Township 46, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)
Township 46 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 860. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259922. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.421°N, 62.184°W.
Population
In 1871, Township 46 had a population of 860.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 860 |
| 1881 | 1,095 |
| 1891 | 1,075 |
| 1901 | 1,018 |
| 1911 | 972 |
| 1921 | 749 |
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
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in NO DATA, 1861 (1.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Township 46 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 76 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 9 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 860 total population, 245 married persons, 147 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 blind persons, 304 persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated, 615 single persons, 16 persons married, 5 births — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Age structure (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 50 males aged under 5, 117 males aged 5 to 16, 62 males aged 16 to 21, 130 males aged 21 to 45, 53 males aged 45 to 60, 25 males over 60, 43 females aged 0 to 5, 106 females aged 5 to 16, 51 females aged 16 to 21, 156 females aged 21-45, 45 females aged 45-60, 22 females over 60 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 35 persons originating in Scotland, 3 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 6 persons originating in England, 14 persons originating in the British Provinces, 802 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 Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, 2 members of the Kirk of Scotland, 752 Roman Catholics, 76 Baptists, 23 members of other denominations — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Buildings & housing (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 5 schoolhouses — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 20,859 bushels of potatoes, 20,826 bushels of oats, 5,105 pounds of homemade butter, 2,790 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,527 bushels of barley, 1,064 bushels of wheat, 916 sheep, 397 swine, 194 tons of hay, 156 horses, 83 bushels of winter wheat, 40 bushels of turnips, 6 bushels of buckwheat. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 4,650 acres of farmland owned, 3,942 acres of farmland rented, 112 acres of farmland held by verbal agreement, 2,996 acres of farmland neither owned nor rented, 43 persons holding farmland of first quality, 76 persons holding farmland of second quality, 2,334 acres of farmland in arable land, 17.50 bushels of timothy grass seed, 920 pounds of flax, 7 farming mills, 1 hay mowing machines, 1 mud-digging machines, 33 threshing machines, 486 cattle — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 951 yards of fulled cloth, 6 grist mills, 4 saw mills, 2 carding and fulling mills. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 64 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 150 riding wagons, carriages, wood sleds, and jaunting sleds, 3,995 yards of not-fulled cloth, 3 shingle and lath mills, 6,180 yards of cloth — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Fisheries (1871). This community's record includes 494 gallons of fish oil, 266 barrels of mackerel, 63 barrels of herring or alewives, 39 fishing boats. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 4 fishing establishments, 815 quintals of codfish or hake, 26 men employed in fishing, 175 pounds of hake sounds cured — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1871). This community's record includes 5 total number of deaths. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE003004— 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 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 46, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-46-pe003004-1871/.