Township 42, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)
Township 42 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 642. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259916. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.424°N, 62.489°W.
Population
In 1871, Township 42 had a population of 642.
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).
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 (1.6% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Township 42 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 77 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 9 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 642 total population, 102 families, 71 married persons. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 blind persons, 288 persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated, 571 single persons, 3 persons married, 7 births — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Age structure (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 45 males aged under 5, 61 males aged 5 to 16, 41 males aged 16 to 21, 117 males aged 21 to 45, 39 males aged 45 to 60, 15 males over 60, 35 females aged 0 to 5, 64 females aged 5 to 16, 38 females aged 16 to 21, 135 females aged 21-45, 40 females aged 45-60, 22 females over 60 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 17 persons originating in Ireland, 6 persons originating in all other places, 3 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 3 persons originating in England, 8 persons originating in the British Provinces, 605 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, 10 members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, 628 Roman Catholics, 2 members of other denominations — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Buildings & housing (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 4 schoolhouses — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 27,839 bushels of potatoes, 25,905 bushels of oats, 17,796 pounds of homemade butter, 6,189 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,802 bushels of barley, 1,442 bushels of wheat, 1,089 sheep, 634 swine, 266 tons of hay, 218 horses, 118 bushels of buckwheat, 6 bushels of turnips, 3 bushels of peas, 1 bushels of beans, 1 bushels of other root crops. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 3,307 acres of farmland owned, 72 acres of farmland rented, 4,809 acres of farmland held by verbal agreement, 99 persons holding farmland of second quality, 3 persons holding farmland of third quality, 2,965 acres of farmland in arable land, 33 bushels of timothy grass seed, 609 pounds of flax, 11 farming mills, 2 hay mowing machines, 1 hay-making machines, 10 threshing machines, 620 cattle — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 933 yards of fulled cloth, 1 grist mills. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 stamping machines, 113 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 134 riding wagons, carriages, wood sleds, and jaunting sleds, 164 yards of not-fulled cloth, 1 fulling and dressing mills, 1 shingle and lath mills, 1 steam engines, 963 yards of cloth — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Fisheries (1871). This community's record includes 34 barrels of mackerel, 20 gallons of fish oil, 6.50 barrels of herring or alewives, 3 fishing boats. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 fishing establishments, 43 quintals of codfish or hake, 21 men employed in fishing — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1871). This community's record includes 1 total number of deaths. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE003010— 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 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 42, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-42-pe003010-1871/.