Township 46, Prince Edward Island (1921 census)

Township 46 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 749. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259922. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.421°N, 62.184°W.

Population

In 1921, Township 46 had a population of 749: 410 male and 339 female residents.

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 1921

In the 1921 census, Township 46 shared boundaries with:

• Township 45
• Township 47

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 19 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 749 total population, 410 males in the population, 394 males born in Canada, 339 females in the population, 330 females born in Canada, 11 males born outside the British Empire, 6 females born outside the British Empire, 5 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 3 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 510 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 160 persons of British origin (Irish), 48 persons of French origin, 30 persons of British origin (English), 1 persons of Dutch origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 600 Roman Catholics, 100 Baptists, 33 Disciples of Christ, 14 Presbyterians, 2 Christians (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: PE001009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_PE001009 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3259922
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_46,_Prince_Edward_Island
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_46

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1921 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 46, Prince Edward Island (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-46-pe001009-1921/.