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Year: 1871  |  Province: Prince Edward Island  |  Wikidata: Q3259919

Township 44, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)

Township 44 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,054. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259919. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.408°N, 62.325°W.

Population

In 1871, Township 44 had a population of 1,054.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18711,054
18811,425
18911,291
19011,302
19111,011
1921839

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Township 44 shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 93 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 9 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 1,054 total population, 322 married persons, 200 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 deaf and dumb persons, 2 blind persons, 227 persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated, 732 single persons, 2 insane persons, 13 persons married, 26 births — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Age structure (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 75 males aged under 5, 153 males aged 5 to 16, 54 males aged 16 to 21, 143 males aged 21 to 45, 57 males aged 45 to 60, 41 males over 60, 77 females aged 0 to 5, 137 females aged 5 to 16, 82 females aged 16 to 21, 141 females aged 21-45, 52 females aged 45-60, 42 females over 60 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 39 persons originating in Ireland, 8 persons originating in Scotland, 4 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 4 persons originating in England, 34 persons originating in the British Provinces, 965 persons originating in Prince Edward Island — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Religion (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 7 members of the Church of England, 78 members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, 18 members of the Kirk of Scotland, 949 Roman Catholics, 2 Methodists — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Buildings & housing (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 3 churches, 2 schoolhouses — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 31,850 bushels of oats, 11,781 bushels of potatoes, 9,961 pounds of homemade butter, 3,807 bushels of barley, 2,985 bushels of turnips, 2,581 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,011 bushels of wheat, 1,008 sheep, 729 swine, 513 tons of hay, 295 horses, 68 bushels of buckwheat, 7 bushels of other root crops, 4 bushels of beans, 2.50 bushels of peas. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 9,844 acres of farmland owned, 780 acres of farmland rented, 180 acres of farmland held by verbal agreement, 218 acres of farmland neither owned nor rented, 125 persons holding farmland of first quality, 48 persons holding farmland of second quality, 10 persons holding farmland of third quality, 4,311 acres of farmland in arable land, 60 bushels of timothy grass seed, $£0 s10 d0 value apples and other fruits, 1,142 pounds of flax, 5.50 acres of farmland fertilized with shell manure, 10 acres of farmland fertilized with lime, 7 farming mills, 2 hay mowing machines, 12 hay-making machines, 1 other machines, 4 threshing machines, 705 cattle — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 1,785 yards of fulled cloth, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 grist mills. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 194 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 298 riding wagons, carriages, wood sleds, and jaunting sleds, 3,554 yards of not-fulled cloth, 1 fulling and dressing mills, 1 lime kilns, 100 barrels of lime, 10 carriages and sleighs, 5,869 yards of cloth, 1 sewing machines, 1 pianos, melodeons, and organs — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Fisheries (1871). This community's record includes 120 barrels of mackerel, 21 fishing boats, 18 gallons of fish oil, 2.50 barrels of herring or alewives. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 3 fishing establishments, 36 quintals of codfish or hake, 7 men employed in fishing, 100 fishing barrels, 1 cooper's shops, 3 pounds of hake sounds cured — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1871). This community's record includes 21 total number of deaths. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

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 44, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-44-pe003002-1871/.