Year: 1881
| Province: Prince Edward Island
| County: Prince
Township 13, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township 13 was a census subdivision in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,379. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.561°N, 63.969°W.
Population
In 1881, Township 13 had a population of 1,379: 709 male and 670 female residents. Population density was 38.6 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, Township 13 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 90 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 214 |
| Number of families | 214 |
| Number of females | 670 |
| Number of males | 709 |
| Number of married females | 194 |
| Number of married males | 191 |
| Number of married persons | 385 |
| Number of widowed females | 23 |
| Number of widowed males | 15 |
| Number of widowed persons | 38 |
| POP TOT | 1,379 |
| Total population | 1,379 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 453 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 503 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 956 |
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 3 |
| Number of houses under construction | 7 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 210 |
| Number of occupied houses | 213 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 5 |
Agriculture (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,519 |
| Acres of potatoes | 370 |
| Acres of wheat | 547 |
| BAR BU | 2,114 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 2,114 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 1,249 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 177 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 4 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 43,374 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 127 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 112 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 59,314 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 37 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 8,082 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 6,019 |
| BWT BU | 1,249 |
| CRN BU | 4 |
| HAY AC | 1,519 |
| HAY TONS | 1,841 |
| OAT BU | 43,374 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 112 |
| POT AC | 370 |
| POT BU | 59,314 |
| RYE BU | 37 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,841 |
| WHT AC | 547 |
| WHT SP BU | 8,082 |
Fisheries (11 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 13 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 134 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 189 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 4 |
| Barrels of oysters produced in the past year | 117 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 2 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 348 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 17 |
| Number of fishing boats | 12 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 24 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 54 |
Other recorded variables (32 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 134 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 24 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 12 |
| C UNMD F | 453 |
| C UNMD M | 503 |
| C UNMD TOT | 956 |
| CD NAME | Prince |
| COD DX K | 54 |
| D OCC | 213 |
| EEL XB Q | 13 |
| FEMALE | 670 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 17 |
| GRA BU | 177 |
| H CON | 7 |
| H INHAB | 210 |
| H UNINH | 5 |
| MALE | 709 |
| MCK XB Q | 189 |
| MD F | 194 |
| MD M | 191 |
| MD TOT | 385 |
| NET XX F | 348 |
| NUMBER CD | 1 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 4 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 127 |
| OYS XB Q | 117 |
| SHAN | 3 |
| TRT XB Q | 2 |
| TUR BU | 6,019 |
| WID F | 23 |
| WID M | 15 |
| WID TOT | 38 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE001013 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE002013 — 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 13, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-13-pe001013-1881/.