Year: 1881
| Province: Prince Edward Island
| County: Queen's
Township 34, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township 34 was a census subdivision in Queen's County, Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,384. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.358°N, 63.096°W.
Population
In 1881, Township 34 had a population of 1,384: 719 male and 665 female residents. Population density was 35.7 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 34 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 78 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 240 |
| Number of families | 240 |
| Number of females | 665 |
| Number of males | 719 |
| Number of married females | 189 |
| Number of married males | 187 |
| Number of married persons | 376 |
| Number of widowed females | 41 |
| Number of widowed males | 24 |
| Number of widowed persons | 65 |
| POP TOT | 1,384 |
| Total population | 1,384 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 435 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 508 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 943 |
Buildings & housing (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 232 |
| Number of occupied houses | 232 |
Agriculture (23 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 3,071 |
| Acres of potatoes | 827 |
| Acres of wheat | 796 |
| BAR BU | 5,302 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 5,302 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 767 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 314 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 75,030 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 949 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 50 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 139,125 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 8,421 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 58,300 |
| BWT BU | 767 |
| HAY AC | 3,071 |
| HAY TONS | 3,519 |
| OAT BU | 75,030 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 50 |
| POT AC | 827 |
| POT BU | 139,125 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 3,519 |
| WHT AC | 796 |
| WHT SP BU | 8,421 |
Fisheries (9 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 10 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 338 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 1,721 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 6 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 828 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 90 |
| Number of fishing boats | 20 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 66 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 170 |
Other recorded variables (28 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 338 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 66 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 20 |
| C UNMD F | 435 |
| C UNMD M | 508 |
| C UNMD TOT | 943 |
| CD NAME | Queen's |
| COD DX K | 170 |
| D OCC | 232 |
| EEL XB Q | 10 |
| FEMALE | 665 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 90 |
| GRA BU | 314 |
| H CON | 1 |
| H INHAB | 232 |
| MALE | 719 |
| MCK XB Q | 1,721 |
| MD F | 189 |
| MD M | 187 |
| MD TOT | 376 |
| NET XX F | 828 |
| NUMBER CD | 2 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 949 |
| TRT XB Q | 6 |
| TUR BU | 58,300 |
| WID F | 41 |
| WID M | 24 |
| WID TOT | 65 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE002012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE003011 — 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 34, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-34-pe002012-1881/.