Township 41, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)
Township 41 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,077. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259914. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.409°N, 62.582°W.
Population
In 1871, Township 41 had a population of 1,077.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,077 |
| 1881 | 1,261 |
| 1891 | 1,199 |
| 1901 | 502 |
| 1911 | 919 |
| 1921 | 891 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in NO DATA, 1861 (1.3% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Township 41 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 88 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 9 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 1,077 total population, 287 married persons, 185 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 blind persons, 568 persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated, 790 single persons, 5 insane persons, 8 persons married, 40 births — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Age structure (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 78 males aged under 5, 155 males aged 5 to 16, 52 males aged 16 to 21, 145 males aged 21 to 45, 71 males aged 45 to 60, 43 males over 60, 75 females aged 0 to 5, 153 females aged 5 to 16, 53 females aged 16 to 21, 156 females aged 21-45, 62 females aged 45-60, 34 females over 60 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 108 persons originating in Scotland, 9 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 8 persons originating in England, 22 persons originating in the British Provinces, 930 persons originating in Prince Edward Island — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Religion (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 2 members of the Church of England, 348 members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, 9 members of the Kirk of Scotland, 690 Roman Catholics, 18 Baptists, 10 Bible Christians — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Buildings & housing (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 churches, 5 schoolhouses — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 36,623 bushels of potatoes, 33,889 bushels of oats, 8,349 pounds of homemade butter, 3,690 bushels of barley, 2,501 bushels of wheat, 1,658 bushels of turnips, 1,625 sheep, 1,083 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 696 swine, 400 bushels of buckwheat, 396 tons of hay, 299 horses, 20 bushels of other root crops, 12 bushels of beans, 5 bushels of peas, 2 bushels of corn. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 9,925 acres of farmland owned, 175 acres of farmland rented, 1,578 acres of farmland held by verbal agreement, 190 acres of farmland neither owned nor rented, 8 persons holding farmland of first quality, 159 persons holding farmland of second quality, 14 persons holding farmland of third quality, 4,052 acres of farmland in arable land, 96 bushels of timothy grass seed, $£32 s0 d0 value apples and other fruits, 298 pounds of flax, 4 acres of farmland fertilized with shell manure, 5 hay mowing machines, 1 hay-making machines, 3 mud-digging machines, 11 other machines, 9 threshing machines, 831 cattle — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 1,583 yards of fulled cloth, 3 grist mills, 2 tanneries, 1 saw mills. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 stamping machines, 161 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 280 riding wagons, carriages, wood sleds, and jaunting sleds, 4,539 yards of not-fulled cloth, 1 breweries and distilleries, 2,560 pounds of leather produced in tanneries, 3 fulling and dressing mills, 3 steam engines, 5,938 yards of cloth, 3 sewing machines — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Fisheries (1871). This community's record includes 72 barrels of mackerel, 30 gallons of fish oil, 6 fishing boats, 3 barrels of herring or alewives. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 86 quintals of codfish or hake — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1871). This community's record includes 12 total number of deaths. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE003009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE001004— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259914
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_41,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_41_(%C3%8Ele-du-Prince-%C3%89douard)
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1871 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 41, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-41-pe003009-1871/.