Year: 1881
| Province: Prince Edward Island
| County: King's
Township 43, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township 43 was a census subdivision in King's County, Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,076. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.396°N, 62.387°W.
Population
In 1881, Township 43 had a population of 1,076: 545 male and 531 female residents. Population density was 37.2 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
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 43 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 88 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 182 |
| Number of families | 182 |
| Number of females | 531 |
| Number of males | 545 |
| Number of married females | 153 |
| Number of married males | 153 |
| Number of married persons | 306 |
| Number of widowed females | 23 |
| Number of widowed males | 14 |
| Number of widowed persons | 37 |
| POP TOT | 1,076 |
| Total population | 1,076 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 355 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 378 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 733 |
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary vessels | 1 |
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 181 |
| Number of occupied houses | 182 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 1 |
Agriculture (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 795 |
| Acres of potatoes | 404 |
| Acres of wheat | 362 |
| BAR BU | 2,604 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 2,604 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 144 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 137 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 40 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 28,856 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 187 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 73 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 68,420 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 4,838 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 3,897 |
| BWT BU | 144 |
| CRN BU | 40 |
| HAY AC | 795 |
| HAY TONS | 1,220 |
| OAT BU | 28,856 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 73 |
| POT AC | 404 |
| POT BU | 68,420 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,220 |
| WHT AC | 362 |
| WHT SP BU | 4,838 |
Fisheries (11 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 6 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 144 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 1,308 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 37 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 1 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 1,202 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 87 |
| Number of fishing boats | 57 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 136 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 188 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 207 |
Other recorded variables (32 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 144 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 136 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 57 |
| C UNMD F | 355 |
| C UNMD M | 378 |
| C UNMD TOT | 733 |
| CD NAME | King's |
| COD DX K | 188 |
| D OCC | 182 |
| FEMALE | 531 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 87 |
| GRA BU | 137 |
| GSP XB Q | 6 |
| H CON | 1 |
| H INHAB | 181 |
| H UNINH | 1 |
| HAD DX K | 207 |
| MALE | 545 |
| MCK XB Q | 1,308 |
| MD F | 153 |
| MD M | 153 |
| MD TOT | 306 |
| NET XX F | 1,202 |
| NUMBER CD | 3 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 37 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 187 |
| TRT XB Q | 1 |
| TUR BU | 3,897 |
| VESS | 1 |
| WID F | 23 |
| WID M | 14 |
| WID TOT | 37 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE003005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE001006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
- Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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 43, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-43-pe003005-1881/.