Township 38, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township 38 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 978. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259909. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.353°N, 62.801°W.
Population
In 1881, Township 38 had a population of 978: 505 male and 473 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 946 |
| 1881 | 978 |
| 1891 | 975 |
| 1901 | 845 |
| 1911 | 804 |
| 1921 | 719 |
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 38 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 43 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 978 total population, 505 males, 473 females, 273 married persons, 169 families, 137 married males, 136 married females, 36 widowed persons, 24 widowed females, 12 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 669 single persons under 18, 356 single males under 18, 313 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 169 inhabited houses, 169 occupied houses, 3 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 66,541 bushels of potatoes, 28,052 bushels of oats, 10,291 bushels of turnips, 4,761 bushels of spring wheat, 912 acres of hay crops, 860 tons of hay, 615 bushels of other root crops, 518 bushels of buckwheat, 488 bushels of barley, 443 acres of wheat, 441 acres of potatoes, 91 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 44 bushels of peas and beans. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 961 fathoms of fishing nets, 501 barrels of mackerel, 137 barrels of gaspareaux, 62 barrels of herring or alewives, 40 barrels of other fish, 36 men on fishing boats, 16 fishing boats, 12 quintals of cod, 5 barrels of eels, 5 gallons of fish oil, 4 shoremen, 1 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 1 barrels of shad — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 978 individuals enumerated here, with name, age, sex, religion, ethnic origin, birthplace, and occupation. Source: TCP/Dillon 1881 Canadian Census deposit at Borealis.
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE003010— 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 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 38, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-38-pe003010-1881/.