Township 46, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)

Township 46 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,095. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259922. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.421°N, 62.184°W.

Population

In 1881, Township 46 had a population of 1,095: 568 male and 527 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 1881

In the 1881 census, Township 46 shared boundaries with:

• Township 47
• Township No. 45

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 39 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,095 total population, 568 males, 527 females, 276 married persons, 186 families, 138 married females, 138 married males, 43 widowed persons, 28 widowed females, 15 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 776 single persons under 18, 415 single males under 18, 361 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 186 inhabited houses, 186 occupied houses, 6 houses under construction, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 50,151 bushels of potatoes, 27,923 bushels of oats, 3,989 bushels of spring wheat, 1,658 bushels of barley, 1,176 tons of hay, 1,134 bushels of turnips, 1,012 acres of hay crops, 382 acres of potatoes, 276 acres of wheat, 76 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 17 bushels of other root crops, 1 bushels of peas and beans. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 3,299 fathoms of fishing nets, 1,894 barrels of mackerel, 1,456 quintals of cod, 987 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 744 gallons of fish oil, 335 barrels of herring or alewives, 163 men on fishing boats, 108 fishing boats, 5 shoremen, 4 barrels of halibut. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,095 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: PE003002 — 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 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 46, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-46-pe003002-1881/.