Township 45, Prince Edward Island (1891 census)

Name: Township 45 (1891)
Address: Prince Edward Island, CA

Township 45 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,997. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.410°N, 62.255°W.

Population

In 1891, Township 45 had a population of 1,997: 985 male and 1,012 female residents. Population density was 65.3 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1871	1,622
1881	2,079
1891	1,997
1901	1,995
1911	819
1921	727

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Township 45 shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 150 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	5.40
FAM NO	369
Number of families	369
Number of females	1,012
Number of males	985
Number of married females	279
Number of married males	278
Number of married persons	557
Number of widowed females	71
Number of widowed males	21
Number of widowed persons	92
POP F	1,012
POP M	985
POP TOT	1,997
Total population	1,997

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	662
Number of single males under 18	686
Number of single persons under 18	1,348

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	212
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	1,785

Buildings & housing (12 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	364
Number of houses built of wood	364
Number of houses of 1 story	145
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	21
Number of houses of 2 rooms	9
Number of houses of 2 stories	202
Number of houses of 3 rooms	22
Number of houses of 3 stories	17
Number of houses of 4 rooms	67
Number of houses of 5 rooms	51
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	188
Number of occupied houses	364

Agriculture (56 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	156
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	16
Acres of farmland in pasture	1,394
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	8,885
Acres of farmland under crops	6,484
Acres of hay crops	1,746
Acres of improved land in farms	7,894
Acres of land in farms	16,779
Acres of oats	1,787
Acres of potatoes	473
Acres of turnips	29
Acres of wheat	371
BAR AC	156
BAR BU	2,266
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	2,266
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	1
Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year	2
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	32,456
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	75,140
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	3,988
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	6,137
HAY AC	1,746
HAY TONS	1,903
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	596
Number of chickens	5,447
Number of ducks	6
Number of farm occupants who own their land	215
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	16
Number of geese	352
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	108
Number of horses aged over 3 years	363
Number of milk cows	649
Number of occupants of farms	231
Number of other cattle	570
Number of other fowl	3
Number of oxen	8
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	34
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	85
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	80
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	5
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	27
Number of sheep	1,506
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	663
Number of swine	818
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	570
Number of turkeys	9
OAT AC	1,787
OAT BU	32,456
POT AC	473
POT BU	75,140
Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year	3,264
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	5,177
Pounds of homemade butter	19,192
Tons of hay produced in the past year	1,903
WHT AC	371
WHT SP BU	3,988

Other recorded variables (62 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	34
A 11 50	85
A 201 PL	5
A 51 100	80
BEN BU	1
BUTTER LB	19,192
CATTLE KS	596
CHEESE LB	3,264
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	662
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	686
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	1,348
COARSE WOOL LB	5,177
COLTS FILLIES	108
DUCKS	6
FAMILIES	369
FAMILIES AV SIZE	5.40
FRN CA	212
GEESE	352
GRA BU	2
HENS AND CHKN	5,447
HORSES OVR THREE	363
HOUSES	364
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	21
HOUSES FIVE RM	51
HOUSES FOUR RM	67
HOUSES ONE STRY	145
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	188
HOUSES THREE RM	22
HOUSES THREE STRY	17
HOUSES TWO RM	9
HOUSES TWO STRY	202
HOUSES W	364
INF 11 A	27
MD FEM	279
MD MALE	278
MD TOT	557
MILK COWS	649
NAME CD	King's
OC F	16
OC P	215
OC TOT	231
OTHER FOWL	3
OTHER HRN CATTLE	570
OTHERS	1,785
SHEEP	1,506
SHEEP KS	663
SUP AM	7,894
SUP FOR	8,885
SUP JV	16
SUP PAT	1,394
SUP SC	6,484
SUP TOT	16,779
SWINE	818
SWINE KS	570
TOT DWLG OCC	364
TUR AC	29
TUR BU	6,137
TURKEY	9
WID FEM	71
WID MALE	21
WID TOT	92
WORKING OX	8

Identifiers

TCP UID: PE134009 — 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 1891 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 (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-45-pe134009-1891/.