Summerside, T-V, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)

Summerside, T-V was a town in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,917. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q863058. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.396°N, 63.788°W.

Population

In 1871, Summerside, T-V had a population of 1,917.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

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 (0.1% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Summerside, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Township No. 17

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 8 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 1,917 total population, 580 married persons, 307 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 deaf and dumb persons, 536 persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated, 1,337 single persons, 2 insane persons, 4 persons married, 74 births — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Age structure (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 186 males aged under 5, 237 males aged 5 to 16, 95 males aged 16 to 21, 305 males aged 21 to 45, 110 males aged 45 to 60, 28 males over 60, 180 females aged 0 to 5, 251 females aged 5 to 16, 130 females aged 16 to 21, 321 females aged 21-45, 47 females aged 45-60, 27 females over 60 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 39 persons originating in Ireland, 36 persons originating in Scotland, 25 persons originating in all other places, 1 Indigenous males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 41 persons originating in England, 181 persons originating in the British Provinces, 1,595 persons originating in Prince Edward Island — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Religion (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 307 members of the Church of England, 463 members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, 95 members of the Kirk of Scotland, 605 Roman Catholics, 229 Methodists, 115 Baptists, 14 Bible Christians, 23 Universalists, 66 members of other denominations — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Buildings & housing (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 6 churches, 3 schoolhouses — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 7,500 pounds of tobacco, 3,620 bushels of potatoes, 3,295 bushels of oats, 1,250 pounds of homemade butter, 710 bushels of wheat, 320 bushels of turnips, 257 bushels of barley, 252 tons of hay, 202 swine, 180 sheep, 150 bushels of winter wheat, 130 bushels of buckwheat, 104 horses, 20 bushels of other root crops. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1,418 acres of farmland owned, 50 acres of farmland rented, 12 persons holding farmland of first quality, 946 acres of farmland in arable land, 2 bushels of clover seed, 10 bushels of timothy grass seed, 64 acres of farmland fertilized with shell manure, 34 acres of farmland fertilized with lime, 7 farming mills, 4 hay mowing machines, 4 hay elevators, 3 mud-digging machines, 28 other machines, 4 threshing machines, 192 cattle — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 60 yards of fulled cloth, 1 grist mills, 1 tanneries. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 86 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 216 riding wagons, carriages, wood sleds, and jaunting sleds, 309 yards of not-fulled cloth, 2 breweries and distilleries, 5,000 pounds of leather produced in tanneries, 1 steam engines, 1 lime kilns, 50 carriages and sleighs, 46 sewing machines, 22 pianos, melodeons, and organs — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1871). This community's record includes 24 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 4 people connected to this place who were alive in 1871, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: PE001025 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_PE002027 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q863058
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summerside,_Prince_Edward_Island
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summerside_(%C3%8Ele-du-Prince-%C3%89douard)

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). "Summerside, T-V, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/summerside-t-v-pe001025-1871/.