Township 43, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)
Township 43 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 917. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259917. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.396°N, 62.387°W.
Population
In 1871, Township 43 had a population of 917.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 917 |
| 1881 | 1,076 |
| 1891 | 1,068 |
| 1901 | 649 |
| 1911 | 880 |
| 1921 | 920 |
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 (1.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Township 43 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 85 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 9 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 917 total population, 308 married persons, 183 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 198 persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated, 609 single persons, 4 insane persons, 8 persons married, 16 births — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Age structure (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 62 females aged 0 to 5, 109 females aged 5 to 16, 41 females aged 16 to 21, 152 females aged 21-45, 42 females aged 45-60, 38 females over 60, 82 males aged under 5, 134 males aged 5 to 16, 32 males aged 16 to 21, 152 males aged 21 to 45, 42 males aged 45 to 60, 31 males over 60 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 10 persons originating in Ireland, 9 persons originating in all other places, 8 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 2 persons originating in England, 22 persons originating in the British Provinces, 866 persons originating in Prince Edward Island — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Religion (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 16 members of the Church of England, 300 members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, 594 Roman Catholics, 7 Methodists — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Buildings & housing (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 churches, 3 schoolhouses — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 46,271 bushels of potatoes, 28,297 bushels of oats, 10,048 pounds of homemade butter, 4,985 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 3,683 bushels of barley, 1,978 bushels of wheat, 1,404 sheep, 1,333 bushels of turnips, 882 swine, 559 tons of hay, 275 horses, 76.50 bushels of buckwheat, 71 bushels of corn, 12 bushels of beans, 9 bushels of other root crops, 2.50 bushels of peas. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 6,028 acres of farmland owned, 1,198 acres of farmland rented, 537 acres of farmland held by verbal agreement, 3,398 acres of farmland neither owned nor rented, 52 persons holding farmland of first quality, 59 persons holding farmland of second quality, 4 persons holding farmland of third quality, 3,342 acres of farmland in arable land, 1.25 bushels of clover seed, 87 bushels of timothy grass seed, $£39 s10 d0 value apples and other fruits, 518 pounds of flax, 82.50 acres of farmland fertilized with shell manure, 7.50 acres of farmland fertilized with lime, 10 farming mills, 4 hay mowing machines, 6 hay-making machines, 9 mud-digging machines, 10 threshing machines, 770 cattle — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 1,681 yards of fulled cloth, 1 grist mills. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 stamping machines, 203 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 300 riding wagons, carriages, wood sleds, and jaunting sleds, 4,838 yards of not-fulled cloth, 1 fulling and dressing mills, 1 sewing machines — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Fisheries (1871). This community's record includes 161 barrels of mackerel, 104 gallons of fish oil, 9 fishing boats, 4 barrels of herring or alewives. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 fishing establishments, 201 quintals of codfish or hake, 25 men employed in fishing, 24 pounds of hake sounds cured — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1871). This community's record includes 6 total number of deaths. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1871, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| John MacKintosh | 1790–1881 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE003001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE001006— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259917
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_43,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_43
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 43, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-43-pe003001-1871/.