Township 42, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township 42 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 646. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259916. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.424°N, 62.489°W.
Population
In 1881, Township 42 had a population of 646: 312 male and 334 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 642 |
| 1881 | 646 |
| 1891 | 655 |
| 1901 | 557 |
| 1911 | 446 |
| 1921 | 422 |
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 42 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 38 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 646 total population, 334 females, 312 males, 134 married persons, 115 families, 67 married females, 67 married males, 44 widowed persons, 33 widowed females, 11 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 468 single persons under 18, 234 single females under 18, 234 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 115 occupied houses, 112 inhabited houses, 3 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 36,142 bushels of potatoes, 24,390 bushels of oats, 2,608 bushels of spring wheat, 2,369 bushels of barley, 881 bushels of turnips, 615 tons of hay, 547 acres of hay crops, 273 acres of potatoes, 183 acres of wheat, 92 bushels of buckwheat, 72 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 5 bushels of peas and beans, 3 bushels of other root crops. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 1,228 barrels of mackerel, 684 fathoms of fishing nets, 276 quintals of cod, 234 barrels of herring or alewives, 106 men on fishing boats, 52 fishing boats, 49 gallons of fish oil, 1 shoremen, 1 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 646 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:
PE003006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE001005— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259916
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_42,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_42
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 42, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-42-pe003006-1881/.