Township 46, Prince Edward Island (1911 census)

Township 46 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 972. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259922. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.421°N, 62.184°W.

Population

In 1911, Township 46 had a population of 972: 548 male and 424 female residents. Population density was 30.5 people per square mile.

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 1911

In the 1911 census, Township 46 shared boundaries with:

• Township 45
• Township 47

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 30 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 20,377 area in acres, 972 total population, 548 males in the population, 424 females in the population, 390 single (never-married) males, 268 single (never-married) females, 187 families, 129 married males, 121 married females, 33 widowed females, 31.84 area in square miles, 30.53 population per square mile, 28 widowed males, 2 females with marital status not given, 1 males with marital status not given. 1,018 population in the previous census (1901 reference column included in 1911 V1T1). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)

Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 633 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 189 persons of British origin (Irish), 48 persons of British origin (English), 40 persons of French origin, 8 persons of Italian origin, 2 persons of Dutch origin. 3 persons recorded under the official census category "Indian"; corresponds to what is now described as Indigenous (First Nations; in northern enumerations also Inuit) origin. "Indian" was simultaneously a census category and the legal/administrative term under the Indian Act (1876). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 827 Roman Catholics, 124 Baptists, 49 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 16 Presbyterians, 3 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 2 Methodists. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 187 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: PE139009 — 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 1911 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 (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-46-pe139009-1911/.