Township 38, Prince Edward Island (1921 census)

Township 38 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 719. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259909. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.353°N, 62.801°W.

Population

In 1921, Township 38 had a population of 719: 380 male and 339 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 38 shared boundaries with:

• Township 37
• Township 39
• Township 49
• Township 51
• Township 66

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 16 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 719 total population, 380 males in the population, 378 males born in Canada, 339 females in the population, 335 females born in Canada, 3 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 2 males born outside the British Empire, 1 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 323 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 214 persons of British origin (Irish), 182 persons of British origin (English). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 463 Roman Catholics, 195 Presbyterians, 45 Methodists, 15 Anglicans (Church of England), 1 Baptists. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: PE001001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_PE001001 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3259909
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_38,_Prince_Edward_Island
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_38_(%C3%8Ele-du-Prince-%C3%89douard)

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 38, Prince Edward Island (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-38-pe001001-1921/.