Township 2, Prince Edward Island (1921 census)

Township 2 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,630. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259897. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.903°N, 64.109°W.

Population

In 1921, Township 2 had a population of 1,630: 833 male and 797 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 1921

In the 1921 census, Township 2 shared boundaries with:

• Township 1
• Township 3

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 26 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,630 total population, 833 males in the population, 813 males born in Canada, 797 females in the population, 779 females born in Canada, 19 males born outside the British Empire, 15 females born outside the British Empire, 3 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 1 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 1,095 persons of French origin, 299 persons of British origin (Irish), 144 persons of British origin (English), 75 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 13 persons of British origin (other), 2 persons of Dutch origin, 1 persons of Syrian origin. 1 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 1,456 Roman Catholics, 50 Presbyterians, 47 Anglicans (Church of England), 32 Methodists, 25 Baptists, 17 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 1 Jews, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: PE002002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_PE002002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3259897
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_2,_Prince_Edward_Island
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_2

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 2, Prince Edward Island (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-2-pe002002-1921/.