Year: 1881
| Province: Prince Edward Island
| County: Prince
Township 3, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township 3 was a census subdivision in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,355. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.861°N, 64.123°W.
Population
In 1881, Township 3 had a population of 1,355: 718 male and 637 female residents. Population density was 38.9 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 3 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 88 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 213 |
| Number of families | 213 |
| Number of females | 637 |
| Number of males | 718 |
| Number of married females | 188 |
| Number of married males | 187 |
| Number of married persons | 375 |
| Number of widowed females | 31 |
| Number of widowed males | 16 |
| Number of widowed persons | 47 |
| POP TOT | 1,355 |
| Total population | 1,355 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 418 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 515 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 933 |
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 1 |
| Number of houses under construction | 2 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 212 |
| Number of occupied houses | 213 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 2 |
Agriculture (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,546 |
| Acres of potatoes | 555 |
| Acres of wheat | 874 |
| BAR BU | 1,305 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 1,305 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 1,012 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 148 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 3 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 48,422 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 28 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 42 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 71,010 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 11,115 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 12,965 |
| BWT BU | 1,012 |
| CRN BU | 3 |
| HAY AC | 1,546 |
| HAY TONS | 1,867 |
| OAT BU | 48,422 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 42 |
| POT AC | 555 |
| POT BU | 71,010 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,867 |
| WHT AC | 874 |
| WHT SP BU | 11,115 |
Fisheries (11 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 218 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 1,293 |
| Barrels of oysters produced in the past year | 60 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 2 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 962 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 14 |
| Number of fishing boats | 36 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 70 |
| Number of shoremen | 2 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 62 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 19 |
Other recorded variables (32 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 218 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 70 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 36 |
| C UNMD F | 418 |
| C UNMD M | 515 |
| C UNMD TOT | 933 |
| CD NAME | Prince |
| COD DX K | 62 |
| D OCC | 213 |
| FEMALE | 637 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 14 |
| GRA BU | 148 |
| H CON | 2 |
| H INHAB | 212 |
| H UNINH | 2 |
| HAD DX K | 19 |
| MALE | 718 |
| MCK XB Q | 1,293 |
| MD F | 188 |
| MD M | 187 |
| MD TOT | 375 |
| NET XX F | 962 |
| NUMBER CD | 1 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 28 |
| OYS XB Q | 60 |
| SHAN | 1 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 2 |
| SLM XB Q | 2 |
| TUR BU | 12,965 |
| WID F | 31 |
| WID M | 16 |
| WID TOT | 47 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE001003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE002003 — 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 3, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-3-pe001003-1881/.