Township 37, Prince Edward Island (1911 census)
Township 37 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,092. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259908. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.349°N, 62.867°W.
Population
In 1911, Township 37 had a population of 1,092: 524 male and 568 female residents. Population density was 29.4 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1901 | 1,186 |
| 1911 | 1,092 |
| 1921 | 964 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Township 37 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 27 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 23,756 area in acres, 1,092 total population, 568 females in the population, 524 males in the population, 355 single (never-married) females, 332 single (never-married) males, 216 families, 176 married males, 173 married females, 40 widowed females, 37.12 area in square miles, 29.42 population per square mile, 16 widowed males. 1,186 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 494 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 432 persons of British origin (Irish), 161 persons of British origin (English), 1 persons of German origin. 4 persons recorded under the official census category "Indian"; corresponds to what is now described as Indigenous (First Nations; in northern enumerations also Inuit) origin. "Indian" was simultaneously a census category and the legal/administrative term under the Indian Act (1876). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 740 Roman Catholics, 252 Presbyterians, 80 Methodists, 8 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 7 Baptists, 4 Anglicans (Church of England), 1 Congregationalists. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 216 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE141014— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE003014— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259908
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_37,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_37_(%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 37, Prince Edward Island (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-37-pe141014-1911/.