Township 12, Prince Edward Island (1921 census)
Township 12 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 794. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259868. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.619°N, 63.962°W.
Population
In 1921, Township 12 had a population of 794: 410 male and 384 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1901 | 917 |
| 1911 | 974 |
| 1921 | 794 |
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 Township 12, 1911 (86.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, Township 12 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 20 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 794 total population, 410 males in the population, 397 males born in Canada, 384 females in the population, 372 females born in Canada, 10 males born outside the British Empire, 9 females born outside the British Empire, 3 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 3 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 448 persons of British origin (English), 257 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 64 persons of British origin (Irish), 19 persons of French origin, 6 persons of German origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 277 Methodists, 203 Presbyterians, 151 Anglicans (Church of England), 86 Roman Catholics, 49 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 28 Baptists. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE002012— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE002012— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259868
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_12,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_12_(%C3%8Ele-du-Prince-%C3%89douard)
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1921 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 12, Prince Edward Island (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-12-pe002012-1921/.