Year: 1881
| Province: Prince Edward Island
| County: Prince
Summerside, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Summerside was a census subdivision in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,853. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.396°N, 63.788°W.
Population
In 1881, Summerside had a population of 2,853: 1,359 male and 1,494 female residents. Population density was 2263.6 people per square mile.
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 1881
In the 1881 census, Summerside shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 517 |
| Number of families | 517 |
| Number of females | 1,494 |
| Number of males | 1,359 |
| Number of married females | 452 |
| Number of married males | 445 |
| Number of married persons | 897 |
| Number of widowed females | 85 |
| Number of widowed males | 23 |
| Number of widowed persons | 108 |
| POP TOT | 2,853 |
| Total population | 2,853 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 957 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 891 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,848 |
Buildings & housing (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of inhabited houses | 478 |
| Number of occupied houses | 478 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 53 |
Agriculture (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 324 |
| Acres of potatoes | 99 |
| Acres of wheat | 99 |
| BAR BU | 16 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 16 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 335 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 11 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 8 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 6,699 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 960 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 106 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 17,959 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 1,833 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 3,064 |
| BWT BU | 335 |
| CRN BU | 8 |
| HAY AC | 324 |
| HAY TONS | 529 |
| OAT BU | 6,699 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 106 |
| POT AC | 99 |
| POT BU | 17,959 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 529 |
| WHT AC | 99 |
| WHT SP BU | 1,833 |
Fisheries (11 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 8 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 144 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 1 |
| Barrels of oysters produced in the past year | 944 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 2 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 10 |
| Number of fishing boats | 1 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 1 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 1 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 4 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 2 |
Other recorded variables (30 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BOAT MEN Q | 1 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 1 |
| C UNMD F | 957 |
| C UNMD M | 891 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,848 |
| CD NAME | Prince |
| COD DX K | 2 |
| D OCC | 478 |
| EEL XB Q | 8 |
| FEMALE | 1,494 |
| GRA BU | 11 |
| H INHAB | 478 |
| H UNINH | 53 |
| MALE | 1,359 |
| MCK XB Q | 144 |
| MD F | 452 |
| MD M | 445 |
| MD TOT | 897 |
| NET XX F | 10 |
| NUMBER CD | 1 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 1 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 960 |
| OYS XB Q | 944 |
| TRT XB Q | 2 |
| TUR BU | 3,064 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 4 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 1 |
| WID F | 85 |
| WID M | 23 |
| WID TOT | 108 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE001017 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE133001 — 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 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). "Summerside, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/summerside-pe001017-1881/.