Year: 1881
| Province: Prince Edward Island
| County: Prince
Township 28, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township 28 was a census subdivision in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,692. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.244°N, 63.583°W.
Population
In 1881, Township 28 had a population of 1,692: 838 male and 854 female residents. Population density was 48.0 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 28 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 295 |
| Number of families | 295 |
| Number of females | 854 |
| Number of males | 838 |
| Number of married females | 256 |
| Number of married males | 252 |
| Number of married persons | 508 |
| Number of widowed females | 53 |
| Number of widowed males | 14 |
| Number of widowed persons | 67 |
| POP TOT | 1,692 |
| Total population | 1,692 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 545 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 572 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,117 |
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 1 |
| Number of houses under construction | 2 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 282 |
| Number of occupied houses | 283 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 5 |
Agriculture (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 2,793 |
| Acres of potatoes | 751 |
| Acres of wheat | 691 |
| BAR BU | 1,740 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 1,740 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 7,985 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 754 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 98,614 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 1,662 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 62 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 140,118 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 13 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 10,440 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 27,501 |
| BWT BU | 7,985 |
| CRN BU | 1 |
| HAY AC | 2,793 |
| HAY TONS | 3,660 |
| OAT BU | 98,614 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 62 |
| POT AC | 751 |
| POT BU | 140,118 |
| RYE BU | 13 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 3,660 |
| WHT AC | 691 |
| WHT SP BU | 10,440 |
Fisheries (8 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 56 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 1 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 2 |
| Number of fishing boats | 24 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 24 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 25,000 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 9 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 1 |
Other recorded variables (29 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BOAT MEN Q | 24 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 24 |
| C UNMD F | 545 |
| C UNMD M | 572 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,117 |
| CD NAME | Prince |
| COD DX K | 9 |
| D OCC | 283 |
| FEMALE | 854 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 2 |
| GRA BU | 754 |
| H CON | 2 |
| H INHAB | 282 |
| H UNINH | 5 |
| HAD DX K | 1 |
| LOB XC P | 25,000 |
| MALE | 838 |
| MCK XB Q | 56 |
| MD F | 256 |
| MD M | 252 |
| MD TOT | 508 |
| NET XX F | 1 |
| NUMBER CD | 1 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 1,662 |
| SHAN | 1 |
| TUR BU | 27,501 |
| WID F | 53 |
| WID M | 14 |
| WID TOT | 67 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE001024 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE002023 — 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 28, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-28-pe001024-1881/.