Township 36, Prince Edward Island (1921 census)

Township 36 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 777. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259906. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.343°N, 62.935°W.

Population

In 1921, Township 36 had a population of 777: 429 male and 348 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 36 shared boundaries with:

• Indian reserves
• Township 35
• Township 37
• Township 48

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 17 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 777 total population, 429 males in the population, 423 males born in Canada, 348 females in the population, 340 females born in Canada, 5 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 3 females born outside the British Empire, 3 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 3 males born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 527 persons of British origin (Irish), 241 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 9 persons of British origin (English). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 755 Roman Catholics, 18 Anglicans (Church of England), 2 Presbyterians, 1 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 1 Methodists. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: PE003013 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_PE003013 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3259906
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_36,_Prince_Edward_Island
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_36

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 36, Prince Edward Island (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-36-pe003013-1921/.