Summerside, T-V, Prince Edward Island (1891 census)

Summerside, T-V was a town in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,882. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q863058. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.396°N, 63.788°W.

Population

In 1891, Summerside, T-V had a population of 2,882: 1,401 male and 1,481 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, Summerside, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Township No. 17

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 78 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,882 total population, 1,481 females, 1,401 males, 905 married persons, 533 families, 453 married males, 452 married females, 119 widowed persons, 92 widowed females, 27 widowed males, 5.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,858 single persons under 18, 937 single females under 18, 921 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,733 persons who are not French Canadian, 149 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 502 houses, 502 occupied houses, 500 houses built of wood, 416 houses of 1 story, 285 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 79 houses of 2 stories, 79 houses of 4 rooms, 60 houses of 5 rooms, 36 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 18 houses of 3 rooms, 11 houses of 2 rooms, 5 houses of 3 stories, 2 houses of more than 3 stories, 1 houses built of brick, 1 houses built of stone. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 20,749 bushels of potatoes, 14,263 pounds of homemade butter, 13,621 bushels of turnips, 9,238 bushels of oats, 3,215 acres of land in farms, 2,274 chickens, 2,264 acres of improved land in farms, 1,676 acres of farmland under crops, 1,208 bushels of spring wheat, 951 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 702 bushels of barley, 644 tons of hay, 546 acres of farmland in pasture, 414 acres of hay crops, 366 acres of oats, 331 bushels of buckwheat, 251 milk cows, 244 horses aged over 3 years, 146 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 130 swine slaughtered or sold, 109 acres of potatoes, 98 swine, 83 acres of wheat, 79 occupants of farms, 72 bushels of beans, 71 farm occupants who own their land, 70 cattle killed or sold, 68 other cattle, 63 horses aged 3 years and under, 63 sheep, 62 other fowl, 60 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 50 geese, 42 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 36 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 34 bushels of peas, 32 acres of barley, 29 acres of turnips, 21 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 18 ducks, 18 sheep slaughtered or sold, 11 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 10 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 8 farm occupants who rent their land, 1 bushels of corn, 1 oxen, 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 2 people 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: PE135001 — 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 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). "Summerside, T-V, Prince Edward Island (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/summerside-t-v-pe135001-1891/.