Township 40, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township 40 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 991. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259913. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.392°N, 62.659°W.
Population
In 1881, Township 40 had a population of 991: 488 male and 503 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 887 |
| 1881 | 991 |
| 1891 | 1,026 |
| 1901 | 1,509 |
| 1911 | 951 |
| 1921 | 937 |
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 40 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 44 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 991 total population, 503 females, 488 males, 284 married persons, 167 families, 142 married females, 142 married males, 41 widowed persons, 27 widowed females, 14 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 666 single persons under 18, 334 single females under 18, 332 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 167 inhabited houses, 167 occupied houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 60,699 bushels of potatoes, 31,976 bushels of oats, 5,755 bushels of spring wheat, 5,729 bushels of turnips, 1,560 bushels of barley, 1,149 tons of hay, 991 acres of hay crops, 475 acres of wheat, 411 acres of potatoes, 136 bushels of buckwheat, 98 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 55 bushels of peas and beans, 15 bushels of other root crops, 2 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 2,346 fathoms of fishing nets, 300 barrels of mackerel, 183 barrels of gaspareaux, 171 quintals of cod, 41 men on fishing boats, 34 fishing boats, 14 barrels of herring or alewives, 13 gallons of fish oil, 12 barrels of salmon, 6 men on fishing vessels, 3 shoremen, 2 barrels of eels, 1 fishing vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 100,000 pounds of lobster canned, 3 barrels of oysters — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 991 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:
PE003008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE001003— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259913
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_40,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_40_(%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 40, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-40-pe003008-1881/.