Year: 1881
| Province: Prince Edward Island
| County: Prince
Township 2, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township 2 was a census subdivision in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,890. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.903°N, 64.109°W.
Population
In 1881, Township 2 had a population of 1,890: 932 male and 958 female residents. Population density was 52.2 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 2 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 | 315 |
| Number of families | 315 |
| Number of females | 958 |
| Number of males | 932 |
| Number of married females | 304 |
| Number of married males | 305 |
| Number of married persons | 609 |
| Number of widowed females | 38 |
| Number of widowed males | 23 |
| Number of widowed persons | 61 |
| POP TOT | 1,890 |
| Total population | 1,890 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 616 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 604 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,220 |
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 2 |
| Number of houses under construction | 21 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 303 |
| Number of occupied houses | 305 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 6 |
Agriculture (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 842 |
| Acres of potatoes | 722 |
| Acres of wheat | 795 |
| BAR BU | 1,236 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 1,236 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 416 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 113 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 196 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 38,936 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 33 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 52 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 93,142 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 9,574 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 7,638 |
| BWT BU | 416 |
| CRN BU | 196 |
| HAY AC | 842 |
| HAY TONS | 860 |
| OAT BU | 38,936 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 52 |
| POT AC | 722 |
| POT BU | 93,142 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 860 |
| WHT AC | 795 |
| WHT SP BU | 9,574 |
Fisheries (13 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 6 |
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 2 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 703 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 3,664 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 1 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 1,213 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 26 |
| Number of fishing boats | 64 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 201 |
| Number of shoremen | 23 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 84,880 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 350 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 308 |
Other recorded variables (34 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 703 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 201 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 64 |
| C UNMD F | 616 |
| C UNMD M | 604 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,220 |
| CD NAME | Prince |
| COD DX K | 350 |
| D OCC | 305 |
| EEL XB Q | 6 |
| FEMALE | 958 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 26 |
| GRA BU | 113 |
| GSP XB Q | 2 |
| H CON | 21 |
| H INHAB | 303 |
| H UNINH | 6 |
| HAD DX K | 308 |
| LOB XC P | 84,880 |
| MALE | 932 |
| MCK XB Q | 3,664 |
| MD F | 304 |
| MD M | 305 |
| MD TOT | 609 |
| NET XX F | 1,213 |
| NUMBER CD | 1 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 33 |
| SHAN | 2 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 23 |
| TRT XB Q | 1 |
| TUR BU | 7,638 |
| WID F | 38 |
| WID M | 23 |
| WID TOT | 61 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE001002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE002002 — 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 2, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-2-pe001002-1881/.