips, 3,275 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 3,005 bushels of barley, 2,301 bushels of wheat, 1,027 sheep, 586 tons of hay, 339 swine, 162 horses, 145 bushels of buckwheat, 11.50 bushels of peas, 1 bushels of beans. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 4,680 acres of farmland owned, 282 acres of farmland rented, 1 acres of farmland held by verbal agreement, 26 persons holding farmland of first quality, 26 persons holding farmland of second quality, 3 persons holding farmland of third quality, 2,553 acres of farmland in arable land, 7 bushels of clover seed, 110 bushels of timothy grass seed, $£7 s15 d0 value apples and other fruits, 43 pounds of flax, 972 acres of farmland fertilized with shell manure, 50 acres of farmland fertilized with lime, 9 farming mills, 12 hay mowing machines, 4 hay elevators, 21 mud-digging machines, 24 other machines, 7 threshing machines, 443 cattle — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 1,149 yards of fulled cloth. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 2 stamping machines, 90 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 164 riding wagons, carriages, wood sleds, and jaunting sleds, 2,691 yards of not-fulled cloth, 100 pounds of leather produced in tanneries, 1 lime kilns, 300 barrels of lime, 2 carriages and sleighs, 3,774 yards of cloth, 3 sewing machines — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Fisheries (1871). This community's record includes 319 barrels of herring or alewives, 93 gallons of fish oil, 13 fishing boats, 6.50 barrels of mackerel. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 fishing establishments, 212 quintals of codfish or hake, 9 men employed in fishing, £290 s0 d0 pounds of preserved shell and other fish produced during the past year — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1871). This community's record includes 1 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 1 person 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ada Ramsay | 1867–1932 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE001018— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE001018— 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). "Princetown and Royalty, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/princetown-and-royalty-pe001018-1871/.