Township 33, Prince Edward Island (1911 census)
Township 33 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 991. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259902. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.338°N, 63.162°W.
Population
In 1911, Township 33 had a population of 991: 494 male and 497 female residents. Population density was 25.7 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1901 | 1,120 |
| 1911 | 991 |
| 1921 | 981 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD contained Township 33, 1901 (78.9% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Township 33 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 29 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 24,641 area in acres, 991 total population, 497 females in the population, 494 males in the population, 304 single (never-married) males, 288 single (never-married) females, 206 families, 178 married males, 175 married females, 38.50 area in square miles, 33 widowed females, 25.74 population per square mile, 12 widowed males, 1 legally separated females. 1,120 population in the previous census (1901 reference column included in 1911 V1T1). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 596 persons of British origin (English), 318 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 45 persons of French origin, 30 persons of British origin (Irish), 1 persons of Dutch origin, 1 persons of German origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 413 Methodists, 354 Presbyterians, 94 Anglicans (Church of England), 77 Roman Catholics, 51 Baptists, 1 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 1 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 205 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 17 people connected to this place who were alive in 1911, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Lemuel Cambridge Owen | 1822–1912 | died here |
| Henry Jones Cundall | 1833–1916 | died here |
| Alice Jane Sterling | 1839–1921 | died here |
| James-Charles McDonald | 1840–1912 | died here |
| William Lawson Cotton | 1848–1928 | died here |
| Charles Dalton | 1850–1933 | died here |
| Benjamin Armitage Bremner | 1851–1938 | died here |
| Alexander Bannerman Warburton | 1852–1929 | died here |
| James Simpson | 1853–1920 | died here |
| William Snodgrass Stewart | 1855–1938 | died here |
| Charles Benjamin Chappell | 1857–1931 | died here |
| Stephen Rice Jenkins | 1858–1929 | died here |
| Benjamin Charles Prowse | 1862–1930 | died here |
| D. A. (Donald Alexander) MacKinnon | 1863–1928 | died here |
| Joseph-Octave Arsenault | 1866–1918 | died here |
| Samuel Napier Robertson | 1869–1937 | died here |
| Walter Maxfield Lea | 1874–1936 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE141010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE003010— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259902
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_33,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_33_(%C3%8Ele-du-Prince-%C3%89douard)
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1911 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 33, Prince Edward Island (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-33-pe141010-1911/.