Year: 1881
| Province: Prince Edward Island
| County: King's
Township 45, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township 45 was a census subdivision in King's County, Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,079. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.410°N, 62.255°W.
Population
In 1881, Township 45 had a population of 2,079: 1,060 male and 1,019 female residents. Population density was 68.0 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 45 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 86 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 364 |
| Number of families | 364 |
| Number of females | 1,019 |
| Number of males | 1,060 |
| Number of married females | 287 |
| Number of married males | 288 |
| Number of married persons | 575 |
| Number of widowed females | 76 |
| Number of widowed males | 16 |
| Number of widowed persons | 92 |
| POP TOT | 2,079 |
| Total population | 2,079 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 656 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 756 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,412 |
Buildings & housing (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 11 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 364 |
| Number of occupied houses | 364 |
Agriculture (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,389 |
| Acres of potatoes | 469 |
| Acres of wheat | 350 |
| BAR BU | 2,585 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 2,585 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 145 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 5 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 39,262 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 84 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 14 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 61,713 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 4,809 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 4,157 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 70 |
| CRN BU | 5 |
| HAY AC | 1,389 |
| HAY TONS | 1,910 |
| OAT BU | 39,262 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 14 |
| POT AC | 469 |
| POT BU | 61,713 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,910 |
| WHT AC | 350 |
| WHT SP BU | 4,809 |
| WHT WTR BU | 70 |
Fisheries (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 8 |
| Barrels of halibut produced in the past year | 5 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 817 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 2,279 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 2,576 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 60 |
| Number of fishing boats | 109 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 194 |
| Number of shoremen | 4 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 229,000 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 2,606 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 723 |
Other recorded variables (31 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 817 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 194 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 109 |
| C UNMD F | 656 |
| C UNMD M | 756 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,412 |
| CD NAME | King's |
| COD DX K | 2,606 |
| D OCC | 364 |
| FEMALE | 1,019 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 60 |
| GRA BU | 145 |
| GSP XB Q | 8 |
| H CON | 11 |
| H INHAB | 364 |
| HAD DX K | 723 |
| HAL XB Q | 5 |
| LOB XC P | 229,000 |
| MALE | 1,060 |
| MCK XB Q | 2,279 |
| MD F | 287 |
| MD M | 288 |
| MD TOT | 575 |
| NET XX F | 2,576 |
| NUMBER CD | 3 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 84 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 4 |
| TUR BU | 4,157 |
| WID F | 76 |
| WID M | 16 |
| WID TOT | 92 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE003003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE001008 — 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 45, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-45-pe003003-1881/.