Township 43, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township 43 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,076. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259917. 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 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).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Township 43 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 43 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,076 total population, 545 males, 531 females, 306 married persons, 182 families, 153 married females, 153 married males, 37 widowed persons, 23 widowed females, 14 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 733 single persons under 18, 378 single males under 18, 355 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 182 occupied houses, 181 inhabited houses, 1 dwellings that are temporary vessels, 1 houses under construction, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 68,420 bushels of potatoes, 28,856 bushels of oats, 4,838 bushels of spring wheat, 3,897 bushels of turnips, 2,604 bushels of barley, 1,220 tons of hay, 795 acres of hay crops, 404 acres of potatoes, 362 acres of wheat, 187 bushels of other root crops, 144 bushels of buckwheat, 137 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 73 bushels of peas and beans, 40 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 1,308 barrels of mackerel, 1,202 fathoms of fishing nets, 207 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 188 quintals of cod, 144 barrels of herring or alewives, 136 men on fishing boats, 87 gallons of fish oil, 57 fishing boats, 37 barrels of other fish, 6 barrels of gaspareaux, 1 barrels of trout. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
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 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| John MacKintosh | 1790–1881 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,076 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:
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: 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 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/.