Year: 1881
| Province: Prince Edward Island
| County: Prince
Township 1, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township 1 was a census subdivision in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,787. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.970°N, 64.070°W.
Population
In 1881, Township 1 had a population of 2,787: 1,394 male and 1,393 female residents. Population density was 61.5 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, Township 1 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 92 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 455 |
| Number of families | 455 |
| Number of females | 1,393 |
| Number of males | 1,394 |
| Number of married females | 428 |
| Number of married males | 422 |
| Number of married persons | 850 |
| Number of widowed females | 48 |
| Number of widowed males | 24 |
| Number of widowed persons | 72 |
| POP TOT | 2,787 |
| Total population | 2,787 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 917 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 948 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,865 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 10 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 451 |
| Number of occupied houses | 451 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 3 |
Agriculture (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,674 |
| Acres of potatoes | 1,101 |
| Acres of wheat | 1,187 |
| BAR BU | 3,548 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 3,548 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 886 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 104 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 316 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 63,762 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 194 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 68 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 164,245 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 15,067 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 14,330 |
| BWT BU | 886 |
| CRN BU | 316 |
| HAY AC | 1,674 |
| HAY TONS | 1,662 |
| OAT BU | 63,762 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 68 |
| POT AC | 1,101 |
| POT BU | 164,245 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,662 |
| WHT AC | 1,187 |
| WHT SP BU | 15,067 |
Fisheries (14 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 4 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 2,536 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 23,663 |
| Barrels of oysters produced in the past year | 124,984 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 4,540 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 458 |
| Number of fishing boats | 308 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 4 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 604 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 12 |
| Number of shoremen | 82 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 43,580 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 1,272 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 276 |
Other recorded variables (34 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 2,536 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 604 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 308 |
| C UNMD F | 917 |
| C UNMD M | 948 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,865 |
| CD NAME | Prince |
| COD DX K | 1,272 |
| D OCC | 451 |
| EEL XB Q | 4 |
| FEMALE | 1,393 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 458 |
| GRA BU | 104 |
| H CON | 10 |
| H INHAB | 451 |
| H UNINH | 3 |
| HAD DX K | 276 |
| LOB XC P | 43,580 |
| MALE | 1,394 |
| MCK XB Q | 23,663 |
| MD F | 428 |
| MD M | 422 |
| MD TOT | 850 |
| NET XX F | 4,540 |
| NUMBER CD | 1 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 194 |
| OYS XB Q | 124,984 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 82 |
| TUR BU | 14,330 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 12 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 4 |
| WID F | 48 |
| WID M | 24 |
| WID TOT | 72 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE001001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE002001 — 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). "Township 1, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-1-pe001001-1881/.