Township 46, Prince Edward Island (1891 census)

Name: Township 46 (1891)
Address: Prince Edward Island, CA

Township 46 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,075. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.421°N, 62.184°W.

Population

In 1891, Township 46 had a population of 1,075: 552 male and 523 female residents. Population density was 32.4 people per square mile.

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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Township 46 shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 145 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	5.50
FAM NO	196
Number of families	196
Number of females	523
Number of males	552
Number of married females	133
Number of married males	134
Number of married persons	267
Number of widowed females	36
Number of widowed males	13
Number of widowed persons	49
POP F	523
POP M	552
POP TOT	1,075
Total population	1,075

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	354
Number of single males under 18	405
Number of single persons under 18	759

Ethnic origin (1 variable)

Variable	Value
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	1,075

Buildings & housing (11 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	196
Number of houses built of wood	196
Number of houses of 1 story	193
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	1
Number of houses of 2 rooms	22
Number of houses of 2 stories	3
Number of houses of 3 rooms	28
Number of houses of 4 rooms	36
Number of houses of 5 rooms	50
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	59
Number of occupied houses	196

Agriculture (55 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	63
Acres of farmland in pasture	892
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	8,296
Acres of farmland under crops	5,582
Acres of hay crops	1,246
Acres of improved land in farms	6,474
Acres of land in farms	14,770
Acres of oats	1,524
Acres of potatoes	443
Acres of turnips	17
Acres of wheat	331
BAR AC	63
BAR BU	1,091
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	1,091
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	4
Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year	20
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	28,346
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	74,427
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	4,020
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	1,830
HAY AC	1,246
HAY TONS	1,201
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	250
Number of chickens	4,670
Number of ducks	66
Number of farm occupants who own their land	187
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	4
Number of geese	751
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	20
Number of horses aged over 3 years	297
Number of milk cows	568
Number of occupants of farms	191
Number of other cattle	461
Number of other fowl	3
Number of oxen	3
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	21
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	64
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	93
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	3
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	10
Number of sheep	1,678
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	335
Number of swine	892
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	397
Number of turkeys	10
OAT AC	1,524
OAT BU	28,346
POT AC	443
POT BU	74,427
Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year	1,103
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	5,003
Pounds of homemade butter	27,340
Tons of hay produced in the past year	1,201
WHT AC	331
WHT SP BU	4,020

Other recorded variables (60 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	21
A 11 50	64
A 201 PL	3
A 51 100	93
BEN BU	4
BUTTER LB	27,340
CATTLE KS	250
CHEESE LB	1,103
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	354
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	405
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	759
COARSE WOOL LB	5,003
COLTS FILLIES	20
DUCKS	66
FAMILIES	196
FAMILIES AV SIZE	5.50
FRN CA	0
GEESE	751
GRA BU	20
HENS AND CHKN	4,670
HORSES OVR THREE	297
HOUSES	196
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	1
HOUSES FIVE RM	50
HOUSES FOUR RM	36
HOUSES ONE STRY	193
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	59
HOUSES THREE RM	28
HOUSES TWO RM	22
HOUSES TWO STRY	3
HOUSES W	196
INF 11 A	10
MD FEM	133
MD MALE	134
MD TOT	267
MILK COWS	568
NAME CD	King's
OC F	4
OC P	187
OC TOT	191
OTHER FOWL	3
OTHER HRN CATTLE	461
OTHERS	1,075
SHEEP	1,678
SHEEP KS	335
SUP AM	6,474
SUP FOR	8,296
SUP PAT	892
SUP SC	5,582
SUP TOT	14,770
SWINE	892
SWINE KS	397
TOT DWLG OCC	196
TUR AC	17
TUR BU	1,830
TURKEY	10
WID FEM	36
WID MALE	13
WID TOT	49
WORKING OX	3

Identifiers

TCP UID: PE134010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_PE001009 — 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 46, Prince Edward Island (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-46-pe134010-1891/.